Chilling Facts about supermarket refrigeration and cooling systems (Mar11)
The Environmental Investigation Agency’s (EIA) Chilling Facts campaign began in 2008. Since then – it’s now in its third year – we have seen significant progress by UK supermarkets in reducing the global warming impact of their refrigeration and cooling systems. I helped to get the campaign up and running and have been a judge ever […]
Geo Mission – Environmental Sponsorship (Mar11)
I first met Pen Hadow when we were fellow judges for Morgan Stanley’s Great Britons 2004. Since then Pen has been on a few more polar expeditions and more recently he’s set up Geo Mission – a company promoting environmental sponsorship. I gave an interview for their magazine about why companies should be ‘doing more good, rather than less […]
Western Gazette (Feb11)
I’ve written regular articles for the Western Gazette including ones covering: Closing Shop Doors Recycling in Somerset Aluminium should be recycled again and again
Shops aren’t closing doors (Feb11)
I went into Jessops in Yeovil on a cold winter evening. The door of the shop was open and the hot air was being pumped out into the street. They’re not alone. When I looked up and down the precinct I realised that there were more shops with their doors open than closed. […]
I’ve had laser eye treatment (Dec10)
It’s brilliant – I’m over the moon! I now have 20:20 vision again. I had the surgery just before Christmas. It was totally painless – although a little frightening. But I was completely confident in the surgeon – Dr. Dan Reinstein from the London Vision Clinic, which he set up. I’ve been a contact lens […]
P&G Leaflet on Disposable Nappies (Jan11)
One of the most difficult eco-decisions I’ve had to make is whether to use cloth or disposable nappies. I chose disposables. Given that I’m a big campaigner on reducing waste, this might seem surprising. But my view was that the environmental differences between the two products were not so great – and disposables performed better. […]
Confessions of a Radical Industrialist (Jan 11)
I’ve just finished reading Ray Anderson’s Confessions of a Radical Industrialist. It’s the inspirational story of how Ray turned his billion dollar company around to become one of the leading green corporations in the world. In 1994, when he had what he describes as an ‘epiphany’, he says that Interface was a company ‘so oil intensive you […]
The Secret Life of Stuff (Jan11)
Julie Hill thought I’d be uncomfortable with her view that we’ve had enough of green consumerism, where people are left to choose to be green or not. What we want, she says, is more ‘choice editing’. That effectively means that businesses and retailers only offer products that have a minimal environmental impact or are deemed to […]
Eco-Renovating London Flat (Jan11)
I’ve started eco-renovating my London flat. It’s been rented out since 1995 but needs sprucing up. I’ve employed architect Jerry Tate , who specialises in bringing ‘buildings and nature closer together’. In this case it means lots of insulation, inspirational energy and water-saving ideas and including as much recycled materials as possible. I’ll be up-dating my […]
Eco-Sheets – Using Recycled Plastics (Jan11)
In January 2011 I took my son Connor (far right in picture) to see the Eco Sheet factory. Melinda Watson from the Raw Foundation came too (pictured far left) – and Amanda Barry-Hirst from Greenhouse PR. Omer Kutluoglu, one of the founders showed us around. They’re making brilliant use of recycled mixed plastics – turning them into […]
