TLIO journalism Articles written by TLIO activists and supporters A life less ordinary (from The Guardian Wednesday 20 December 2000). Tony Gosling suggests that Ecological criteria for planning offer hope for green homes Five years ago "Peter" bought 20 hectares (50 acres) of West Country woodland for £30,000. Instead of a bathroom, he has a stream to wash in. Rather than a flush loo, he has a compost toilet. People might say he's roughing it.... Union Blues (from The Guardian Wednesday April 5, 2000). Simon Fairlie on why the NFU is losing its grassroots support to environmental groups. Tinker's tailored living (from The Guardian Tuesday January 19, 1999). A sustainable smallholding in Somerset has been given five years to prove it can work by the local council. Simon Fairlie writes an open letter to one disgusted councillor who resigned over the issue. REGAINING PARADISE by Dom Rotheroe September, 1997 an article on land rights in Papua New Guinea.