Food: Most of the food we buy has been sourced from far away — sometimes flown in from the other side of the world. This is a problem because emissions from the fuel used worsens climate change. This food will also get more expensive as oil supplies dwindle, adding to the cost of the weekly shop. We need to get as much of our food as possible from as nearby as possible. We are starting this process through establishing our first orchard, and through the food group’s mapping project.
Waste: Eventually ‘waste’ will vanish: it will be processed locally into recycled useful materials, from organic fertiliser to paper to building materials. We produced the very popular re-useable shopping bag – the Porty Shopper, which was the first step in getting people to think about waste as an issue we can do something about.
