In an effort to further reduce our impact on the environment I am embarking on a campaign to get recycling bins provided for the residents in my street. We do not have road frontages and therefore it appears our recycling needs are not catered for, as we have communal rubbish chutes, where all and sundry get thrown in.

If we lived 50 feet closer to a main road we would be provided with our own recycling wheelie bins, as well as a rubbish collection scheme.

If you have spoken to your council recently I would like to hear from you to get a few useful pointers and make my case as solid as possible.

It seems that the £1.5 billion plan for two major offshore wind farms to be built in the Thames Estuary have received the green light from the government.

The major of these two schemes is the London array and will be the worlds biggest wind farm when it is finished in 2011.

This is a great step forward for the UK and shows a real commitment to starting to tackle global warming!

The full story is from the BBC and can be seen here… Link

It seems as though one of the nets big trend setters is going to do its bit to reduce its carbon footprint.

It is with great pleasure that I stumbled accross the below story on the BBC website.

The story tells how a McDonald’s restaurant in a Devon town is closing because it cannot compete with local traders at the Tavistock Farmers Market.

John Taylor, Tavistock Forward and EatWise chairman, said: “It just goes to show that the food is so good here we have seen them off.

“Because of the quality of our local food, McDonald’s has not been able to compete. I think there is definitely a link.

“We have made every effort to make Tavistock a haven for local food and McDonald’s wasn’t local food, so they suffered.”

What an uplifting story, that proves that people are starting to take more notice of the things they eat.

We are very pleased to announce the launch of our very own forum here at OrganicLinker.com.

The forum will be a place for like minded people to swap ideas and discuss current affairs that relate to the worlds of Organics, Eco Living and Environmental awareness. Feel free to register today and lets start building our own community.The

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