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Grand Designs Live 2013

William Stanwix talks with Kevin McCloud in Grand Theatre presentation

William Stanwix, who with Alex Sparrow is writing The Hempcrete Book for publication by Green Books in spring 2014, will be appearing in the Grand Theatre at Grand Designs Live at Excel, London, at 6pm on Sat 11th May. More information here.

Janet Cotterell interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Costing the Earth

Janet Cotterell was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Costing the Earth on 12th March, 3.30pm, about The Passivhaus Handbook. You can listen to the episode 'The House that Heats Itself' here. The discussion about Passivhaus starts about half way through the programme.

The Nature of Business

Giles Hutchins is passionate about applying nature’s inspiration to sustainable business transformation. He gives practical insight and guidance to help organisations redesign for resilience in these volatile times. He gave an Earth Talk at Schumacher College, Dartington, Devon, on Wed 13 March; link to video to follow soon.

Hot Beds author featured on BBC TV's Gardeners' World

Jack First, author of the recently published Hot Beds: How to grow early crops using an age-old technique, was featured on BBC TV's Gardeners' World last year. The episode, presented by Joe Swift, won a Garden Media Guild award recently. It shows clearly how to construct a hot bed to enable you to harvest your veg two months earlier than normal. View the episode here.

Ross Jackson turns music star

Ross Jackson, author of Occupy World Street has turned his hand to starring in his very own music video.

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating wins US award

 Elisabeth Tova Bailey's lyrical memoir is a joint winner of Stanford University's 2012 Saroyan Prize in the non-fiction category.

"While she lay critically ill Elisabeth Bailey's bedside snail exposed the rich sedimentary layers of her awareness and gifted her the will to live. In an unfussy meticulous style she has written a finely crafted eulogy to a common woodland snail and a moving endorsement of the human spirit." – Sir John Lister-Kaye

Grow Your Food for Free
(well, almost) - video clip

Click on this image to spend a few minutes with author Dave Hamilton

Climate change - what's the worst that can happen? If you need to be convinced on the need for action, watch this video.