Posted by The plastic problem. No one can be truly oblivious to the problem of plastic in our world anymore. When sea creatures are washing up on our shorelines with a half a tonne of plastic in their bellies we can’t walk away from a catastrophe that is of our own making. Stepping away from plastic straws…Read more »
Posted by So I’ve been blogging as The Phoenix Green for a while now. Not as often as I’d like, but still, tapping away letting my thoughts flow once in a while feels like a positive thing to do. Not feeling particularly like a pro, or in any way experienced, but plodding along. Slowly but surely. I’ve…Read more »
Posted by The Highlands of Scotland are my heart’s home. Landscape that at first glance barely seems to have been touched by human hands, until you look a little closer and see the mounds of overgrown rubble, once hearth and home – and the linear patterns of well chosen rocks, piled to stripe the hillsides, separating one…Read more »
Posted by It’s autumn already and I’m not quite sure what happened to my summer. The last I remember it was #plasticfreejuly and then suddenly all manner of things occurred and in the flurry of keeping up with news and changes and fantastic opportunities, it’s suddenly autumn! We are eating windfall apple pie and lots of autumnal…Read more »
Posted by In 1935, Ginger Rogers put on her tap shoes, and stepped out onto a pristine white floor to dance her heart out in “Roberta”. A Pristine Plastic Floor. The post war era came and went and suddenly everything from floors and door handles to shoes and clothes were made of this new wonderful material that could…Read more »
Posted by Mass production. The word summons images of hot, noisy factories, machines taking the humanity out of creation. Conveyor belts trundling along with row after row of identical, uncompromisingly perfect Things, ready to ship to shops to sell. Compare this to the deeply individual, human, soulful, creative process involved in holding the tools of your trade,…Read more »
Posted by Every piece of plastic ever created, is still floating around on Planet Earth. In the bellies of endangered creatures, in the oceans, in us. That information, that knowledge, is still sinking in with me. It feels unbelievable that the plastic-makers know this, and still churn out plastic. And we know it, and still buy it.…Read more »
