Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # juliahailes.com ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://juliahailes.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Inspiration](https://juliahailes.com/inspiration/) - Be Inspired Today, it’s possible to be overwhelmed by social media, blogs, podcasts, videos and books. However, I’ve found some really inspiring information sources that you can see below. Here are some of my recommendations Cafe Bridge Sherborne Cafe Bridge – 22nd November 2026 I’m delighted that Café Bridge is continuing in Sherborne thanks to - [Youth Media and G Whiz (Apr07)](https://juliahailes.com/youth-media-and-g-whiz-17apr07/) - Met Justin Smith from Youth Media in a juice bar on Edgware Road. He's been tremendously successful with his student communications business. We discussed a number of ways in which green messages might be included as part of his package. There's so much that schools, universities and students could be doing to reduce their environmental - [Yeovil to Naples by train (Aug08)](https://juliahailes.com/yeovil-to-naples-by-train/) - Up to Waterloo and across to St Pancras, we caught the Eurostar to Paris. But most exciting was the sleeper from Paris to Rome. Just my eldest son, Connor and I - we had a cabin to ourselves. And in old-fashioned style had our evening meal in the dining car. The waiter came round with - [Yarlington Housing (Mar10)](https://juliahailes.com/yarlington-housing-mar10-2/) - I was the key note speaker at the Yarlington Housing Annual meeting, held in Yeovil, which is close to where I live. The organisation had a number of sustainability initiatives but hadn't yet managed to fully integrate the principles into their housing developments. - [Why do scything & wilding go hand in hand (oct23)](https://juliahailes.com/why-do-scything-wilding-go-hand-in-hand-oct23/) - Our scything day was joyous. Watching the scythers sweep through the grass was a totally different experience from using a ride-on mower or strimmer. And, I learned that there are multiple benefits to this approach too. For a start, it's far better for wildlife that may be lurking in the undergrowth. Our scythers found several - [Whole foods (Oct07)](https://juliahailes.com/whole-foods-5oct07/) - A few years ago I went to a Whole Foods store in New York. This week I visited the London Whole Foods Market, situated on the old Barkers site in Kensington High Street. Rather like a trip to French street markets, the first thing that comes to mind is ‘Why don’t more shops make food - [Waste disposal is not for seagulls (Jun07)](https://juliahailes.com/waste-disposal-is-not-for-seagulls-30jun07/) - I love the Brighton buses. Every stop has a sign telling you how long it is before your bus arrives. I also rather liked the sound of seagulls when I woke in the morning a stone’s throw from Brighton beach. But I discovered that residents are not so keen. I had thought that bird-related complaints - [Gay Times - I interviewed Paul O'Grady - aka Lily Savage (Sep07)](https://juliahailes.com/gay-times-i-interviewed-paul-ogrady-aka-lily-savage-sep07/) - “I’ve never known anyone make so much fuss about three light bulbs” Paul said as we laughed uproariously in his kitchen. I’d pointed out that there were more lights in just half his kitchen than Peter Tatchell had in his whole flat. Then I saw more lighting above the aga. “Only one” Paul says. So I peered underneath the mantel and discovered there were three! - [Washing lines in Dubrovnik (Jun08)](https://juliahailes.com/washing-lines-in-dubrovnik/) - Where bombs and missiles fell in the early 1990s, I stood looking at washing lines and cats. Swallows were diving over the rooftops of Dubrovnik in the evening sun - it was a magical experience, perhaps all the more so because I was there for such a short time. My trip to Croatia was arranged - [Was our luxury holiday good or bad for the environment? (Feb17)](https://juliahailes.com/was-our-luxury-holiday-good-or-bad-for-the-environment-feb17/) - A friend of mine argues that the impact of long-distance flying to exotic locations outweighs any possible environmental benefit to the places you might visit…. I’m not so sure. We’ve just come back from the Seychelles. It’s one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been. Apart from the world class beaches - - [Walking in the woods (Apr07)](https://juliahailes.com/walking-in-the-woods/) - I haven't seen much of the sunny Spring weather over Easter but did manage a lovely walk on Lewesden Hill, outside Stoke Abbott in Dorset. Wonderful beech trees - and one of the had a rope for Connor (my eldest son) and his friend Josh to swing out over the trees. It looked quite scary. - [Walking into Slovenia (Jul11)](https://juliahailes.com/walking-into-slovenia/) - We walked over the mountains from Italy into Slovenia. At the top the view was blue - we could see mountain ridges into the distance. No-one else was there. We didn't come across any other walkers all day. The first person we saw was an elderly farmer scything grass in a meadow. The other striking - [Vanessa Feltz show – BBC radio London 2011-2012 (Apr12)](https://juliahailes.com/vanessa-feltz-show-bbc-radio-london-2011-2012/) - Having been on the programme in 2011 talking about plastic bags, I was asked back to talk about vests. The show had seen a comment I’d made in the Daily Express about how difficult it was to get children to wear vests – but that this was preferable to turning up the heating. - [Unwanted phone directories 50 times as high as Everest! (Feb08)](https://juliahailes.com/unwanted-phone-directories-50-times-as-high-as-everest/) - I don't use phone directories any more - I always look up numbers on the internet. But I've still got a pile of these weighty tomes in the corner of my office, collecting dust and doing nothing useful. I've now discovered that 50 million telephone directories are distributed each year and 17.5 million of these - [Unilever's Sustainable Living Plan (Nov10)](https://juliahailes.com/unilevers-sustainable-living-plan/) - There was a lot of talk about de-coupling. But they werent referring to what people get up to in laybys. It was a Unilever inspired session on sustainable consumption, which I watched as a webcast. De-coupling in this case was all about 'green growth' - whether it's possible for a compnay to both increase profits - [Turning on the heat... (Nov08)](https://juliahailes.com/turning-on-the-heat/) - My eldest son sent me a text 'demanding' that I put on the heating for half term. I resisted because I'd decided to hold out until November - and even then only when it was really needed........... Five-and-a-half per cent of UK greenhouse gas emissions comes from home heating. I don't recommend that everyone - [Triodos Bank says 'I do' (Jul07)](https://juliahailes.com/triodos-bank-says-i-do/) - This was no ordinary AGM. Apart from anything else Triodos staged it with a wedding theme. Charles Middleton the MD made his vows, talked to ‘the congregation’ and encouraged them to ‘speak now’ but ‘not hold your peace’. Apart from a few wry observations that the Triodos representatives were all male and were more formally - [Trade Associations - Aise & Edana (Jun08 / Sep09)](https://juliahailes.com/trade-associations-aise-edana/) - P&G are members of numerous trade associations. A couple of them asked me to speak at their annual conferences. In June 2008, AISE - the European Soaps & Detergents Manufacturer’s trade association invited me to speak at their conference, which was being held near Dubrovnik in Croatia. The feedback was that my presentation was - [The Shocking thing about helium balloons (Nov16)](https://juliahailes.com/the-shocking-thing-about-helium-balloons-nov16/) - Filln'away - essentially means fill the balloons and chuck the whole gas canister away afterwards - as well as leaving balloon waste to wash up on the beach as litter...... I love giving parties and try to make them quite spectacular too. I've got a birthday tea party coming up nad decided to buy - [The New Green Consumer Guide](https://juliahailes.com/the-new-green-consumer-guide/) - Writing The New Green Consumer Guide, which was published in 2007, nearly 20 years on from the original Green Consumer Guide, made me realise how much has changed in the intervening period. In 1988 green issues were moving our of the fringe into the mainstream, but in the more recent edition, the challenge was to - [Tessa Tennant started ethical investment... (Jun18)](https://juliahailes.com/tessa-tennant-started-ethical-investment-jun18/) - Last night I went to a celebration for Tessa Tennant's Lifetime Achievement Award. It was the first award of its kind, set up as part of the FT IFC suite of Transformational Business Awards - and hereafter it will be named after Tessa. She was being recognised for 30 years of trailblazing in green investment. What - [Tesla is flying (Apr17)](https://juliahailes.com/tesla-is-flying-apr17/) - The 'flying' Tesla Model X I showed my mother a photo of 'Tess' - our new fully electric Tesla Model X. Seeing the falcon wing doors at the back she asked if the car could fly! Not yet. But, it's exciting to discover the numerous new gizmos they have thought of... Teething problems revealed - [Tesla arrives on April's Fools Day - Teething Problems (Apr17)](https://juliahailes.com/tesla-arrives-on-aprils-fools-day-teething-problems-apr17/) - She’s called Tess… And she arrived today. Glistening, blue and beautiful. I’ve never been so