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sean
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 05 3:19 pm Post subject:
Bugs?

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 05 3:20 pm Post subject:
Who started up the first reusable nappy service?

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
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Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 05 3:22 pm Post subject:
Helen Browning of Helen Browning Organics. I think hers was the first organic bacon I ever saw in the supermarkets.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 05 3:25 pm Post subject:
Rachel of Rachel's dairy?

ross

Joined: 07 Mar 2005
Posts: 123

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 05 3:36 pm Post subject:
from a quick google: The Green Party's Caroline Lucas? https://www.greenparty.org.uk/individual/2 someone from the Womens Environmental Network? https://www.wen.org.uk/

judith

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Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 05 3:54 pm Post subject:
Polly Webber at the Hebden Bridge Alternative Technology Centre: https://www.alternativetechnology.org.uk/about/index.htm

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 05 4:17 pm Post subject:
what about the lady that set up the battery chicken rescue scheme - no idea of her name though.

sean
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 05 5:11 pm Post subject:
The school dinners lady?

sunpuppy

Joined: 03 Mar 2005
Posts: 169
Location: Exeter, Devon

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 05 5:15 pm Post subject:
Wow - thanks everyone - all these suggestions are great! Loads to be going on with. I'll investigate all avenues and see which come out the most suitable... Yer all luvverly......

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 05 5:29 pm Post subject:

Anita Roddick? You're kidding right?

She runs a high street chain of 1,200+ shops, across 45 countries. They make big claims that are at best misleading, at worst lies.
Do you think their stuff is not tested on animals?
Are they involved in substitutes for animal testing?
Are their products natural?
Are they made and sold locally, or are they shipped around the globe?

I have no particular axe to grind with her, but, please don't leave her on a pedestal.

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 05 5:35 pm Post subject:
I have to agree with Nick there - she made a difference to the world's perception of women in the workplace, but you could hardly hold her up as an eco-#######!

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45676
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 05 5:55 pm Post subject:

Women and Integrated Pest Management
E. Van de Fliert and J. Proost.
Rural women, on average, spend more time working on pest management than men. Yet truly integrated pest management (IPM) is not possible without women; nevertheless, few publications are available. This wide-ranging book introduces many of the issues, such as reasons for women's involvement (or lack of it) in projects as well as examples of gender-sensitive extension programmes, and health aspects involved.
Publisher: ITDG Publishing
Year: 1999
Format: pb

jema
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 05 5:56 pm Post subject:

NickHowe wrote:

Interesting area this, there are quite a few "eco-entraupenuers" who leave you wondering if they are using the "green" movement simply to make money, and if an "ethical" bandwagon was not where the action is at, would they be making their money in some far grubbier fashion?

alison
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 05 9:45 pm Post subject:
Dinner Lady, Jeanette Orray Chicken lady, Jane Howarth

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 10460

Posted: Fri Nov 11, 05 9:29 am Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Women and Integrated Pest Management

Well I've never seen Mums described that way, but I think the cap fits!!

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