Summer produce (Jul08)

The weekend wasn’t glorious – certainly not the weather anyway. But I’ve been really enjoying [...]

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Reckitt Benckiser Sustainability Conference (Jul08)

“Julia had a great impact at our sustainability conference. As well as highlighting potential focus [...]

NT – Energy efficient light bulbs (Jun08)

ABOUT TIME TOO – NATIONAL TRUST ENERGY SAVING LIGHT BULBS I was a tenant of [...]

A Trip to Waste Tip (Jun08)

Dimmer landfill site near Castle Cary in Somerset is unusual.  It has a rather beautiful [...]

Washing lines in Dubrovnik (Jun08)

Where bombs and missiles fell in the early 1990s, I stood looking at washing lines [...]

Flash floods in Somerset (Jun08)

My local town of Crewkerne doesn’t often hit the headlines. Last Thursday it did. I [...]

European Soaps & Detergent Industry Association (Jun08)

“Yourspeech was well appreciated.  It was good to have some challenging views.” AISE – European [...]

Sea Kayaking – Scotland (May08)

I’ve spent quite a lot of time mucking around in boats but surprisingly had never [...]

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Plastic recycling is not where it should be (May08)

Most plastics can be recycled but that doesn’t mean they are. Recoup have been campaigning for more [...]

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Food ethics, tomatoes and feeding the world (May08)

I’ve been to a lot of food ethics events recently – being a member of [...]