Green Blog
07 December 2011
Supporter of the week: Dina Baird
To celebrate Friends of the Earth's 40th anniversary, I've been talking to some of the supporters who've made it all possible. Dina Baird (right), is a full-time mum who's into energy efficiency. At the time of the interview she was expecting her fourth child.
"We've started growing our own food - potatoes, lettuce, carrots, peas, fruit trees.
"We're on the way to self-sufficiency. We have five new chickens, too - fresh eggs every day.
"We gave up flying about 4 years ago, and sold our car. But we do have a camper van, which we use for UK holidays.
I'm fitter now I don't drive everywhere. My kids moaned about walking to school at first, but now they don't mind at all.
"We still see Europe, but I don't know if I'll ever get to visit my sister in Sydney. I looked into it - it would take about 6 weeks.
"I coordinate our local Warrington Friends of the Earth group. We set up street stalls: I've dressed up as a polar bear and a chicken, and staged a santa's grotto of the future - with santa in Bermuda shorts."
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Next week: John Fulljames. To see all the supporters I've interviewed, visit our 40th anniversary gallery.
Hannah Booth also writes Lives Less Ordinary.
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