excited by a car. It’s April Fool’s day. A bit worrying. Was it an omen? Quite possibly. Rather nervously I approached the car and tried to work out how to open the door. It didn’t work properly. Pressed the chrome - [Supermarkets vs french markets.... (Sept08)](https://juliahailes.com/supermarkets-vs-french-markets/) - Even with the wind and rain lashing around our beach hut on the Dorset coast, we had a great couple of days. There were sunny spells and we had lots of visitors. Somehow the weather didn't matter that much. We stocked up for supplies from the large supermarket in Bridport - but this was more - [Summer produce (Jul08)](https://juliahailes.com/summer-produce/) - The weekend wasn't glorious - certainly not the weather anyway. But I've been really enjoying the delicious summer produce, either from my wonderful food delivery service - Somerset Local Food Direct, from my mother's garden or from our local pick your own. On Saturday night I had 15 people to supper. We started with broad - [Steamy experience in Istanbul (Oct07)](https://juliahailes.com/steamy-experience-in-istanbul-20oct07/) - One of the most fascinating experiences I had in Istanbul was having a Turkish Bath. When I entered the large steamy room and saw the mass of nude bodies on the marble plinth it was like a scene from a painting. And it made me laugh. Naked bodies abound in Istanbul's baths I joined - [Solar powered lighting is good (Oct09)](https://juliahailes.com/solar-powered-lighting-is-good/) - My outside light is great. It's a solar powered security light, with a movement sensor. I've had it up for a few months now and it's works really well. It came from Eco Promotion - a website that sells lots of energy efficient products from light bulbs to radiator panels. (Not any more - Oct18) - [Snow crash (Feb09)](https://juliahailes.com/snow-crash/) - I would have abandoned the idea of school if I hadn't run out of oil. I've been lasting a year on one tank - and I lasted a bit too long. Of course it ran out over the weekend before the snow hit. Actually the house wasn't that much colder than normal. During the day - [Qualms about gold teeth.... (May11)](https://juliahailes.com/qualms-about-gold-teeth/) - I've already got one gold crown and it looks like I'm due for some more. My worry is that I don't think they're the best environmental option - I'm actually rather anti-gold on eco grounds. Gold mining is one fo the dirtiest industry around, commonly using cyanide, arsenic and mercury. And the process is hugely - [My Garden (May09)](https://juliahailes.com/my-garden/) - It's such a wonderful time of year for getting into the garden. I've actually managed to mow the lawn - I'm afraid that I didn't use a scythe. I've also been pruning the apples trees - and getting rid of the ivy that's wrapping itself around them and planting vegetables. Home-grown food is a real - [My eco-renovated flat is available for rent (Apr12)](https://juliahailes.com/my-eco-renovated-flat-is-available-for-rent/) - I bought my flat, near Portobello Road, in 1986, with my sister. We shared it for the first couple of years, before she got married and moved out. We re-painted and re-carpeted it throughout but didn't do much more than that. The kitchen was quite dated even then, but it wasn't until I eco-renovated the - [Off to Kenya and street lights closer to home (Mar09)](https://juliahailes.com/off-to-kenya-and-street-lights-closer-to-home/) - Another morning digging ourselves out of the drive. As I was heaving large mounds of snow into the bank I was thinking about where I'll be in a couple of days time. I'm off to Kenya tomorrow. I'm heading straight to Mombasa, from where I only have a short drive North to my destination. - [I need a new boiler (Oct10)](https://juliahailes.com/i-need-a-new-boiler/) - Our boots, shoes and tennis rackets were all wet. They were stored underneath the hot water tank. When the boiler man came he said that it wasn't actually the tank that was leaking but the pipes leading to it. The pinhole leak had been created by corrosion. Even worse was the water tank in the - [Hong Kong was dirty (Dec09)](https://juliahailes.com/hong-kong-was-dirty/) - Air Conditioning Units in Hong Kong Smog in Hong Kong, it should have been a sunny day! We flew through a brownish smog as we descended into Hong Kong airport. During my four days in the city I was horrified by the pollution. As the Star Ferry belched its way across the Harbour towards Kowloon, - [Haller transformation (May09)](https://juliahailes.com/haller-transformation/) - Below is an article I wrote for Telegraph website about millipedes, hippos and Haller in Kenya. I'm a trustee of Haller - a charity, I co-founded that supports sustainable living in Kenya. In March I spent