Category Archives: environment

Celebrities… Get Them Out of Here

Posted on September 15, 2008 by John Walker

It’s time for programme-makers to ditch celebrities, and instead start creating TV shows around folk who garden in the real world. By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, September 2008. Eavesdropping can be a depressing business – as I found … Continue reading →

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Back Garden Biofuels

Posted on August 15, 2008 by John Walker

The rush to turn food into fuel has triggered riots and unrest worldwide, but by tapping into ‘biofuels’ themselves, gardeners can help avert this potential environmental catastrophe. By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, August 2008. It looks like a … 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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Smoke and Mirrors

Posted on June 15, 2008 by John Walker

Earth-friendly organic gardening has had a drubbing recently in other gardening magazines. What drives the ‘organic bashers’ – a lack of understanding, or the need to keep the chemical companies sweet? By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, June 2008. … 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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Goodbye Organic Gardening

Posted on April 15, 2008 by John Walker

We urgently need a new, easy-to-understand way of explaining what organic gardening is all about. It’s time for a bit of dumbing down. By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, April 2008 Organic gardening and I are through. It’s over, we’re … Continue reading →

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Waste of Space

Posted on March 15, 2008 by John Walker

As new research describes areas of the UK as ‘food deserts’, it’s time to pull down the garden fence and turn unproductive, resource-hungry urban ‘green spaces’ into edible havens. By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, March 2008. This is … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Books

Posted on February 15, 2008 by John Walker

Two new titles, both claiming to show us how to garden in more planet-friendly ways, while helping to curb climate change, prove that you can never judge a book by its cover. By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, February … Continue reading →

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Plots for a Future

Posted on January 15, 2008 by John Walker

I’m spending two days a week growing my own food – and being paid to do it. It’s all part of the Home Growing Act. And, by the way, it’s 2027. Read on… By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, … Continue reading →

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Carbon Positive

Posted on December 15, 2007 by John Walker

Calculating the ‘carbon footprint’ of individual products is becoming all the rage. In search of a carbon-neutral garden, what about applying the concept to our plants? By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, December 2007. Is your garden costing the … Continue reading →

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