Choose veggies in season – eat simple, tasty meals that haven’t travelled halfway around the world. This helps the local economy and the climate. For a list check out www.greatbritishkithcen.co.uk.

Start a Slow Food evening with friends to share good, local, organic food. Sample local juices, beers, ciders and wines too. Find out the philosophy behind it at www.slowfood.com.

Cut down on meat – 1kg of beef requires 20.9 sq metres of land, compared to 0.5 sq metres for 1 kg of fruit and vegetables. Protein can come from other sources. The Vegan Society (www.vegansociety.com) has some useful facts and figures on the nutritional and environmental benefits

Choose your fish carefully – so many are overfished that entire species are under threat. Ask at the restaurant where their fish comes from. At the moment linecaught Pacific cod is fine, but Atlantic cod is not. Get updates from www.fishonline.org.

Get a wormery – we think they are great, even for people with only a balcony. Guy says, “the kit is simple to use – it even comes with worms, although if a friend already has one, they can give you a few and you can grow your own! It doesn’t smell and you can feed them all your kitchen scraps”. See www.wigglywigglers.co.uk for more information.

Grow your own herbs and try some vegetable varieties too. A wide selection of organic seeds can be found from the HDRA’s Organic Gardening Catalogue, see www.organiccatalog.com. Explore organic, permaculture and biodynamic gardening methods.

Stop shopping at supermarkets. In the UK Tesco’s has 30% of the grocer market (Guardian, 30 June 2005), which accounts for £1 of every £8 spent in British shops. Support the smaller shops, asking them to order the things you want but can’t find and visit local farmers’ markets.

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Gaia Learning Centre

2008 Programme of Events.

A range of workshops and evenings, to inspire and strengthen our relationship with the natural world and influence the choices we make in our daily lives.

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Wild Law Workshop - 26-28 September - with the Environmental Law Foundation and the UK Environmental Law Association.

Earth Ethics Series

Summaries from recent Gaia Evenings.

Zero Carbon Britain - by Peter Harper

Restoring the Mythological Paradigm - by Jules Cashford

The Colombian Amazon: An Indigenous Peoples' Journey - by Dr. Martín von Hildebrand

Changing America's Environmental Laws - by Andrew Kimbrell.

Science's Changing Myth - by Prof. Brian Goodwin.

Countdown: Life on a Hotter Planet - by Mark Lynas.

A New Relationship with the Living Earth - by Dr. Rupert Sheldrake.

Get Involved

Other events and links to inspire you:

The Age of Stupid - the unmissable new climate change documentary for the big screen. Documentary footage, drama and cutting-edge animation asks "Why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?"

Earth is Community - DVDs
For anyone who was not able to make our Earth is Community event, celebrating the vision and path of Thomas Berry. A set of DVDs with the main presentations, now available.

Earth Community Network

Schumacher College and Bija Vidyapeeth offer residential courses on Earth democracy and sustainable living. Visit the Earth Community Network for more opportunities in experiential learning - in Brazil, Kenya, India, UK.