Category Archives: ecological footprints

Hearts and Trowels

Posted on November 15, 2008 by John Walker

Is mismatched leadership and a lack of joined-up campaigning hindering attempts to rouse the nation’s gardeners to grow ultra-local, organic and truly sustainable food? By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, November 2008. Despite my lousy maths, I’ve been doing … Continue reading →

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Time For Climate Questions?

Posted on July 15, 2008 by John Walker

I join the audience for a Gardeners’ Question Time recording to pop questions to our top gardening ‘experts’ about carbon footprints, but did I get any answers? By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, July 2008. Inspiration is a powerful … Continue reading →

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A Royal Shade of Green?

Posted on May 15, 2008 by John Walker

In an exclusive interview for Organic Gardening, I talk recycling, renewable energy and carbon footprints with Bob Sweet, the key decision-maker behind the Royal Horticultural Society flower shows, including the 2008 Chelsea Flower Show. By John Walker. Published in Organic … Continue reading →

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Free to Good Garden

Posted on June 15, 2007 by John Walker

It’s time to put the brakes on horticultural consumerism by obtaining all we need in the garden for free. By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, June 2007.  A glance at my computer screen reveals the latest clutch of gardening … Continue reading →

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Dear President…

Posted on April 15, 2007 by John Walker

In an open letter to the president of the Royal Horticultural Society, I ask if 2007 will be the year that Britain’s leading gardening organisation finally wakes up to the realities of global warming. By John Walker. Published in Organic … Continue reading →

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Green Resolutions

Posted on February 15, 2007 by John Walker

I review my campaigning year and suggest some resolutions for the year ahead: for us, for our energy-guzzling gardening industry, and for a certain celebrity gardener who is still in a muddle over global warming. By John Walker. Published in … Continue reading →

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Planet Patio

Posted on June 15, 2006 by John Walker

Branded ‘environmental obscenities’ by the UK’s energy minister, patio heaters are just one symptom of ‘outdoor living’ gone mad. By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, June 2006 Any passing owl would have labelled me the ultimate peeping Tom. It … Continue reading →

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Gardens in the Air

Posted on May 15, 2006 by John Walker

As the show season gets underway and entire gardens are flown in from the other side of the planet, has the UK’s leading gardening organisation lost the environmental plot? By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, May 2006. As I … Continue reading →

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