Quiet-Environmentalist

Urban Gardening & Window Farming

Quiet-Environmentalist — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:04:38 +0000

You cannot beat growing your own vegetables and it is easy, cheap and fun. For the second season in my life I am having a go at growing my own in my flat. As I was a student I just had a few meagre feet and successfully grew peppers, the best that I had ever [...]

Mother Earth No Muscle Worshipper

Quiet-Environmentalist — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:30:10 +0000

Western society due to advanced capitalism & the arrival of the age of celebrity is becoming more and more obsessed with the body beautiful. I do not proclaim to be immune to this. Big muscles (still working on making them big) and how I look is important to me. I buy protein supplements and other [...]

Green Tip # 3 Insulate Yourself

Quiet-Environmentalist — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:03:15 +0000

Year on year our Homes are getting warmer and warmer. The result is (apart from dry skin) massive impacts on the Environment. Households are responsible for 27% of CO2 emissions in the UK (Environmental Change Institute, 2005) and heating is the main culprit. Instead of heating the space around us we should work on our personal [...]

Push Back the First Day that You Turn the Heating On

Quiet-Environmentalist — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:49:53 +0000

Living alone makes me more aware that I am completely responsible for my 50 square meters. In my old flat heat came from the grannies above and below, so I rarely needed to turn on the heating in my own room except when it hit below minus 15 degrees centigrade outside. Now I control all [...]

New Home Is My New Big Environmental Sin

Quiet-Environmentalist — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:34:03 +0000

Moving into a flat/house alone is an exciting prospect. Closing that door for the world for the first time was a great feeling; my own little kingdom is finally here. A kingdom ruled by my own rules, where my own imagination of time sets the pace, but also a very big environmental footprint is created. [...]

The End of Cheap Flights in Europe?

Quiet-Environmentalist — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:56:11 +0000

Deciding not to fly due to environmental reasons can be painful when you look at the cost of flights online. I looked into flight costs from London to Munich and they were a third of what I pay for the train and are three times as quick. People think you’re crazy for not flying; however [...]