UFOs, lost rivers and lightbulbs: this week’s sustainability news
Hello and happy new year to everyone! As 2009 gets started, so does an increased research focus on sustainability from me, and with it a weekly update on some of the sustainability related stories and innovations that have caught my eye this week. I hope you find it interesting!
Are UFOs attacking Ecotricity wind turbines? Two [...]
Read morePine and dandy
Over a post work pint last week, team Seventeen were debating the ethical merits of real versus fake Christmas trees, both of which seemed pretty bad things in many ways. But, I am childlike in my excitement for Christmas and a bah humbuggy no tree stance will not do for me even if that is [...]
Read moreJust announced
Seventeen Event’s director Andrew Williams has just been named at number 72 in the event industry’s top 100 most influential figures.
This ranking is the Event 100 Club list unveiled today by Event magazine. Good news in our quest to lead the industry in making events greener!
L’eau de tap
I thought I’d share our green column from this week’s The Wharf newspaper:
Thames Water might be testing our patience digging holes in the road all over the place, but they get one thing right: our tap water is rated top for quality in the country. It recently rated higher than mineral water in an [...]
Ben the bin
Max McMurdo’s soon-to-be eco design classic is now on sale! You might remember it from Dragon’s Den, and it’s a handy little lightweight plastic carrier bag holder which you can use to separate your recyclables. Seventeen were lucky enough to receive a prototype Ben a few months ago and it’s been a very handy addition [...]
Read moreLSBU Village Fete – tomorrow!
If you’re in the area come along and see us at the London South Bank University fete tomorrow, 12pm – 4pm. It’s just round the corner from Elephant & Castle tube on Keyworth Street. The event aims to engage the University with the local community. Seventeen have been having lots of fun booking a great [...]
Read moreChristmas Shopping . . .
Last night I went to a Christmas sample and stock sale in the Old Truman Brewery; luckily I didn’t end up purchasing any LED Chritmas trees or flashing santas, but what I did get was some fantastic ethical fashion bargains!
It was a Fashion made Fair event which showcased some of the best ethical fashion brands [...]
Prada but not as we know it
The Seventeen Gallery* are hosting an interesting exhibition by Ana Prada right now. Prada takes ordinary household items and transforms them into art – her current exhibition includes tea bags, hair rollers and toilet rolls (see below). Not actually billed as recycled art, it’s definitely an interesting use of consumer products in art. [...]
Read moreTonight at Trinity Buoy Wharf – (13th Sept)
It’s Open Studios night again here at TBW. If you’re in the area drop by to see the Creative Wharf in action – all the artists will be opening their doors, displaying a huge variety of paintings, sculpture and photography. The Found Gallery will also be open showing contemporary art, antiques and collectables. The studios [...]
Read moreEco Dance Festival…in your kitchen
I came home on Tuesday evening, planning a nice quiet evening in with my housemate to the enormous pile of washing-up, which had not magically disappeared as both of us had hoped. Added to that, the light bulb in the kitchen had blown, so we couldn’t tell the milk from the cranberry juice (don’t ask).
We [...]
