Herbal remedies articles

Nov

2019

November forage of the month with Ruby Taylor

Learn how you can soothe your sore throat sugar-free with rosehip vinegar, as Ruby Taylor of Native Hands shares her November forage of the month. Read more …

Sep

2019

Ruby Taylor

September forage of the month with Ruby Taylor

By Ruby Taylor of Native Hands

Nettles make a great forage of the month for September

Ruby Taylor of Native Hands shares her forage of the month for September, with stress-busting nettle seeds the star of the show as autumn approaches. Read more …

Jul

2018

Simon Lennane

‘Homegrown well-being’ and alternatives to corporate drug companies: interview with GP Simon Lennane

By Simon Lennane of Alton St. Surgery, Ross-on-Wye

GP Simon Lennane discusses alternatives to corporate drug companies

Another of our interviews, first posted on NonCorporate.org, with people working on providing alternatives to multinational corporations – this time in the health sector. Read more …

Nov

2017

Sophie Paterson

Join our new online community Living Low Impact

By Sophie Paterson of Lowimpact.org

We’re excited to introduce our new Facebook group Living Low Impact – and you’re invited! Read more …

Mar

2016

Dr Kim Brown

Ageing: rejecting cosmetic surgery and embracing the crone

By Dr Kim Brown of Nature Therapy CIC

When I sit in a coffee shop people-watching other older women, I am often drawn to two main types. First there is the older woman keen to retain an image of youth to whom ageing successfully is to be seen to be as young as possible for as long as possible by whatever means. Read more …

Nov

2015

Dave Darby

The number of people with allergies is rising rapidly; but 10 times as many people believe that they have allergies, when in fact they don’t

By Dave Darby of Lowimpact.org

Just heard a Radio 4 programme about allergies, which dovetailed with a lot of our beliefs. Here are the highlights. Read more …

Jun

2015

Dave Darby

Low-impact & the city 1: introduction – how possible is it to live in a sustainable, non-corporate way in a city?

By Dave Darby of Lowimpact.org

I lived at Redfield Community for 13 years – it’s where Lowimpact.org was born – but now I live in London, and so I’m assessing my options for living as low-impact a life as I can. Read more …

Dave Darby January 26, 2020 at 9:59 pm on Disillusioned with the parliamentary route to a better society? Here’s an alternative.Malcolm - I'd vote for you. Oh no, hang on.....
Malcolm Purvis January 26, 2020 at 4:29 pm on Disillusioned with the parliamentary route to a better society? Here’s an alternative.Hi Dave, very good article. Although the following, which appeared in our local paper, does not exactly answer your questions it is mainly relevant and...
Dave Darby January 26, 2020 at 1:31 pm on Disillusioned with the parliamentary route to a better society? Here’s an alternative.Hi Susan. Yes, you're right, the spirit is still there, but it's being eroded every day by corporate brands and the lifestyles that are forced...