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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Religious? Or Just a Thug?
Earlier on this month, we all probably read about the case of Chris Jarvis, a farther-of-three and an unemployed ex-builder from Southend who received an apology from Jobcentre Plus in the town after he was asked to remove his hood. … Continue reading
Parsis, Vultures & Diclofenac
The Parsi community in India and Pakistan practice what to us would be considered a very unusual method of disposing of the dead. Rather than burying or cremating the dead, they place the bodies of the recently deceased upon what … Continue reading
Posted in Randomness
Tagged Animal Rights, Body Disposal, Enviroment, Pollution, Zoroastrians
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Save Our Bunnies
Newcastle City Council have decided to kill the bunnies who live on the grass around the Civic Centre, they have been there since before the Civic Centre and personally I think they should stay. If your like minded then please join this … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Ethical Living
Tagged Animal Rights, Civic Centre Bunnies, Ethics, Newcastle upon Tyne, Politics
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Milk, Eggs & Pilgrimage
This is our third week of Riverford Veg Boxes, and this week we got Jerusalem artichokes, an ugly looking veg, but I am looking forward to trying it out. My sister-in-law, Jane is coming to stay with us for a … Continue reading
Posted in Bahá'í, Challenge 2010, Ethical Living
Tagged Ethics, Green, Orgainic, Pilgrimage, Riverford, Vegbox
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Wallets, Chard, Ubuntu & a Balti
My wallet has fallen apart, it’s actually so bad that coins have started falling out, a shame as I have had this wallet for nearly two years and had become quite attached to it. To be honest it came as … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge 2010, Ethical Living
Tagged Ecover, Ethics, Fairtrade, Food, Green, Organic, Recipes, Riverford, Ubuntu, Vegbox
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Suffolk Pride
Last week I took a trip down to Sudbury, Suffolk. A tiny little town sitting on the River Stour, smack bang on the border with Essex. Its a very quant little town with lots of Chocolate box houses. Well what’s … Continue reading
Justice not Vengeance
I feel that I have to comment on the massive furore over the recall to prison of Jon Venables. In 1993, Venables along with Robert Thompson, committed an act of extreme evil when they sadistically tortured and murdered two year … Continue reading
Vegbox from Riverford
This morning we got our first vegbox from Riverford Organic Veg delivered. Riverford up here in the North East are based on Home Farm near Northallerton, so while its not very local, its better than some other schemes we have … Continue reading
For hands that do dishes…
Washing-up, what a pain. We don’t have a dishwasher, our kitchen is far too small, and given the extremely tiny size of our kitchen, we can’t leave dishes standing very long at all, we have to do them quite quickly. … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge 2010, Ethical Living
Tagged Bio-D, Ecover, Ethics, Green, Tesco, Washing-Up Liquid
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