a week just North of Mombasa looking at how things have progressed since my last visit over four years - [Generation Green visit recycling plant (Jun09)](https://juliahailes.com/generation-green-visit-recycling-plant/) - I was impressed by the passion, enthusiasm and knowledge of many of the children who are participating in the Generation Green youth think tank, sponsored by British Gas. Age 7-14 we met at Dagenham docks to have a look around the Closed Loop recycling plant. They were told all about recycling plastic bottles and were - [Frogs, toads and newts (Jun21)](https://juliahailes.com/frogs-toads-and-newts-jun21/) - I've just sent my first recording of toads and newts to the Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Trust (ARC Trust). Spotted the toads hiding in dark places by our compost heap. And the newts in one of the smaller new ponds we've created. They're humming with tadpoles too. I found a big and small Common Toad - [Food Ethics in practice! (Apr07)](https://juliahailes.com/food-ethics-in-practice-27apr07/) - Was rather flustered arriving at my first Food Ethics Council (www.foodethicscouncil.org) meeting and finding no-one in the allocated meeting room at University College London. It transpired that the meeting had moved across the road – and I hadn’t picked up the last minute change on my email. When I heard why the meeting room had - [Eco-renovation - starting with windows (Nov10)](https://juliahailes.com/eco-renovation-starting-with-windows/) - I have a flat in London that's been rented out for years. But I've recently started some renovation work, which I'll be reporting on over the next few months. The first job has been repairing the windows. They rattled and in some places had large gaps, which let the air in and the heat out - [Eat Dorset Food Fair (Oct08)](https://juliahailes.com/eat-dorset-food-fair/) - Another sunny weekend for the Eat Dorset Food Fair. Set in the magnificent park at Parnham House near Beaminster, this is an annual event I really enjoy. The last couple of years I spent some time over the weekend selling books with Sara Villiers from the Bailey Hill Book Shop in Castle Cary. It's one - [E bikes are brilliant (Sept11)](https://juliahailes.com/e-bikes-are-brilliant/) - We've had great fun with our E-bikes. I've been lent a couple for the Summer holidays from Just E Bikes. One's a mountain bike - Haibike - which my teenage boys like the best. And the other is a Koga, which I prefer because it's more comfortable, although not quite as powerful. The bikes - [Down in the woods (Apr10)](https://juliahailes.com/down-in-the-woods/) - My sons spent a couple days of their holidays in the woods. They were trying out Guy Mallinson's Woodland Workshops. The setting is magical, particularly as Spring was in the air. I was particularly intrigued at the new shower block, made from living willow - as the foliage becomes more dense users will be less - [Clear Out electricals week in Grantham and Stamford (Mar12)](https://juliahailes.com/clear-out-electricals-week-in-grantham-and-stamford/) - The aim of Clear Out Electricals Week, which took place in Grantham and Stamford from 12th – 18th March, 2012 was to try out E for Good’s ideas for collecting e-waste and raising awareness about it’s impacts. We chose to work in two Lincolnshire towns because of their proximity to Environcom, the e-waste company we - [Buying a second-hand green car....(Dec10)](https://juliahailes.com/buying-a-second-hand-green-car/) - My Audi A3 was a bit battered but I loved it. I particularly liked the fact that it was extremely fuel efficient, whilst also being quite speedy. Although, my sons complained that I drive too slowly and so didn't make the most of this quality. One of the few problems with the Audi was it - [Guardian Unlimited Article about me (May07)](https://juliahailes.com/guardian-unlimited-articles-2007/) - 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 - [Sunny day in London (May07)](https://juliahailes.com/sunny-day-in-london-22may07/) - Unusually I didn't have meetings in the morning, so I headed for the Lido on the Serpentine. Delicious 'pain au chocolat' and not such a delicious organic orange juice for breakfast, whilst reading Rosie Boycott's Our Farm, published earlier this month. A man approached me saying something about the child he was carrying not being - [Study in Green - Article in Guardian about student living (May07)](https://juliahailes.com/study-in-green-article-in-guardian-about-student-living/) - 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. - [Street light rant (Feb08)](https://juliahailes.com/street-light-rant/) - There's been some discussion recently about councils turning off lights between midnight and dawn. Hooray. Actually, I