Greening festivals
Posted by mlamond in Clean up the World, Glastonbury, climate change, festivals, greenblogs, greenpeace, young on 28. Jun, 2010 | 2 Comments
For the past four years Green.TV has been sending a team down to the Glastonbury festival to film short stories about the numerous ‘green’ activities that go on during the festival’s 5 days. (You can watch these at – http://www.green.tv/glastonbury)
Festivals have always struck me as a great place to raise awareness and possibly change people’s attitudes. Certainly, Glastonbury’s organiser, Michael Eavis, has used the festival to support numerous worthy causes and over the past few years these have included two of Green.TV’s partners, Greenpeace (http://www.green.tv/greenpeace) and Oxfam (http://www.green.tv/oxfam).
(non)Governmental Creates New UK Ministry
Posted by annied in DEFRA, Kew Gardens, carbon trading on 29. Oct, 2009 | Comments Off
The New Economics Foundation (hence, NEF) launched its informal study of personal carbon budgeting via an art cultural piece at the Bigger Picture Festival of Interdependence last Saturday. A “rationette” explained the new Ministry of Actually Trying To Do Something About It and handed out carbon ration booklets. [Click to Watch an explanation of the study, and how you can get involved]
Carbon Credit Schemes Don’t Fall From the Sky, You Know
Posted by annied in carbon trading, climate change, energy on 23. Oct, 2009 | 1 Comment
Local Carbon Trading Scheme translates greenhouse gas emissions in a way everyone can understand
“I want my kids to feel they can do something about their future right now. I think everybody feels like this is all the hand of god, but this is a thing we’ve all been complicit in… I don’t want my kids to look at the future and feel like they can’t do anything about it. So I don’t want them to wait for some big carbon crediting scheme to come dropping out of the sky. I want them to feel like in their day-to-day approach they can do something,” says Sam Nelson, co-founder of the Maia Maia Project.
Young British Green Bloggers: blogging the transition
Posted by annied in greenblogs, young on 08. Oct, 2009 | 1 Comment
The green-blogosphere is US centric. But who’s out there that homegrown British?
5 Cool Carbon Entrepreneurs as seen at The Carbon Show, London
Posted by annied in climate change, greentv news on 02. Oct, 2009 | 2 Comments
Eco3
Ecodesign. Impeccably dressed with a wicked eye for design Mark Shayler. Can both reduce your products packaging and make it prettier at the same time! Like Bectel, for example, there’ll be more space for more of your product on the shelf so you’ll probably sell more on top of saving on inputs. Oh, and his [...]
The Environment Agency versus Panorama: Whose side are you on?
Posted by annied in Environment Agency on 18. Sep, 2009 | Comments Off
Last week Panorama reported on “Britain’s Dirty Beaches.” The Environment Agency disagrees and we’ve got their rebuttal:
World Water Week– the Stockholm Statement, just hot air?
Posted by annied in UNEP, climate change, water on 27. Aug, 2009 | Comments Off
World Water Week from Stockholm: are you thinking what can be more boring and ineffectual than a room full of officials agreeing to agree to manage water and sanitation better? Well actually, the end result, the Stockholm Statement, is worth shouting from the rooftops about.