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The Free Range Network produces briefings and reports to inform
and stimulate debate – seeking to look at the root of a
particular issue rather than its peripheral impacts. They usually
contain a referenced technical analysis, rather than a simple
dialogue, so are a little more weighty than the infomation produced
by other campaign groups. They are usually produced in support of
the workshops run by the Network, or to respond to recent
events.
General reports
The Detractor's Convention
A report produced by the Free Range Network in 2000, outlining
the origins of the Free Range approach and exploring
the issues facing grassroots activists over the next one or two
decades.
Free Range Briefings
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Get the Candles In! (September 2005)
Double whammy! – at the same time as we're short of gas
and electricity capacity the Met Office is forecasting a
severe Winter. Should we be worried?
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Use Your Loaf! – The Problems With Industrial
Bread (September 2004)
In October 2004, the Baker's Federation in the UK will be
holding its third British Bread Month. This is a large
promotional exercise for industrial bread – a mass
produced product that is reliant on various biochemical
processes. So what, in reality, is industrial bread?
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"What does not kill them makes them stronger"
– The Hazards of Anti-Bacterial Agents (December 2003)
Triclosan and other anti-bacterial compounds are being
incorporated into more consumer products, but are they
safe? Do we run the risk of polluting the environment,
damaging out immune systems, and creating more resistant
bacteria?
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Toxic shock! – my non-stick frying pan killed
my budgie!! (November 2003)
Teflon® and other types of non-stick pans and ovens
are killing budgies – are we next? Per-fluoro-carbon
componds are everywhere in society, and they could pose
a long-term hazard to human health?
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Hijacking Green Energy (October 2003)
If wind power is the answer, then someone's asking the
wrong questions! A study of sustainable energy issues,
and whether the energy debate has been hijacked by
government and the energy corporations, assisted by
the confused policies of the large environmental
pressure groups.
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Broken Windows with Stronger Fences (August 2003)
Why do so many activists use Micro$oft products when
Micro$oft actively supports the political philosophy
that they are campaigning against?
Free Range Practice Guides
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Beyond the Throw-away Battery
Save money using rechargeable batteries and using mains
power supplies for portable equipment – and in the
process save waste an pollution.
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Switching to Low Energy Lights
Changing your light bulbs to save energy and cut your
electricity bill.
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Buying Collectively
Developing a network of contacts to buy goods
collectively to save money and improve choice.
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Protesting in Public
A guide to the procedures and legal pitfalls of
demonstrating or taking action in support of
campaigns.
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Grow Your Own Food
With a few basic ideas for establishing 'own-grown'
methods to produce your own food at low cost, this
guide looks at the basic requirements for growing
food, and considers some of the options for how you
might be able to do so. The aim of the guide is not
to tell you how to grow food. There are plenty of
books around that already do that. Instead, it looks
at some of the issues you need to consider before
embarking on 'own-grown' gardening.
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Use Your Loaf – Bake Your Own!
Can you trust the bread you buy to be wholesome and
not to cause you health problems? As with so many
other of the industrialised foods we buy today –
like eggs, beef and chicken – it now appears
that the development of industrial bread might be
storing up health problems for the future. The
simplest solution... bake your own!
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