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Spring is here and the bulbs are coming out. Another good time of year to detox and shed the winter blues. I've just signed up for a Yoga class to stretch out the cobwebs and have a bit of relaxation time - I am taking my own (much needed) advice!
Get out in the sun, have some sunlight on your face and plan for the coming year as the energy builds up towards summer.
Later in 2003 we intend to work with SMg once more and have a leaflet drop to their client base. The web-site is chugging along nicely and receives regular visitors and generates regular enquiries.
This newsletter focuses on some topical events that are affecting our life here in Kent and I have even been compelled to attend my very first protest march!
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Pets - you could put a bell on your cats so they don't catch wild birds, or buy dry food in bulk and save on tins production and recycling, or rescue an animal rather than purchase them from breeders or pet shops. (you can still get breeds, we have a pure Labrador from Labrador Rescue which is a nation-wide voluntary organisation)
Go M.A.D. from Go M.A.D. which is edited and reviewed by www.theecologist.org
Airport at Cliffe - an alternative to expansion
Living close to the Isle of Grain, this airport will affect us all in this area of the country. The Government has assumed that air travel will increase drastically and we will need other airports. A SSSI area, (Site of Special Scientific Interest) the Hoo Peninsula has an impressive stock of about 200,000 wild birds that would be destroyed with tonnes of concrete and the area would not be able to continue to soak up excess water before it travelled inland (creating further flood risks). With the Water Board crying out that there is not enough water to sustain the level of growth required for an airport larger than Heathrow that operates 24hours a day, 7 days a week, and the Aviation Industry resisting the cost of moving their operations this airport really is not welcome by the majority of people. While air travel is still artificially cheaper than train and other public transport systems and therefore encourages people to use it more, here are a few alternatives to expansion that are from an excellent publication called Green Futures:
If the Government wants a sustainable aviation policy, it should:
Green Futures, Number 38, Page 28.
If you would like to find out what you can do before the decisions are made, then visit these sites and lodge your protests. We all need to think clearly and use common sense when deciding such weighty decisions about the environment and our children's quality of life.
Quorn, soya and tofu are all meat alternatives that can often replace meat in meals and thereby reducing your contribution to factory farming, increasing your health (all these alternatives have less fat than most meat) and you may surprise yourself and like the taste too! Meals like spaghetti bolognaise and lasagne can use soya mince. You can buy it dry and boil it for a few minutes to re-hydrate it, the texture is less like meat than Quorn, but works out a lot cheaper if you are on a tight budget. Quorn is much more like meat in texture and as with meat, these dishes have so many other flavours in, you do not miss the meat taste at all. You could try Quorn sausages in a toad-in-the-hole (we prefer Lincolnshire style ones as they are quite tasty) and we have found as the sausages have so little fat, they taste better fried in a little olive oil rather than grilled. I've had less success with tofu but it's worth experimenting for yourselves as we are all different. Quorn cubes are lovely in a curry sauce, whether you have made it yourself or as we do, buy a jar of shop own organic sauce. You can also use Paneer for curries which is a curd that is used in authentic Indian cuisine. Have a go and see for yourself. We now eat less meat and what we do buy, we can now afford the Organic option and still not spend more. We often have meat alternative burgers in buns with salad and cheese and tend to try new products when they come out to increase our variety.
This book came to me at just the time I lost an old friend and helped enormously. This book explains and reassures the reader that life after death is not something to be afraid of and so we should live our lives with respect, look after ourselves and be true to our soul. That way, we are prepared for death and not to be scared of it or of life itself. A thought-provoking book that would be of interest to anyone who doesn't have a supportive belief system about life and death.
Everyone's Guide to the Hereafter - Ken Akehurst ISBN 085435414X
Well, that's all for now, I hope the Spring brings new hope and energy into your lives.