Mariposa http://mariposa.org.uk Create ~ Grow ~ Flourish Sun, 19 May 2013 14:00:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 PURA VIDA http://mariposa.org.uk/2013/05/19/pura-vida/ http://mariposa.org.uk/2013/05/19/pura-vida/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 13:59:36 +0000 Mariposa http://mariposa.org.uk/?p=2231 PURA VIDA Copyright Hector Retamal

Copyright Hector Retamal

The essence of pure beauty, pure life.

A blue morpho butterfly, Costa Rica.

 

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© Benjamin Spöth

]]> http://mariposa.org.uk/2012/11/22/a-very-innovative-design/feed/ 0 Nature’s Design http://mariposa.org.uk/2012/11/18/mariposa-beach-shell-2/ http://mariposa.org.uk/2012/11/18/mariposa-beach-shell-2/#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:26:57 +0000 Mariposa http://mariposa.org.uk/2012/11/18/mariposa-beach-shell-2/ Mariposa Beach Shell ]]> http://mariposa.org.uk/2012/11/18/mariposa-beach-shell-2/feed/ 0 Pear, apple, plum, cherry, raspberry, gooseberry… http://mariposa.org.uk/2012/11/18/pear-apple-plum-cherry-raspberry-gooseberry/ http://mariposa.org.uk/2012/11/18/pear-apple-plum-cherry-raspberry-gooseberry/#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2012 01:33:13 +0000 Mariposa http://mariposa.org.uk/?p=2133 Time to order those fruit trees!

We love the Walcot Nursery. We’ve had a lot of success with fruit trees from this nursery. They are sturdy, excellent quality, cert. organic and importantly produce delicious fruit! See their website for ordering, planting and maintaining advice.

]]> http://mariposa.org.uk/2012/11/18/pear-apple-plum-cherry-raspberry-gooseberry/feed/ 0 Links to a few Ted talks on edible gardening and renewables from a new angle http://mariposa.org.uk/2012/09/11/links-to-a-few-ted-talks-on-edible-gardening-and-renewables-from-a-new-angle/ http://mariposa.org.uk/2012/09/11/links-to-a-few-ted-talks-on-edible-gardening-and-renewables-from-a-new-angle/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:11:12 +0000 Mariposa http://mariposa.org.uk/?p=2122 Inspiring and motivational video from a school teacher seeing excellent results!

http://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_ritz_a_teacher_growing_green_in_the_south_bronx.html

Wind warms, solar panels…the calcualtions and reality of renewable energy in the UK. Worthwhile to watch.

http://www.ted.com/talks/david_mackay_a_reality_check_on_renewables.html

Edible gardening success story.

http://www.ted.com/talks/pam_warhurst_how_we_can_eat_our_landscapes.html

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Steph, Lauren, Roisin, Lynsey, Erin, Linda, Keira and Stella are running the 10k for Mariposa and for one or two other charities too.

To donate to Mariposa please click the above Donate button and money will be transfered to Mariposa’s Paypal Account and then transferred to our associated Mariposa bank account. Specifically funds raised from this run will be going to a new edible community garden in Possilpark, one of Glasgow’s poorest areas.

A big thankyou for supporting this Glasgow charity where 100% of your donation will go back into Glasgow projects.

We are listed on the official 10k run website

Open until 13th May 2012


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On one of our projects we planted tulips, jasmine, sunflowers to attract bees and butterflies to the edible garden.

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Group of volunteers planted strawberries in lined tyres

]]> http://mariposa.org.uk/2012/04/15/strawberries/feed/ 0 The UK’s cleaner rivers now attracting trout and salmon http://mariposa.org.uk/2012/03/23/the-uks-cleaner-rivers-now-attracting-trout-and-salmon/ http://mariposa.org.uk/2012/03/23/the-uks-cleaner-rivers-now-attracting-trout-and-salmon/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:42:23 +0000 Mariposa http://mariposa.org.uk/?p=1888 After some time our rivers are cleaner and attracting fish adaptable to this environment. Native brown trout and salmon are amongst the fish populating our once heavily polluted rivers. We are really encouraged by this piece of good news after volunteering to help clean up the River Kelvin and the Canal in Glasgow which is often see to have trolleys, plastic and tin waste etc. This will encourage the locals to keep it even cleaner, promote sustainable/local fishing practice and attract more biodiversity.

Information from The Independent Article this morning.

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