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I was a bit mean to veggies in the local newspaper today. I don’t mean to pick on them but sometimes the ‘veggivists’ among them put out such a greener-than-thou message, attempting to drown people into submission in a giant guilt-laced pond of soya milk. It doesn’t work for me. But apart from the veggivism tactics I like vegetarians a lot. So I’m re-naming today Hug A Veggie day to atone for my rant. And I would like to dedicate this veggie recipe to the cause.

Succotash!

Even Ben wolfs this dish down without asking for bacon on the side

Fantastic achievement for British engineering or fantastic waste of time and money? You decide.

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Hurrah! The first lady is planting an organic kitchen garden on the White House lawn. And this is the commendably crazy gang who put the pressure on to make it happen. Yes, they grow veggies on top of their big yellow bus…

No one’s claiming it’s (more…)

To my own surprise, I can’t give this one a gushing review (unlike the Ecologist)…

…but things might have been different if Franny Armstrong had stuck with her original vision, Crude…

An unconvincing post-apocalyptic Pete Postlethwaite (more…)

Easy-access, enchanting animation and a general overview of climate change chaos - all in under 12 minutes…

Wake Up, Freak Out - then Get a Grip from Leo Murray on Vimeo.

With help from the Royal College of Art, freelance animator Leo Murray (who works with Plane Stupid and has just finished work on the new Pete Postlethwaite film The Age Of Stupid) created this guide to the tipping point including some rather grim predictions of a future fortress Britain.

I want so much to write a fantastic post about beautiful Burkina and the amazing people I’ve met but I am drowning in deadlines, and desperately trying to do the trip justice in the newspaper.

Instead I’ll just share this cringeworthy video diary and promise to return for a proper Burkina blog post at a later date. (Look out for the extremely cool hat)…