Eco-building expansion (Mar11)

When Ecobuild started 5 years ago less than 200 people attended. This year they were[...]

07
Mar
Articles for the Financial Times (Mar11 & Jun11)

I’ve started writing for FT House & Home.  My first article, co-written with Fiona Harvey[...]

01
Mar
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[...]

01
Mar
Shops aren’t closing doors (Feb11)

    I went into Jessops in Yeovil on a cold winter evening. The door[...]

25
Feb
I’ve had laser eye treatment (Dec10)

It’s brilliant – I’m over the moon! I now have 20:20 vision again. I had[...]

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27
Jan
Laser Vision (Dec10)

It’s brilliant – I’m over the moon!  I now have 20:20 vision again.  I had[...]

29
Dec
Buying a second-hand green car….(Dec10)

My Audi A3 was a bit battered but I loved it. I particularly liked the[...]

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21
Dec
Eco-driving by Fiat (Dec10)

If everyone in Europe was an eco-driver we could apparently save the equivalent of the[...]

07
Dec
Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan (Nov10)

There was a lot of talk about de-coupling. But they weren’t referring to what people[...]

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16
Nov
Recycling in Somerset – new scheme includes plastic bottles and cardboard

I got stuck behind the recycling truck. What frustrated most was that it had just[...]

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12
Nov
Is the Green Deal a Good Deal? No! (Nov10)

This week I went to a Green Monday event, held in the offices of Merrill Lynch,[...]

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03
Nov
Innocent Drinks – Taking my son to Fruit Towers (Oct10)

He was particularly impressed with the fact that they’ve got a kitchen to test out[...]

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26
Oct
I need a new boiler (Oct10)

Our boots, shoes and tennis rackets were all wet. They were stored underneath the hot[...]

4 Comments

26
Oct
Bristol Council are wheelchair crazy (Sept10)

  I told the taxi driver at Bristol station that I didn’t want to go[...]

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23
Sep
Aluminium should be recycled again and again…. (Apr10)

I’ve recently started getting my hair highlighted. The first time was in France a couple[...]

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10
Sep
Alupro – the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Jul10)

Alupro – the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation – were celebrating 21 years of aluminium packaging recycling. [...]

01
Jul