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sean
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 05 3:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bugs?

judith



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 05 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Who started up the first reusable nappy service?

judith



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Helen Browning of Helen Browning Organics. I think hers was the first organic bacon I ever saw in the supermarkets.

tahir



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 05 3:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Rachel of Rachel's dairy?

ross



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 05 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

from a quick google:

The Green Party's Caroline Lucas?
https://www.greenparty.org.uk/individual/2

someone from the Womens Environmental Network?
https://www.wen.org.uk/

judith



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 05 3:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Polly Webber at the Hebden Bridge Alternative Technology Centre:
https://www.alternativetechnology.org.uk/about/index.htm

Mrs Fiddlesticks



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 05 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

what about the lady that set up the battery chicken rescue scheme - no idea of her name though.

sean
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 05 5:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The school dinners lady?

sunpuppy



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 05 5:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Wow - thanks everyone - all these suggestions are great! Loads to be going on with. I'll investigate all avenues and see which come out the most suitable...

Yer all luvverly......

Nick



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 05 5:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Anita Roddick? You're kidding right?

She runs a high street chain of 1,200+ shops, across 45 countries. They make big claims that are at best misleading, at worst lies.
Do you think their stuff is not tested on animals?
Are they involved in substitutes for animal testing?
Are their products natural?
Are they made and sold locally, or are they shipped around the globe?

I have no particular axe to grind with her, but, please don't leave her on a pedestal.

nettie



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 05 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I have to agree with Nick there - she made a difference to the world's perception of women in the workplace, but you could hardly hold her up as an eco-#######!

tahir



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 05 5:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Women and Integrated Pest Management
E. Van de Fliert and J. Proost.
Rural women, on average, spend more time working on pest management than men. Yet truly integrated pest management (IPM) is not possible without women; nevertheless, few publications are available. This wide-ranging book introduces many of the issues, such as reasons for women's involvement (or lack of it) in projects as well as examples of gender-sensitive extension programmes, and health aspects involved.
Publisher: ITDG Publishing
Year: 1999
Format: pb

jema
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 05 5:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

NickHowe wrote:
Anita Roddick? You're kidding right?

She runs a high street chain of 1,200+ shops, across 45 countries. They make big claims that are at best misleading, at worst lies.
Do you think their stuff is not tested on animals?
Are they involved in substitutes for animal testing?
Are their products natural?
Are they made and sold locally, or are they shipped around the globe?

I have no particular axe to grind with her, but, please don't leave her on a pedestal.


Interesting area this, there are quite a few "eco-entraupenuers" who leave you wondering if they are using the "green" movement simply to make money, and if an "ethical" bandwagon was not where the action is at, would they be making their money in some far grubbier fashion?

alison
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 05 9:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Dinner Lady, Jeanette Orray

Chicken lady, Jane Howarth

Mrs Fiddlesticks



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 05 9:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

tahir wrote:
Women and Integrated Pest Management


Well I've never seen Mums described that way, but I think the cap fits!!

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