on a roll again

I was listening to Dame Ellen MacArthur the other day (as you do). In fact I was ironing myself a shirt whilst listening to Desert Island Discs.

Anyway, I was struck by what she had to say about sustainable living:  “When you sail on a boat you take with you the minimum of resources. You don’t waste anything. You don’t leave the light on; you don’t leave a computer screen on. And I realised that on land we take what we want.

“You’d never do that on a boat. If you need some kitchen roll, you tear off a corner, not a whole square. But someone somewhere thought that a perforated line was what everyone needs.” 

That's worth remembering the next time somebody tries to greenwash you.

Comments

[Mike Reed]

So what we need, then, is someone to produce kitchen roll with a perforated grid on it - like a big roll of old-style postage stamps. Just a sec, I'm off to the patent office.

[Mo]

Oh too much for me to worry about.

The well meaning boys still aren't moving anywhere with my widget. Thought I'd come back to your suggestions. Can you tell me again where I can go to find potential widget makers.