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Bars are best

12/08/2022by thelongview 15 Comments

Pearly pink, lemon drop yellow lime green, aqua and clear sunshine – Pick me! They cry – all the pretty plastic bottles. So ‘herbal’, so ‘natural’ – cherry and turmeric, […]

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Environment, Hair care, Organic living, Plastic-free, Poem

Earth Day song: Make the planet bloom again

22/04/2021by thelongview 6 Comments

A year ago, when the first Covid wave hit us, people were all going on about how nature was retaliating, and how humans were going to learn not to abuse […]

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City life, Earth, Environment, Plastic-free, Song

Is scale all- important?

30/07/2019by thelongview 9 Comments

I’ve talked before, in my post on Green Warriors, of the loneliness of trying to do the right thing on your own. In an effort to scale up a little, […]

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City life, Education, Environment, Plastic-free

Earth’s enemy: the JCB

11/08/2018by thelongview 10 Comments

Right up there with dynamite and the atomic bomb. There’s nothing as chilling as the approach of the JCB. In a few hours, it can raze an entire landscape: trees, […]

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Earth, Earth movers, Environment, Farming, JCB, Village life

Travel bugged

17/11/2017by thelongview 5 Comments

“There is no happiness for him who does not travel, Rohita! Thus we have heard. Living in the society of men, the best man becomes a sinner… therefore, wander!… The […]

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Animals, Environment, People, Travel, Village life

Best job in the world

11/08/2017by thelongview 1 Comment

Ha! I’m not going to start this post with a picture, because that would give the game away too quickly. Instead, I’m going to let you guess. Hint 1: It’s […]

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Environment, Guessing game, Housekeeping, Solar power

Green warriors

05/07/2017by thelongview 2 Comments

In an earlier post, I wrote about my attempts to live a plastic-free life. I felt, and still sometimes feel, like I was struggling alone against the entire system. But […]

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Animals, Bangalore, Environment, Organic living, Plastic-free

It’s not always pretty

28/01/2017by thelongview Leave a comment

Until now, I’ve posted only the pretty pictures. But now the truth: sometimes, this is what it looks like. Fires everywhere! In summer the villagers set fire to the brush, […]

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Earth, Environment

Dear Prime Minister

23/01/2017by thelongview Leave a comment

We are a very democratic country, and it is possible to write to our Prime Minister. So, tired of the endless talk about demonetisation and jallikattu, and none at all […]

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Earth, Environment, Government, Permaculture, Policy

Night of the elephant

10/12/2016by thelongview Leave a comment

Last weekend, we finally saw our first elephant at the farm. Until now, it’s been a case of ‘by their works shall ye know them’. Every time we are at […]

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Elephants, Environment, Farming, People, Village life

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