If Sustainability is a sacrifice, you’re doing it wrong
It's about 30 months since we sold our family car. Do I miss it? Very occasionally. Certainly not day to day, or even week to...
Chasing the Green Pound in London
May 18, 2012
Yesterday I was a panelist at the "Chasing the Green Pound" event hosted by Grayling's Future Planet team. It was a strong line-up with Ramon...
Fear of a Green Planet
Sep 23, 2011
Despite the fact I've been working "in the environment" for over a decade, I still get surprised at how fearful people are of sustainable solutions....
The Death of the Eco-product?
Jun 22, 2011
Is the eco-product dead? For years those of us in the green consumer niche have been conscientiously buying eco-products from Ecover, Bodyshop, Natural Collection etc...
Are we ready for cloud living?
Nov 15, 2010
No, not living in the sky like that city at the end of The Empire Strikes Back where Harrison Ford gets immobilised in chocolate. Have...
What Makes Me Mad…
Sep 1, 2010
... OK, lots of things make me mad, like the Daily Express, wheel bender cycle stands and and people putting 'off' milk back in the...
Making Green Look Normal…
Jan 27, 2010
I was quite harsh on John Grant's Green Marketing Manifesto when I reviewed it, but while I'm doing the zillionith edit to The Green Executive,...
The Dichotomy of the Green Consumer
Jun 12, 2008
I was at a climate change conference last week, where one of the few diamonds in the dross was a presentation by IPSOS MORI on...
DEFRA
Jan 16, 2008
DEFRA has released a weighty report breaking down the attitudes and behaviours of the UK public and proposing a framework of how to 'green' those...
“Ethical” consumer spending doubles to 5%
Nov 30, 2007
The Co-operative Bank is reporting that ethical* consumer spending in the UK has doubled to 5% of our total since 2002. Food in particular is...
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