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Marina Robb, director, Circle of Life Rediscovery
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| Marina Robb |
What is it you do?
I run a community-interest company
which offers young people environmental
camps, day events, bushcraft and natureawareness
games. I am also working with
Transition Town Lewes.
Why did you pick that?
I have always been interested in people
from different places and believed we could
all get along. I recognise it can take
a lot of work and self-awareness to really
see things from another perspective -
so our events bring together people from
all walks of life and we provide a direct
experience of the natural world. From
that comes the possibility of caring for
the non-human world.
What makes you greener than other
organisations?
We leave the land as we find it, compost
everything. Even toilets are a hole in the
earth. We bring a culture of respect and care
for each other and the Earth.
What is your latest obsession?
My ongoing passion is every young person
has the right to a direct experience of the
natural world - from parks to more wild
spaces. The Government's Every Child
Matters policy, by which young people have
the right to education, culture, health,
social care and justice, is great but it is
missing the sixth part, which is the
environment. Without that, the other
five cannot be sustained.
Carbon-offsetting, yes or no?
It may be a very small part of the solution
but prevention is better.
What's your guiltiest green secret?
Driving. I rush around, never leaving
enough time, and I have three children -
so I end up driving.
What is the biggest thing you have
sacrificed to be green?
I don't feel I have sacrificed anything, as it's
not been too hard so far. Most of what I have
done is about creating better habits.
Are you a climate worrier or are you
more optimistic?
I think we are in trouble, much more than
we can all take on board. I get loads of
information about peak oil and climate
change and how we can begin to find ways
of living in a not-so-distant future without
oil - we are looking at five years, no more.
There are ways, but when the oil runs out
we will be forced into a simpler way of life
that will reduce our carbon footprint. It will
be uncomfortable for most of us, though.
What's your skill for after the oil goes?
I am adaptive and flexible and can live
simply. I know how to grow vegetables,
I can make fire in many ways and I can
make an earth oven.
In a nutshell, what's your philosophy
on green living?
Find happiness in simple things and you
will go far.
11:20am Monday 11th February 2008
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