I caught this programme today and found it fascinating - I had never heard of algae being incorporated into the fabric of a house before!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nw3rq/Material_World_19_11_2009/

You've eaten roasted chestnuts. Now try the soup! Learn how with this fun video. All ingredients local, seasonal and delicious! Watch the two minute youtube video Make a Chestnut Soup

I've been forwarded this info:

Rescue Hens

We have recently rescued some free range, organic chickens which were doomed to be slaughtered as supermarkets will not buy eggs laid by hens over a year old. If you can offer any of these hens a home then we £2 per bird (non-profit) .

These are healthy birds, which will still lay as many, if not more, eggs than ornamental hens!

If you can offer them a good home then we will help with transporting the hens to you if need be.

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Thanks to Peter Brinch and Tom Ventham for the Sowing Workshop, to Mike Grenville and David Jonas for introducing it and putting it into Local Food Week and to all at Plawhatch Farm. Go to the following link to watch a short video of the event SOWING THE FUTURE
Best wishes,
Michael Taylor

I come from Gloucestershire, but have friends near East Grinsted who are building themselves a new house. I have been trying to get them to make it carbon neutral, but their mind is preoccupied by making it look neoGeorgian. Are there any owners of sustainably-built housing near Forest Row who might be willing to give them a tour of their houses? It really would be dire if they went ahead and built a totally conventional house without considering the alternatives. Martin