All the filth, none of the fury
So, after five days of typically variable British weather, I returned home in the early hours of yesterday morning sunburnt and coated in mud. With Glastonbury Festival over for another year, the only thing...
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New Music Tuesday – Prayer Of The Refugee
Rise Against are a punk rock band from Chicago. This new song focuses on fair trade. Keep an eye out for a Glastonbury review later on today, and pictures from the festival.
Bamboo bikes
Next Saturday, the 7th of July, is the start of the 2007 Tour de France. This year the event starts in London before crossing the channel and heading south to Marseilles. 3 weeks and...
And then there was mud…
Well, as I said in my last post, my no mud predication was slightly inaccurate. Yesterday we were mocked by the weather gods for a third festival in a row, as the heavens opened,...
Got wind? Get a wind powered mobile phone charger!
We’ve not had our daily update from Our Man at Glastonbury, which means that he’s either: been washed away got so drunk he’s lost his phone he’s dropped his phone down one of the...
Waterproof tents and other such myths…
So, my enthusiastic no mud proclamation yesterday may have been a little premature, given that the weather system hanging over Somerset right now hasn’t got a clue what it’s doing. After being sunburned yesterday...
Moths Count
Numbers of moths in the UK have been in decline since the 1970’s. Some species have seen a fall of up to 90%. Moths Count aims to encourage interest in moths throughout the UK...
Glastonbury Calling
It looks like Our Man at Glastonbury has made it! Here’s his first update: Well, we made it, the tent’s pitched and the sun is shining on Glastonbury… for now. The numbers of people...
25 Alternative Uses for Plastic Bags
Following on from yesterday’s post all about the plastic bag menace, I’ve done a bit of a survey to see if anyone has any alternative uses for them. And do you know what? They...
A load of old plastic bags…
Fig 1:Detail from “Plastic Bags” © Chris Jordan, 2007 Plastic bags are a bit of a hot topic at the moment. One minute it’s Sainsbury’s and their Anya Hindmarch bags selling on eBay for...