Fair Trade at Green Man Festival 2016
It’s one of Europe’s biggest independent music festivals, with five music stages and a huge spoken word tent, yet here we are in a small tent on the periphery which is genuinely ‘ram-packed’. No, it’s not a secret Ezra Furman gig, but a talk about Fair Fashion, organised by the Wales TUC.
Throughout the Green Man [...]
Let’s Create a Fashion Revolution
Today sees the start of Fashion Revolution Week. The event kicked off with a special Fashion Question Time event at the houses of parliament and activities will continue through the week leading towards Fashion Revolution Day on Sunday 24th April – the anniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh. We have blogged about this [...]
Read moreSurf and turf
I’ve just had some pictures through showing what became of the turf from our recent LSBU Village fete. After an afternoon helping transform an urban Elephant and Castle street into a rural idyll for an afternoon, the turf set off to its new home at the community farm at Lambourne End Outdoor Centre in Essex. [...]
Read moreTrans Europe Express
I recently got back from some rather adventurous holidays, travelling overland from London to Istanbul. It’s certainly not the fastest way to travel (three days in one go, though we spread it out over a week). But it’s infinitely more comfortable and interesting than flying, as well as a lot less guilt-inducing.
We paused in Paris [...]
Read moreHappy Earth Day!
Today is Earth Day – lots of events and activities going on, especially over in the US. Are you doing anything to celebrate?
We’re spending the day enjoying the sunshine at Container City, and as we do everyday, busily working on some Earth friendly events including the upcoming Sustainable Events Summit.
Later I’ll be appreciating nature as [...]
Cow pat petrol and fair fashion
It’s time for this week’s sustainable news tidbits:
Cows hit the news again this week. A US dairy has converted its milk trucks to run on cow manure. Very sensible when you have 10,000 cows!
Fairtrade Fortnight starts on Monday. Join me at the launch event on London’s South Bank this Sunday, or see the website for [...]
A birthday, a bird box and cow tax
It’s time for this week’s update of some of the news that has caught my eye in the past seven days.
Happy 200th birthday to Charles Darwin, who’s anniversary was on 12 Feb. Here’s a quote from the great man:
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who [...]
Read morePlankton, pigs and primates
This week’s sustainable news update is brought to you by animals beginning with P.
Weird but true, German engineers are testing out a controversial plan to absorb carbon dioxide by pouring iron into the sea. This ‘sea fertilization’ triggers massive growth in plankton numbers, absorbing significant amounts of CO2. This type of bioengineering sadly may prove [...]
Read moreOptimism, cause and better grocery shopping
Yes, it’s time for my weekly round up of some of the sustainability stories in the news.
Swelling optimism with the inauguration of a president with the vision and the courage to make a difference. Here’s one highlight from the inauguration speech:
“Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work [...]
Read moreRunways, white paint and the carbon cost of a google search: this week’s round up
• The biggest story this week has been Thursday’s Government announcement that Heathrow’s third run way has got the go-ahead. Despite the three environmental conditions (modern efficient planes, lower capacity than planned, and emissions reduction targets for UK aviation), and a high speed rail link, protestors, opposition parties and the planet are not impressed.
• Not [...]
