Changing the Addictive Mind Set
part 1

Have you ever struggled to overcome an addiction or compulsive behaviour?

Have you ever succeeded but still felt anxious that the addiction would come back or be replaced with another?

This is because struggling repeatedly with addictions, we come to realise that there is an addictive mind set which is prone to addiction and other destructive behaviours and events.
This is not difficult to understand as the addictive mind is easy to describe .......lacking self esteem, evasive, manipulative, aggressive, blaming others, refusing to take responsibility,complaining and sympathy seeking.

It is also easy to see how this mind set will lead quickly to addiction, isolation and sorrow. The difficulty comes in recognising that I might have a mind like that or that some part of my mind could be responding in this way. Also one might not know what if anything can be done about it.

What has this you might be asking , got to do with saving the planet? 

Apart from being very destructive in your personal world, addiction when measured across the entire population is hugely depletive of resources, creating a demand above and beyond the simple demands of survival and comfort, apart from the drain on physical resources, is the drain on human creativity and energy, which we are surly going to need if we are to get through the current crisis... also the mind set of addiction is one of greed, which also allows for such things as chemical farming, domination of heavy industry and the arms race and indeed war itself. 

Considering all these things, addictive behaviour measured across the population is a major environmental problem, on par with misuse of human manure, the nuclear arms race, oil pollution etc. By combating your addictive behaviour, you are doing yourself and the planet a huge favour, and for this reason I am going to come back to this issue many times, and I invite you to input any thoughts and suggestions of your own.
By the way ,if you recognise any of these traits, in your self , if you are wondering what you could possibly do about it, firstly i sincerely recognise, and salute your courage. secondly i would encourage you to look at overcoming addictions part two in this blog
 Eddie 

Composting

Heres a thing about composting, I am often asked "are black composting bins any good?"

.My own personal preference is home made bins, made from scrap wood, for general purpose household and gardening organic waste, or even a freestanding heap for larger amounts.

So I wouldn't go out and buy a black bin. However, if you have one and want to use it they have distinct advantages and disadvantages. One advantage is that being black they convert sunlight to heat which can accelerate the early stages of composting. On the other hand, being non porous they can cause the whole thing to acidify and to lose nutriment in the form of run off, so be careful to use a good amount of areating bulky material (which will fill your bin very quickly another possible down side).

Here's a picture of a couple of finished bins with an extra spin.

Finished bins with potatoes