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Rubbish on the Radio: For your listening pleasure this week

Posted in General rubbish, Household rubbish, Rubbish movies, Rubbish news, Rubbish on the Radio, Win free tickets to the Odeon, tagged , , , , , , on 3 February 2009 | No Comments »

It’s almost time to go dashing through the snow in my one horse open sleigh (ok, I lied, there’s no sleigh, but it would certainly come in handy this week) to broadcast Slow Down and Green Up on the radio.
Between 10am and 1pm GMT on Wednesday, I’ll be talking about all the things that have [...]

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Tracey reads from The Book of Rubbish Ideas

Posted in Rubbish movies, The Book of Rubbish Ideas info, tagged , on 27 November 2008 | 10 Comments »

The title says it all really! It’s a video of me reading from the ‘What a pile of rubbish’ section in The Book of Rubbish Ideas:

Rubbishly yours,
TSx

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Wake Up and Freak Out!

Posted in Rubbish activism, Rubbish movies, tagged , , , on 26 November 2008 | 9 Comments »

A good friend sent me a link to a short film created by a very talented animator called Leo Murray.
It touched a raw nerve in me for many reasons.  I enjoyed the simplicity of the movie itself and the straightforward explanations of the problems we’re facing with climate change and I particularly connected with the [...]

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Celebrating Women in Enterprise, Sustainably!

Posted in General rubbish, Rubbish movies, tagged , , , , on 17 November 2008 | No Comments »

It’s always lovely when you hear a voice from the past and the other day, I picked the phone up to hear the effervescent tones of Sharon Kilby.
She’s a hard working downshifter (they aren’t dropouts you know!) and some years back, I did my best to help her migrate to a slower paced life in [...]

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The Rubbish Author’s Video Appeal

Posted in General rubbish, Household rubbish, Rubbish movies, The Book of Rubbish Ideas info, tagged , , , on 5 November 2008 | 6 Comments »

[Edit from Thomas - despite what Tracey says in this video, the Q&A will occur next Monday on the 10th of November. LOL!]
[Edit from Tracey - yes, what a silly old bat I am....I had the 17th in my head because I'd just been speaking to a producer about doing a [...]

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You Great Knit!

Posted in General rubbish, Rubbish how-to's, Rubbish movies, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 29 October 2008 | 12 Comments »

Where is your Nan when you need her most?
Unfortunately, my lovely Nan passed away many years ago, but I remember her voice, laughter and cuddles like she was here only yesterday.
She taught me so much; how to be patient, how to cook, how to grow a few things in the garden, how to enjoy your [...]

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Rubbish movies - Fabulous Rubbish Flatbreads

Posted in Food rubbish, Rubbish movies, Rubbish recipes, tagged , , , , , , , , on 23 September 2008 | 5 Comments »

See the full rubbish flatbread recipe.

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Rubbish News - ‘Your Old Computers are Making Us Ill’

Posted in Electric rubbish, Household rubbish, Rubbish movies, Rubbish news, tagged , , , , , , , on 13 August 2008 | 5 Comments »

This comes from youngsters in Ghana’s capital, Accra, where thousands of tonnes of old computers and other assorted e-waste, is being dumped.
Many of the scrap parts from these old machines are saleable and metals like copper can fetch good prices, unfortunately the computer shells are commonly burned to extract them.
Burning exposes those trying to collect [...]

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Rubbish Videos - What’s Coming Soon?

Posted in Rubbish movies, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 11 August 2008 | 2 Comments »

What better way is there to get a message across, than to actually show it to you?
I love making films and have a little stack of them being edited as we speak (well, write, but you know what I mean)…
Over the coming weeks, I’ll be showing you: -

How to make flatbreads [...]

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