think there are lots of places where they shouldn't be on at all. And others where some lights might be a good idea but not nearly as many. Street lights are big energy guzzlers because they have to - [Speech disaster to Bathroom Manufacturers... (Oct16)](https://juliahailes.com/speech-disaster-to-bathroom-manufacturers-oct16/) - My speech went down the plug hole! I spent ages preparing my speech. Had an inspirational idea on how to pull it together. And, I thought it was pretty good on the day! But apparently the audience - at least most of them - were not so impressed. And the Bathroom Manufacturer's Association - the - [Speaking in Istanbul (Oct12)](https://juliahailes.com/speaking-in-istanbul-oct12/) - My second speaking engagement in Istanbul. I was invited to speak at Green Business Turkey 2012. The brilliant thing about this is that the event showed that many Turkish businesses are showing a real interest in sustainability issues. With over 500 delegates it was an ambitious event, aiming to help the audience understand what environmental - [Speaking at Ashridge (jun12)](https://juliahailes.com/speaking-at-ashridge/) - Ashridge Business School - booked me to come and talk to their MsC students, who are taking a 2 year masters in 'sustainability' and 'responsibility'. The programme was aimed at people already working in business and corporations, including consultants, activists, public sector managers and NGO professionals, which means there was a pretty mixed bunch. My - [Some thoughts - Fish, John Travolta, Home grown, Standby TVs (Apr07)](https://juliahailes.com/some-thoughts/) - Eco-hypocrite I think that having 5 private jets and an airport in your garden really does preclude you from encouraging people to do their bit for the environment. John Travolta’s carbon footprint is apparently around 800 tons a year, which is about 100 times more than the average Brit. But he claims to be concerned - [Somerset Waste Partnership (Nov09)](https://juliahailes.com/somerset-waste-partnership-nov09/) - "Julia brings a fresh and challenging perspective to the issue of packaging. She's keen to puncture the myths and misconceptions consumers have about packaging but she doesn't let the retailers off the hook. Not afraid to be controversial, Julia's presentation got people talking at a higher level" Steve Read, MD, Somerset Waste Partnership (Nov09) “Meeting - [Somerset produces less waste (Nov09)](https://juliahailes.com/somerset-produces-less-waste/) - Somerset has the lowest amount of waste going to landfill per head in the UK – an average of between 160kg and 165kg per head. This is significantly less than the UK target for 2020, which is 225kg per head. And Somerset also heads the league table on recycling. One of the reasons for this - [Shopping Trauma (Feb09)](https://juliahailes.com/shopping-trauma/) - I don't really like shopping - particularly when it entails actually going out of the house. I do most of my shopping on the internet. Earlier this week, I went into Yeovil for a few things. It made me even more committed to purchasing with my 'mouse'. First on my list was an energy-efficient, decorative - [Wasting heat through open doors (Nov08)](https://juliahailes.com/wasting-heat-through-open-doors/) - This week I had a meeting with the Carbon Trust, a government-funded organisation that helps businesses move towards a low carbon economy. They offer advice on saving energy, so I thought it was rather ironic that the doors of the large office block where I went were wide open – letting the heat out and - [Shops aren't closing doors (Feb11)](https://juliahailes.com/shops-arent-closing-doors/) - 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. Other culprits - [Shell International (Feb08)](https://juliahailes.com/shell-international-feb08/) - "We were surprised and delighted at the detailed depth of knowledge that Julia Hailes had on environmental issues" Shell International, Feb08 - [Shell (Feb08)](https://juliahailes.com/shell-feb08/) - In February 2008 I made a presentation to Shell communication executives on sustainability energy issues. They were looking to be challenged and provoked in an intense session lasting over an hour, which included time for a lengthy Q&A. In 2005 Shell commissioned me to write one of a series of Guidance Notes, on social performance in - [Selling The New Green Consumer Guide on Amazon (May07)](https://juliahailes.com/selling-the-new-green-consumer-guide-on-amazon/) - 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 - [See Telegraph Blogs (Sept07)](https://juliahailes.com/see-telegraph-blogs/) - September 2007 to October 2008 My Blogs are being posted on Telegraph Blogs. Please look there for the most recent editions! September 2007 onwards are