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sunpuppy



Joined: 03 Mar 2005
Posts: 169
Location: Exeter, Devon
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



Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford
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



Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk
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



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45389
Location: Essex
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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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 28100
Location: escaped from Swindon
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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Location: North Devon
PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 05 9:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Dinner Lady, Jeanette Orray

Chicken lady, Jane Howarth

Mrs Fiddlesticks



Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 10460

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!!

Lozzie



Joined: 25 May 2005
Posts: 2595

PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 05 2:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

My friend Sally, who is the chairman of our local Agenda 21 group here in Dorset ...

There are several female organic farmers in Dorset but their names escape me ... will come back later when I remember them

Caroline Salt, who runs a SUPERB nursery school along very eco-friendly lines in Dorset ...

I know two or three female primary school teachers who have started eco- or green- "clubs" in their schools to encourage children in this area ...

hotluca



Joined: 14 Nov 2005
Posts: 67
Location: Lincolnshire
PostPosted: Mon Nov 14, 05 10:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hi

what about the woman who's done the sheeps wool insulation? Sorry, can't remember her name

HL

judith



Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire
PostPosted: Mon Nov 14, 05 10:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

hotluca wrote:
Hi

what about the woman who's done the sheeps wool insulation? Sorry, can't remember her name

HL


Good one - Christine Armstrong is her name.

marigold



Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex
PostPosted: Mon Nov 14, 05 12:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

jema wrote:
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?


And lest we forget, although Anita is superb at PR it was her husband who RAN the company..... They are selling stuff nobody really needs, with ingredients flown in from all over the world. Personally I think the Body Shop is a con.

jamsam



Joined: 21 Oct 2005
Posts: 2560
Location: erm....i dont know, its dark.
PostPosted: Mon Nov 14, 05 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

my health visitor came to the area 20 years ago to join a hippie commune, learnt welsh and went onto become a real local hero. she is a fountain of knowledge on homeopathic medicine, real nappies, sharing a bed, alternative education, tyou name it, she knows and she spends her weekedns organising rambles!
her name is viv kersey, llandovery, carmarthenshire.

sunpuppy



Joined: 03 Mar 2005
Posts: 169
Location: Exeter, Devon
PostPosted: Mon Nov 14, 05 4:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Wow, the suggestions keep on coming, thanks everyone - I'm writing down all the names that people mention. At this rate it's going to be difficult to narrow down the best ones for the article - I'm going to want to put everyone in!

marigold



Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex
PostPosted: Mon Nov 14, 05 6:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

What about picking one each from different categories? eg. a nappy or other clothing person, a foodie person and a plant/garden person? Or a farming person, a mail-order person and an ethical local shop person?

You could refer to others within the categories as well as the main interviewees if your brief for the article allows? Good luck

jamsam



Joined: 21 Oct 2005
Posts: 2560
Location: erm....i dont know, its dark.
PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 05 11:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

[quote="marigold"]What about picking one each from different categories? eg. a nappy or other clothing person, a foodie person and a plant/garden person? Or a farming person, a mail-order person and an ethical local shop person?

quote]

thats the best way to do it, then you wont have 3 foodies and no farmers!

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