Green hedgehogs
We were visited yesterday by Graham from Seymour Green and Robert the green hedgehog…
Robert is an eco ad van which also doubles up as a recycling bin. These eye catching vehicles can travel around London promoting your event / product, and when parked can provide a useful recycling service. They also have a nifty bluetooth [...]
Charity pop up members club
The fantastic House of St Barnabas have teamed up with Quintessentially to create a pop up members club in Soho. The space is a stylish lounge and events space with stunning Georgian decor – perfect for a Christmas party. And the best thing is all the profits go to charity – helping homeless people in [...]
Read moreLondon Sustainable Events Drinks – 23rd September
Are you an events professional or student who’s interested in sustainability? Would you like to informally meet other people working in the same field? You’re in luck.
Tomorrow night we’ll be attending the second London Sustainability Drinks for Events people, or LSD drinks as we have cunningly titled it. There is no agenda, no name [...]
Open House at TBW this weekend
It’s the annual Open House weekend in London on 19 – 20 September. If you haven’t made it out to visit us at Seventeen HQ, now is the perfect opportunity to see Trinity Buoy Wharf at its best.
Along with tours of the historic buildings (including London’s only lighthouse) and Container City, there are loads of [...]
City Airport gets its sums wrong…
As we’re right under the London City Airport flight path we are not exactly thrilled about the prospect of it’s expansion. A press release published today indicates that the much hyped jobs that expansion will create are, er, just hype…
Press Release for immediate use
City Airport admits it got its sums wrong
Estimated number of jobs created [...]
Fete fun – this Saturday
If you’re at a loose end in London this weekend drop by the London South Bank University village fete for an afternoon of live music, fete stalls, crafts and kids entertainment. We’ve arranged a host of activities to keep the whole family occupied including an interactive ukulele band, breakdance lessons, the wonderful South London Jazz [...]
Read moreSEL, CIPD and JOEL
A busy couple of weeks here at Seventeen – we did a great event for Social Enterprise London on Monday showcasing some amazing talent. I couldn’t believe the confidence of some of our young performers – really inspiring stuff. Special thanks to Claire for doing such a top notch job on this one.
Next week [...]
Thanks!
…to everyone who made the Sustainable Events Summit such a success. We had amazing speakers, lots of interaction, a great venue and some delicious vegetarian food. A great result all round.
We’re in the process of compiling information which will be available for everyone to download from the website. This will include our top tips, and [...]
Julie’s Bicycle
We’re excited to be working with Julie’s Bicycle again on their launch next week. Here’s a little story I wrote for this week’s Wharf…
There are occasional flashes of glamour to the life of a sustainable events organiser. In between dealing with recycling, comparing energy tariffs and choosing which LED light is the right shade of [...]