exclusively on the Telegraph Blogs site. Blogs from this time have been transferred to my website. - [The Secret Life of Stuff (Jan11)](https://juliahailes.com/the-secret-life-of-stuff/) - 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 - [Second Nature Partnership – Advisory Board (Nov10)](https://juliahailes.com/second-nature-partnership-advisory-board/) - South Africans, Charles Perry and Mark Griffiths, co-founded this partnership in 2009. The philosophy is to make sustainability 'second nature'. I've worked with them on a few projects and in 2010 they set up an advisory board, which I agreed to sit on. - [Second Nature Advisory Board (Oct12)](https://juliahailes.com/second-nature-advisory-board-oct12/) - I sit on the Advisory board of Second Nature – their mission is making sustainability 'second nature' for the organisations they work with. Charles Perry and Mark Griffiths are the company's founders - and they have a lot of experience between them, with particular emphasis on business strategy and expertise in energy, built-environment, clean tech - [Sea Kayaking - Scotland (May08)](https://juliahailes.com/sea-kayaking-scotland/) - I've spent quite a lot of time mucking around in boats but surprisingly had never been sea kayaking - that is until the bank holiday weekend. Actually, I was on an outdoor philosophy course, which I discovered meant paddling in the clear waters near Mallaig, in Scotland, by day. And for the rest of the - [Save the rainforests (Jun07)](https://juliahailes.com/save-the-rainforests-8jun07/) - South American travels Cool Earth has really hit the news this week. So much so that when I went to look at their website it had crashed from too much interest. To me that’s really good news (the popularity of the site rather than the technical problems) because the main aim of Cool Earth is - [Rosie Boycott - Our Farm (May07)](https://juliahailes.com/rosie-boycott-our-farm/) - 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 - [Regional Radio Highlights, including Britain's greenest school children (Feb12)](https://juliahailes.com/ragional-radio-highlights/) - Regional radio highlights include: Radio Solent Somerset Sound: Have been a regular guest Steve Rhodes Show for BBC 3 Counties Radio: talking about M&S decision to start charging for carrier bags Greenest school: regional radio blitz to look for Britain’s greenest school children for think tank sponsored by British Gas Generation Green. - [Regifting - eek (May09)](https://juliahailes.com/regifting-eek/) - Photo: A rather well-wrapped present... I don't just recycled my rubbish, I recycle presents too. I've recently discovered that this is called 'regifting'. Apparently this is an American phrase and I learnt it from my sister-in-law, who comes from the state of Washington but is now living in Devon. If I get a present that - [Recycling plastic mountains (Nov09)](https://juliahailes.com/recycling-plastic-mountains/) - Omer Kutluoglu - Plastics recycling entrepreneur In the UK we throw away mountains of plastic waste and use lots of plywood. Apart from a small amount of plastic bottles and an even smaller number of plastic bags, pretty well all the rest of our plastic debris is discarded, never to be used again. Omer Kutluoglu, - [Recycling is not enough - we need more reuse of e-waste (Feb12)](https://juliahailes.com/recycling-is-not-enough-we-need-more-reuse-of-e-waste/) - E For Good is campaigning to Clear Out and Clean up electrical and electronic waste -website will be launched by March 2012.. Refurbished washing machines waiting to be reused - at Environcom site Julia Hailes and Melinda Watson - co-founders of E For Good First I should explain that e-waste is waste electrical and - [Recycling in Somerset - new scheme includes plastic bottles and cardboard](https://juliahailes.com/recycling-in-somerset-new-scheme-includes-plastic-bottles-and-cardboard/) - I got stuck behind a recycling truck. What frustrated me most was that it had just passed my house and I’d forgotten to leave anything out for them. But I’m a supporter of recycling. When household collection was first introduced – about 7 years ago – my non-recyclable waste dwindled to almost nothing. Our home - [Reckitt Benckiser Sustainability Conference (Jul08)](https://juliahailes.com/reckitt-benckiser-sustainability-conference-jul08/) - “Julia had a great impact at our sustainability conference. As well as highlighting potential focus areas in her talk, she got stuck in with the brand teams in the afternoon to think about how we could innovate to change our products and consumer behaviours.” Joss Langford, Reckitt Benckiser, July 2008 - [Raw Foundation Making Waves about Waste (Jan13)](https://juliahailes.com/raw-foundation-making-waves-about-waste/) - I