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Are our streets filled to car-pacity?

13th November, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, sustainability, transport

I recently attempted to park my modest two-door hatchback in the vicinity of a mate’s terraced house. The space directly

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Rebel Without A Course

15th July, 202226th June, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, right of way, sustainability, transport

In his book about animal behaviour, King Soloman’s Ring, Austrian zoologist Konrad Lorenz observed that when going about its business

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Vegetables in a paper bag
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The past has not passed its sell-by date

4th July, 202224th June, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments iwcp, massive animals, sustainability

There was a time when being pitched against one another simply meant Elvis vs Cliff. But perhaps humans were adversarial

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Cat James on her e-bike
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The public realm is not our battleground

24th June, 202224th June, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments cycling, isle of wight, iwcp, sustainability, transport

An amazing thing happened to me which has genuinely changed my life for the good. I’ve been loaned an electric

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Rubber ducks
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Hands, face and private place – a mantra for washing

4th September, 20217th March, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, sustainability, water

They say that the Island is ‘England in Miniature’, and within this tiny territory is nested an even smaller Isle

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The author on an electric scooter
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Are you getting charged up about electric scooters?

4th September, 202127th January, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, sustainability, transport

The unacceptable killing of George Floyd sparked the #BlackLivesMatter protest movement across the world. The call for nations to respect

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bird song
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These could be the sounds of the suburbs

2nd December, 202027th January, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments iwcp, sustainability

Despite that heart-felt promise declared in his three little words, our Prime Minister has yet to Get Brexit Done. We’re

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Vintage fish shirt
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How fashion is becoming unfashionable

19th November, 202016th November, 2020 Cat James 1 Comment fashion, sustainability, vintage

Years ago I went shoe shopping with my stepfather. As the shop door tinkled our arrival, an assistant approached from

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Pumpkin lights
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There is no Planet B

5th November, 2019 Cat James 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, litter, plastic, resources, sustainability

Sometimes I think I must sound like a dreary old gubber, a throwback of a bygone age. And I’m not

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Municipal planting
County Press articles Isle of Wight 

Where have all the flowers gone?

25th October, 2019 Cat James 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, municipal, plants, sustainability

A butterfly flaps its wings in New Mexico and causes a hurricane in China, or so the introduction to Chaos

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