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Cow pat petrol and fair fashion

Posted by joelle on Friday, February 20th, 2009

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 [...]

Rinky-dink-dink

Posted by andrew on Thursday, December 18th, 2008

The Seventeen team outing is looming – we’re off to the Canary Wharf ice rink tonight to trip the light fantastic and fall flat on our backsides. Hopefully our injuries will not prevent us enjoying a few glasses of mulled wine in the Moose Bar afterwards.
We will be in the office until Tuesday getting [...]

High expectations

Posted by claire on Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

As this will be my first Christmas is London I feel I may be disappointed that it will not be the fairy tale that I have come to expect from annual viewing of such films as Bridget Jones, Love Actually and of course A (Muppet) Christmas Carol!
Out here at Trinity Buoy Wharf we shall be [...]

Will I never learn…

Posted by claire on Monday, December 8th, 2008

Will I never learn that leaving my Christmas shopping until the second week of December will only result in a stressful weekend and inappropriate gifts?
This Saturday I met some friends, (not from London I might add) on Oxford Street for some live music and a little Christmas shopping. Despite being pedestrianised Oxford circus could only [...]

Veg out

Posted by louise on Monday, November 24th, 2008

If you’re following the UN’s advice from a few months back and cutting down on your meat intake, I can recommend a great new veggie restaurant in London, Tibits. It’s a vegetarian buffet where the cost of your meal depends on its weight. The buffet has a variety of options including veggie sausage salad, lentil [...]

Future 100 Young Entrepreneurs

Posted by andrew on Monday, November 17th, 2008

High excitement at Container City, as Louise has been named one of the 100 top Future Entrepreneurs for 2008! Having founded Seventeen in 2005, Louise has taken the company from strength to strength and this recognition is well deserved.
The winners will be officially unveiled at a ceremony on Tuesday 18th November at the British [...]

I love public transport

Posted by claire on Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Having only recently moved to London I am still getting used to the abundance of public transport. Out here in East India I was worried that my journey to work could be slow and irritating, but to my joy I find myself with the option of taking either bus, Overground, Underground, DLR and/or boat! My [...]

The Guardian London Graduate Fair

Posted by andrew on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

I had a great time yesterday on the panel session at this enormous recruitment fair at the Business Design Centre in London. It was great to see the enthusiasm from all of the attendees, as I imagine it must be easy to become discouraged if you’re currently job hunting. Where to get experience and what [...]

Friezeing

Posted by andrew on Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Went to the opening of the Frieze Art Fair last night in Regent’s Park – all slightly bewildering. I like challenging, conceptual modern art as much as the next man – as long as the next man is Liam Gallagher. There were definitely some interesting bits and pieces though, particularly form the Lisson Gallery, and [...]

Any questions?

Posted by andrew on Friday, October 10th, 2008

I had an amazing experience last night when I joined the audience for one of my favourite TV shows, Question Time. This week it was being filmed in Hackney, and the panel included Ken Clarke, Chris Huhne, John Denham and the Bishop of Rochester. It was certainly a lively debate with the current financial turmoil [...]