/green

Very, very sad to hear of the death of Dame Anita Roddick this morning at the age of 64. She was certainly one of, if not the green and ethical thinking pioneers of her day. A couple of years back I heard an interview with her on radio 4 where she was talking about the early days of her business. One comment she made that particularly stuck with me was "... when there is no money the creativity really flows..." . Something she really proved by building a business from virtually nothing in a sector that didn't previously exist in a truly commercial format, yet remaining true to her beliefs until the end.

Our head of design Simon told me aout this site. Seems like a really neat idea as I've got rid of stuff in the past that still worked, looked ok and just needed a home. Anyhow, I'll give it a go and see if it works or me. The slightly cynical part of me is suspicous that the stuff ends up on ebay aftwerwards, but I guess good luck to them if it does, better than landfilling it!

Apparently the government (in their infinite generosity) are allowing us to avoid duty on diesel if you make our own biodiesel. You can make up to 2500 litres a year for personal use (about 20K miles worth in your average diesel car). You can get a recipes here.

The website says "Anybody can make biodiesel. It's easy, you can make it in your kitchen -- and it's BETTER than the petro-diesel fuel the big oil companies sell you. Your diesel motor will run better and last longer on your home-made fuel, and it's much cleaner -- better for the environment and better for health."

Sadly my vehicle (a VW) says NO biodiesel on the filler cap, so I won't be starting right away. I will however, be asking VW why not.