On Air and Hair (May07)
After 10 consecutive radio interviews I began to wonder whether I was talking complete gibbberish! The BBC regional stations phone into the studio in 10 minute slots – some for pre-recorded interviews and some live. They were all interviewing me on the publication of The New Green Consumer Guide but coming at it from different […]
Shops and Shopping Centres (May07)
‘I don’t think I’m going to be very popular with this audience’, I admitted, at the start of my speech to the property retail sector (people who develop shops and shopping centres) at Claridges. ‘I don’t buy much stuff’ I continued, ‘and what I do buy I generally purchase through internet shopping’. What I realise […]
Study in Green – Article in Guardian about student living (May07)
Study in green The typical student lifestyle isn’t exactly eco-friendly, writes the New Green Consumer Guide’s Julia Hailes, but universities are changing for the better See link to article in the Guardian.
Cut flowers and newsagents (May07)
The lady sitting next to me on the upper deck of a bus from Hammersmith to Oxford Circus was clutching a bunch of lilies with a very powerful perfume. She was taking them as a thank you to someone who had helped with her accounts. I couldn’t help commenting that the website for my book […]
Aga saga (May07)
Probably the issue that got most response in both my interview and serialisation of The New Green Consumer Guide in the Telegraph, was about the aga. On the one hand a number of people have been critical of me for being an aga owner and having the nerve to preach about green issues. I agree. […]
EU Bureacratic nightmare… (May07)
It’s been a long time since I’ve done any work for the EU. I hope it will be even longer before I do it again. Having agreed to speak at a conference on ‘Climate Change and Civil Society’ in Brussels, I felt I couldn’t back out. But the administration required to claim back the modicum […]
Photos in the bath! (May07)
I’ve never been tempted to be a film star – for a start I’m no good at either acting or singing. But I’ve now discovered there’s another star quality that I lack – looking good in the bath! Over the weekend I spent about 12 hours having my photograph taken for the Telegraph, who are […]
Rosie Boycott – Our Farm (May07)
Now Rosie’s really skilled at PR. She’s managed to launch her book in London, Taunton and Ilminster and get reviewed or interviewed in every paper under the sun. I realise I’ve got a lot to learn from her in relation to my book, so luckily she’s very kind and offers advice! Went to the Ilminster […]
Personal Carbon Allowances (May07)
In principle personal carbon allowances seem like a good idea. Everyone in the country would be allocated a certain amount of carbon that they could emit from their homes and for travel. If they exceed this limit they would have to pay someone else who has not used so much. This is called carbon trading. […]
Selling The New Green Consumer Guide on Amazon (May07)
It’s taken me ages to work out how to get this nice little icon selling the New Green Consumer Guide via Amazon onto my website. Now it means you can buy the book through Amazon from my link – and apparently I get some commission too. If you want to sell the book on your […]
Green Funerals Exhibition (Apr07)
My sister is so amused by the fact that I was the key note speaker at the Green Funerals Exhibition that she says she’ll put it on my tomb stone. But I’ve had to tell her that tomb stones are not very green! I’d prefer to have an internet memorial site and to have my […]
Guardian Unlimited Article about me (May07)
This article includes an interview with me: ‘I’m always learning new things about being green’, two decades after writing the Green Consumer Guide, Julia Hailes is still improving her eco credentials. She told Hilary Osborne about making friends with her heating controls http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/may/23/ethicalliving.climatechange and these two articles are written by me: Study in Green: About […]