All gardeners know there old saying about parsnips - " first in, last out"! So here we are enjoying the true Autumn harvest which vir...

“Sustainable” sure is a mightly long word Politicians just love it – or that's what I've heard It's an easy quick way to seem quite “gree...

As I look out of my breakfast window at the dolphins playing in the north sea off Craster my mind is boiling with frustration. Last night...

It has been an unusual year (again!). Our spring sowing was almost immediately followed by 6 weeks of blazing sunshine - not a good recip...

Here an example of one, find many more below! One great outcome from this year's summer course has been the production (by Tom and Ariane...

My campaign to re-introduce the traditional scythe for controlling grassland and weeds has resulted in sale of 5 new scythes this year. ...

In 2014 our courses moved to the beautiful coast of north Northumberland where we have begun the renovation of a fine old Victorian kitch...

I first met John Seymour back in 1991 at a dinner party in London held by a mutual friend John Papworth. I was very much looking forward ...

Global movement started by the video made by Peter Joseph in 2007 The Zeitgeist Movement (TZM) claims to have around 500,000 members worl...

SB has been a leading environmentalist for over 40 years. He initiated the “Whole Earth Catalogue” in 1968 – and it was published regular...

The main argument of this book is that wars tend to lead to bigger states with more stability (and even police) and this reduces violence...

A summary by Will Sutherland TZM is A Sustainability Advocacy Group which operates through a network of Regional Chapters, Project Teams,...

Soil - source of virtually all life and much more important than fossil fuel If I've said it once, I've said it twice Soil and shit are ...

The first challenge for those searchiing after the "good life" is to decide just exactly what you want to do. Do you like animals and...

A book about the importance and potential of “games” for cultural change. The amazing popularity of video games shows that the “reality” w...

Written in 1877 He has a very negative view of what we now call “democracy”! Where the disparity of wealth increases then universal suffr...

This conference took place in London, March 2012. It was attended by over 3000 of the world's top scientists and its purpose was to prepa...

This is a “meaty” book full of good material and with 33 pages of references. Why it's important The printing press (1450) radically chan...

The current financial problem began when a group of young bankers invented a way to parcel up risk and resell it in ways that effectively...

Summary talk The next 20 years will see bigger changes in our civilisation than have occurred over the last 1000 years. Sadly we are on t...