"Approx 10% of people in the Western culture that are in or visit hospital do so because they suffer from Iatronic illness. This means that most of us spend time in hospital due to side effects from orthodox medicines as a result of…"
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Justin May posted a blog post16 year old claims to produce biodiesel for 3 cents per gallon using algae
Has this kid in the US just cracked the algae biodiesel problem?http://www.startribune.com/local/north/151271555.htmlSee More
Justin May commented on Wenderlynn Jane Bagnall's blog post NEW GARDENING GROUP"Hi, how about on Saturday 26th?"
Justin May commented on Justin May's blog post Assault on Herbal Medecine"Hi Alex, I would really recommend listening to this podcast. The speaker touches on a number of issues from industrial agriculture to the effects of a grain-based diet. It's really worth listening…"
Justin May commented on Wenderlynn Jane Bagnall's blog post NEW GARDENING GROUP"Hi Wendy, I would love to get involved in this. I am only a beginner and have just done my PDC but am really keen to get together for a brain storm. :)"
Justin May commented on Justin May's blog post Assault on Herbal Medecine"Hi Alex, here's another link for you:
Prescription drugs taken as directed kill 100,000 Americans a year. That's one person every five minutes."
Justin May commented on Justin May's blog post Assault on Herbal Medecine"Hi Alex.
There are risks in life.
The worst possible situation would be where the government took it upon themselves to ban every aspect of life which held risk. The truth is the risk from herbal medicines are so minute they barely register on any…"
Alex Benham commented on Justin May's blog post Assault on Herbal Medecine"Dear Justin,
Let me address your first comment first.
Sorry to disappoint, but I am not a doctor or indeed associated with the medical profession in any way. I am merely an interested (and vaguely educated) member of the public. I oppose herbalists…"
Justin May commented on Justin May's blog post Assault on Herbal Medecine"Hi Alex, I thought of a concrete example for you on nutrition. My girlfriend's mother had a calcium deficiency so the doctor prescribed calcium tablets. However, the body is unable to absorb calcium without the presence of magnesium. Therefore…"
Justin May commented on Justin May's blog post Assault on Herbal Medecine"I am glad you are enjoying our debate :).
I am in no way a "herbalist" - I am simply a proponent of freedom and choice.
I think I can see the source of some of the confusion: you are attacking "herbalism" and…"
Alex Benham commented on Justin May's blog post Assault on Herbal Medecine"No, as if we look at my original post
"Though I would completely agree that the industrial world is responsible for most of our health problems (1), I think industry also offers us the solutions. Though some herbal medicines contain clinically…"
Justin May commented on Justin May's blog post Assault on Herbal Medecine"The British Medical Journal article gives case after case proving the effectiveness of specific herbal medicines, which proves your claim that there is no evidence completely wrong. You were obviously misinformed about it.
That is not to say every…"
Alex Benham commented on Justin May's blog post Assault on Herbal Medecine"That is not at all true Mr May, as the report says the risks and variability of the herbal medicines are such that they are not effective. No. What I said is that there are side effects but in the case of prescription drugs, in the vast majority of…"
Justin May commented on Justin May's blog post Assault on Herbal Medecine"Well I think I have destroyed your argument that herbal medicine is not effective it has in fact been proven in many instances.
You have acknowledged that prescription medicine can be far more dangerous than herbal medicine.
Metabolism and digestion…"
Alex Benham commented on Justin May's blog post Assault on Herbal Medecine"Dear Justin,
I do not see at all how that counters what I said in the previous post, that this is not the doctors or pharmaceuticals fault, but patients taking medicines in an incorrect manner.
Yes I would agree that bad side effects do occur, but…"
Justin May commented on Justin May's blog post Assault on Herbal Medecine"In 2007, approximately 27,000 unintentional drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States, one death every 19 minutes.
The tendency is for many pharmaceuticals (which in quite a few cases are simply massively concentrated plant extracts)…"
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16 year old claims to produce biodiesel for 3 cents per gallon using algae
Has this kid in the US just cracked the algae biodiesel problem?
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 22:00
Workers needed for Permaculture farm
Hi,
Things are getting going on my project at Sawbridgeworth and it would be great to have more people involved to progress things.
The project will consist of a permaculture designed organic farm with an aquaponics system and aims to be completely self-sufficient in the future. The idea is to take this model and begin to spread it via the internet and other projects on the ground.
I am setting up the financial side of things as a profit-sharing enterprise. This means…
ContinuePosted on May 3, 2012 at 11:01
Assault on Herbal Medecine
The move to industrialised agriculture, causing industrialised health problems for treatment by industrialised pharmaceutical corporations...
Herbal remedies banned as new EU rules take effect
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/may/01/new-eu-rules-on-herbal-remedies
New…
ContinuePosted on April 13, 2012 at 11:10 — 16 Comments
Sacred Economics
I found this a very clear, well constructed and beautiful short film about the challenge of re-inventing economics:
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 22:09 — 2 Comments
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 8:17 on February 10, 2012,
Sandra White said… Hi, Justin,
great that we can meet on Tuesday. How about The Snug, which is a little along from Friends Meeting House on the way into town, at 3.00 pm?
See you then,
Sandra
- At 12:29 on November 11, 2011,
Ray Bomber said… Hi
Welcome, Justin and Huma.
I'm Ray a member of the Steering Group. I don't think my previous message to you worked. I recommended that you contact Triodos Bank on customerservices@triodos.co.uk. or phone 0845 769 7239.
It's a bank which lends exclusively to green and community projects.
The committe asked me last night to contact you to invite you both to the Eco Filmfest on the 19th Nov in Hertford Theatre. We are looking forward to finding out more about your plans. No doubt you've seen details of the film day on our website, but ask if you want to know anything.
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LATEST NEWS:
11th April: Chris Jones asks Hertfordshire County Council what plans it has for Peak oil. See the response here
29th Feb: Transition Hertford is one of the charities presently in Hertford's Waitrose in the community funding boxes beyond checkout.
11th Jan 2012: The animation from the 2011 East Herts Eco Filmfest is up on the site
Green Drinks: these are held on the third Thursday of every month. Usually at the White Horse on Castle Street, Hertford. Second Thurs in Dec.
Groups
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Seasonal Recipes
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Hertford Skill Share
12 members
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Transition Youth
7 members
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Transition Together
4 members
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Eco Film Festival - 2011
12 members
Latest Activity
Wenderlynn Jane Bagnall posted an event'Community Gardening' at Salisbury Hotel
June 13, 2012 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Inspiring tales
Hertford Fairtrade
In 2008 a dedicated team in the local community transformed Hertford into a Fairtrade town
Incredible edible Todmorden.
This Yorkshire town aims to be self-sufficient in most food by 2018.
Modbury in Devon.
This is Britain's first plastic bag free town.
Carbon neutral village
Ashton Hayes in Cheshire plans to become England's first carbon neutral village.
Landshare
puts land owners in touch with growers seeking allotments. Over 40,000 people have now signed up.
The super Three Villages Eco Group 3VEG has loads going on, including a thermal camera, car share scheme and a community orchard
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