Julia Hailes MBE

Sustainability Pioneer

Z FLAGGED – HG

Energy efficiency
Julia Hailes

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

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Business
Julia Hailes

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

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Green consumerism
Julia Hailes

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

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Eco-renovation
Julia Hailes

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’. 

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Laser Eye Surgery
Julia Hailes

Laser Vision (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

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Consumerism
Julia Hailes

Eco-driving by Fiat (Dec10)

If everyone in Europe was an eco-driver we could apparently save the equivalent of the annual CO2 emissions from Portugal! According to Fiat, we’d also all be getting places faster.

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