With its motto - "Protect and Share" and it's aim to preserve some of the wildlife and traditional ways of working on the Peloponnese in Greece, Trigono-Lamda is naturally concerned with environmental issues. Many of us face conflicts in our everyday attempts to live environmentally-friendly lives. For example, in 2009 we have used mechanical land clearance methods rather than the former hand clearing.
On this page we look at some of the issues we face as individuals.
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Ecological, Thrifty or Mean?
Council Recycling Schemes - healthy environment or rats in our towns?
There was a time when one lorry came round to collect kitchen waste - known as pigswill - yes it was fed to pigs. A different lorry collected other household waste, though most paper and cardboard were used to light the living room fire; garden waste was composted (gardens were more common and often larger than today). Mechanical equipment and funiture lasted for ages, wasn't thrown out because we were bored with it and was simple to repair, rejuvinate or easily handed on. There was relatively little electrical equipment.So we must acknowledge that today Councils have a real problem on their hands and we should all minimise waste by recycling. But the waste that is not recycled is the very waste that needs to be collected quickly - not once a fortnight! Flat dwellers can't usually compost their food waste.
My solution? - I eat my main meal at work or choose food that can be totally consumed. But we can't all do that!
Perceptions - a generation thing?
When the writers of magazine articles suggested wrapping presents in cotton and tying with string some of us were bemused. Isn't that what we did as children and wasn't it really cool when we received gifts wrapped in posh paper sealed with a new, nearly invisible, plastic called "Sellotape"?It is a matter of perception then - that some people might not want to revert to what they associate with the hardship or thrift of their past, while others return willingly to the "good old tradition" and youngsters brought up with Sellotape may love the novelty of environmentally friendly string.