was rather impressed by the Environment Agencies initiatives to reduce waste - as relayed to an audience pulled together by the Raw Foundation, at Bristol's Create Centre. Did you know that the government organisation used to drive as many miles as the AA? Now they've reduced this by 21 million miles a year, as - [Rant about disposable napkins (Apr09)](https://juliahailes.com/rant-about-disposable-napkins/) - "Do you ever find it annoying when you're given wads of napkins and bags you don't need?". I was amazed to find this statement on Pret a Manger's website. The answer is 'yes - very annoying'. The reason for my surprise was because I think that Pret is once of the worst culprits of napkin - [Radio 4 - Costing the Earth (Dec09)](https://juliahailes.com/936-2/) - This half hour programme looks at how some people are responding the the threat of climate change as we approach the Copenhagen summit in December 2009. It includes interviews with school children participating in the Generation Green youth tank, including comments from Julia, as their expert green guide. BBC Radio 4 Costing the Earth - [Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine show (May09)](https://juliahailes.com/radio-2-jeremy-vine-show/) - Fierce debate about food waste and the merits of ‘slop bins’ or garbage pages as I prefer to call them. I’m being challenged by a chap who didn’t impress me much with with his views on food waste, recycling and climate change. - [Quantumly awful (Nov08)](https://juliahailes.com/quantumly-awful/) - I'm not planning see a James Bond film again unless it's radically different from Quantum of Solace. It was awful from beginning to end, starting with a car chase that was impossible to fathom. Which car was Bond in? Who was chasing him? What was happening? Nothing was clear. Part of the problem was the - [Project Dirt - in your neighbourhood (Jan10)](https://juliahailes.com/project-dirt/) - Project Dirt was set up in 2008 as an independent online network to help connect green minded people. The idea for people to learn from others doing 'real projects' in their neighbourhood. I was a member of the judging panel for the Project Dirt's Timberland Earthkeepers Grant awarding five projects up to £2000 each. - [Project Dirt - Timberland Earthkeepers Competition (Jun11)](https://juliahailes.com/project-dirt-timberland-earthkeepers-competition-jun11/) - It's the second year of the Timberland Earthkeepers competition for community projects - and I've been a judge both times. From bee-keeping to fruit growing, from river cleaning to local markets, the over-riding theme is that lots of people are involved on a voluntary basis. Project Dirt pull it all together but also work throughout the year - [Printer Horrors (Oct08)](https://juliahailes.com/printer-horrors/) - I’ve been having problems with my printer. Actually, it’s been annoying me for quite some time. The gremlin inside it gets particularly difficult when I’m trying to print something off before rushing out of the door to catch a train. Perhaps I should admit to be partly to blame for my problems. Having bought my inkjet printer - [Prince Charles talking to trees (Jul07)](https://juliahailes.com/prince-charles-talking-to-trees-07jul07/) - I was sitting just behind Prince Charles and Al Gore at the Business in the Community Awards dinner and wondered whether my image would be appearing in newspapers as a hazy blur over their shoulders. But I had a clear view of how Prince Charles reacted to Rory Bremner’s impersonations. The one that particularly amused - [Poem - The Poor Old Humble Plastic Bag (May10)](https://juliahailes.com/poem-the-poor-old-humble-plastic-bag/) - I gave a speech this week at the Plastics and Films Association (PAFA) annual lunch. 'Films', as in 'plastic films', I should point out because a number of people have been confused. The 200 strong audience at the Dorchester Hotel were particularly appreciative when I said that plastic bags were better for the environment than - [Plugs, insurance, credit crunch, beetles and lunch (Jan09)](https://juliahailes.com/plugs-insurance-credit-crunch-beetles-and-lunch/) - Last week was busy. I flew from meeting to meeting. Not literally I hasten to add - they were mostly in London. I started with a meeting about insurance - I'm not a great fan of the industry. They're so inefficient and bureaucratic. Talk about excessive paper production. I was talking to Adam Clutterbuck. He's - [Plastic recycling is not where it should be (May08)](https://juliahailes.com/plastic-recycling-is-not-where-it-should-be/) - Most plastics can be recycled but that doesn't mean they are. Recoup have been campaigning for more plastics recycling - particularly of bottles - since the early 1990s. A long