The Touchwood Project

Today marks Day 14 of my Urban Adventures in Composting. That means for two weeks, there’s been worms in my apartment, doing their thing, which is to say, eating my garbage. In lieu of a book, I read and researched all over the Internet (it’s amazing, actually, all the worm-related stuff on the Internet) and attended a “Composting 101″ class at a local farm/education center. I brought my “worm bin” to the composting… Read the rest of this article >>

Do you live on Orkney and would you like to visit a Transition Town? If so, we’re looking for 2-4 other people to join us in visiting Alness and Forres in late April for a regional Transition Towns gathering, and a chance to see how these communities are responding to the challenges of peak oil and climate change. The travel costs will be subsidised by Transition Towns Scotland, and this offers us an excellent… Read the rest of this article >>