Author: sunnypolarbear

Interesting Sussex town

Needing to think about something else,  read about East Grinstead and Ashdown Forest because Forest Row is a place know well but there are more beautiful woods and normally drive past the turn off and on to Groombridge and Penshurst Place. Heard about Scientology, Tom Cruise, Queen Vic Burns Unit and Winnie the Pooh but […]

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Grass to power thousands of homes

‘Thousands of homes could soon be powered by the UK’s first “green gas mill” which will use grass to make gas.‘ Dale Vince, Founder of Ecotricity said: “It’s our new North Sea, and it’s right underneath our feet. Please visit this link and website for Ecotricity – for more information. Heard about possibilities of Anaerobic […]

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Trade with Europe in 2021 – Belgian Waffles and Chocolate – French and Dutch Cheeses – Spanish Oranges

Swedish and Finnish berries, Italian and German salamis, Swiss watches, Greek olives. German and Austrian cakes and streudels and Christmas Lebkuchen. French wines, German beers and Danish Lagers. We can do without all of these but our lives would be sadder Trying to take mind off what is burning all around us as hunker down […]

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Guatemala – Mayan World – Sustainable Forestry – alternative to other occupations

The BBC Documentary Guatemala and the Mayan World showed it is possible in the forests of Guatemala to walk over an ancient pyramid as big as ancient ones in Egypt and not know they are there, just seeing dense tropical forest hugging a hill but because of Lidar – everything becomes visible. They are discovering […]

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Renewables

Interesting article about Electrifying the Global Economy. This only works depending on where electricity is sourced from and infrastructure being solid. Besides focusing on transport we need more District Heating and Cooling Systems (Combined Heat and Power)  around the World and new housing built with heat pumps.

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Natural Healing

In Germany especially and other European countries there is big following of natural products to help your body get well. High streets have equivalent of our pharmacies – with shelves of different herbs and flowers – some to drink as teas, some to use for massage and some to put in a steaming bath. When we […]

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