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Your Pledge / Your Views
September 29 2007

Do you ever find yourself thinking “This new information on food/global warming/the environment is totally the opposite of what I read/heard last week!”?

I know I do – but now I understand why. When I read information on “How to get the media interested in you” the first bit of advice was “Be negative”. Bad news sells stories in the UK apparently. The only thing to come a reasonably close second is something that is very new or unusual. This is why, for every story telling us how good something is (new or unusual) there follows a rush of negative stories (sells newspapers or increases TV programme viewings).

Now I understand. Now I feel better – they are just trying to make a living. But I do wish it wasn’t by being negative or over dramatic. Have we really become a nation of miserable negative people waiting for our next fix?

I think the answer to that is a resounding NO!!!!

People are becoming weary of being force fed bad news. We are POSITIVE people. We WANT to help the environment/ farmers/ eat healthily. Growth of the organic food market and farmers markets and grants for renewable energy show that we are taking control of our own lives and ‘doing our bit’.

Sometimes though it can be a bit overwhelming and we feel that if we don’t completely change our lifestyle then we are not really helping enough and so may feel like giving up. Well this pledge is to give you permission to change your life in any small way that you can and not feel guilty that you should somehow be doing more.

THIS IS YOUR PLEDGE – let us know what you have done to change your life to becoming a little bit greener. It may be having a veggie box delivered or growing your own or getting an allotment or helping with the Wildlife Trust. Anything – no matter how big or small.

THIS IS ALSO YOUR VIEWS - Let us know what you think. What is on your mind? Do you have a good idea? Share it with us by posting a comment below. Just click on 'comment' and tell us your thoughts.

All messages will be seen by the administrator before posting so no spam please!

Wishing you love and health

Susie x

(To read the comments from people, press the 'comments' below and scroll upwards - the comments already posted are above the box where you can add your own comments!!).

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Does everyone know about the new application to expand the Eastcroft Incinerator in Nottingham? The plans were unanimously rejected last year by the Council and the level of public objection was huge.

Now the private Spanish owners have put in another application, with exactly the same technical spec but a slightly different focus on the aesthetics (they want to change the colour of the chimney).

The rubbish they want to burn in this extended incinerator will come from outside Nottingham, as there isn't enough waste in the City to justify an extra 100,000 tonne capacity - from Derby, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire as far away as Sheffield and beyond. This means 250,00 tonnes of waste being burned every year in Nottingham, at leat half of that won't even come from here!

This isn't a NIMBY thing, buring waste anywhere is a bad idea and particularly short-sighted over other options. Nottingham already has an incinerator - expanding it seems to be a profit-making exercise for the company.

Ideally, Nottingham would recycle more not burn it's waste, and current incineration emissions already affect our soil and air quality - and Eastcroft is already the worst performing incinerator in the whole of the UK. I'm guessing we would all prefer a push for a sustainable, clean waste strategy, not one that involves burning rubbish from across the region in the middle of a City.

Did you object to these plans last time? Can you help NAIL stop these plans again? Check out www.nail.uk.net for more details and to see how you can support the campaign to stop more incineration in Nottingham.

grateful thanks, Kaye
(on behalf of NAIL - Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill)

Date Posted: 4 October 2007

Posted by: Kaye Brennan | October 03, 2007 at 16:16

I have bought a recycling bin from an exhibition in Birmingham. It makes recycling so much easier and it is great!

I bought it from The Green Haus

Posted by: susie | May 22, 2007 at 10:03