time ago I went to open their 100th bottle bank but haven't really been involved since. So attending their conference this week brought back memories, as well - [Pig heaven (Jun09)](https://juliahailes.com/pig-heaven/) - A friend of mine called Sarah has bought three not so little piglets. They're only 9 weeks old but already quite porky. They're also rather endearing and very friendly - snuffling and snorting around their wooded enclosure. One of the piglets has been nick-named 'rotavator' because he seems to be particularly good at turning over - [Photos in the bath! (May07)](https://juliahailes.com/photos-in-the-bath/) - 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 - [Personal Carbon Allowances (May07)](https://juliahailes.com/personal-carbon-allowances/) - 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. - [Pen Hadow's Arctic adventure (Dec07)](https://juliahailes.com/pen-hadows-arctic-adventure/) - We missed seeing Pen Hadow and his team mates plunge into the chilly depths of the Serpentine on a rainy day in London. Apart from a few damp spots on Pen’s trousers, they didn’t look any worse for wear. This is hardly surprising because, by all accounts they were wearing the full garb for immersing - [P&G Leaflet on Disposable Nappies (Jan11)](https://juliahailes.com/pg-leaflet-on-disposable-nappies/) - 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. - [P&G Speeches and Earthday events (Apr09 & Jun07)](https://juliahailes.com/pg-speeches-and-earthday-events-apr09-jun07/) - I've spoken at a couple of P&G Earthday events aimed at promoting greater awareness amongst their staff. "Let me thank you for a really great and inspirational presentation at P&G Earthday in Geneva." Apr09 – Sustainability and recession… In June 2007, I gave an internal presentation to P&G staff titled ‘What’s the future of green washing?’. When researching The - [Outside Brussels with P&G (Mar07)](https://juliahailes.com/outside-brussels-with-pg-26th-march-2007/) - An early start to Bristol airport - dawn arrived as we drove through the outer environs of Cheddar gorge. But weather - I assume fog - delayed my flight to Brussels. Whilst sitting on the floor playing with my upgraded mobile phone (it even has a pedometer), I was greeted by Archie Montgomerie, who I've - [Organix Baby Food (May10-Sept10)](https://juliahailes.com/organix-baby-food-may10-sept10/) - I've carried out an environmental review of Organix Baby Food. Based in Bournemouth, Organix was a pioneer in the organic baby food market and is one of the market leaders with their 'No Junk Promise'. With a good reputation on the nutritional and health benefits of their products they've asked me to help get up - [On Air and Hair (May07)](https://juliahailes.com/on-air-and-hair/) - 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 - [The olive oil industry survives the cruise ships in Montenegro... (May17)](https://juliahailes.com/the-olive-oil-industry-survives-the-cruise-ships-in-montenegro-may17/) - They are humungous. The cruise ships in Kotor were like vast beasts completely dwarfing the beautiful historic buildings that have been quietly sitting on the shores of the Adriatic for millennia. And, they spit out their tourist cargo onto smaller boats to visit the scenic islands, bell towers and cobbled streets. I was there for - [Oglivy Earth (Apr11)](https://juliahailes.com/oglivy-earth-apr11/) - OgilvyEarth, O&M’s global sustainability practice, has been named one of the world’s top agencies offering “genuine expertise in sustainability communications,” I've started working with them on an ad hoc basis. The first project was with Ogivly Earth US with advice on Siemens. - [NT - Energy efficient light bulbs (Jun08)](https://juliahailes.com/nt-energy-efficient-light-bulbs/) - ABOUT TIME TOO - NATIONAL TRUST ENERGY SAVING LIGHT BULBS I was a tenant of the National Trust for nearly 10 years. My husband and I rented Tintinhull House in Somerset from 1995. It’s a beautiful house with gardens, made famous by Penelope Hobhouse, open to the public during the summer months. The public reception - [Newcastle University MBA Sustainability Challenge (Jun11)](https://juliahailes.com/newcastle-university-mba-sustainability-challenge-jun11/) - Procter & Gamble recommended me for the inaugural public lecture at Newcastle University's Sustainable Business Week, where MBA Business students from Scotland and Northern took part in a competition. The central theme was about the role of consumers in greening business. The students had to respond to a question posed by P&G - 'How can our company influence - [National Trust Question Time on Climate Change (Mar07)](https://juliahailes.com/national-trust-question-time-on-climate-change-28mar07-2/) - Arriving at the Royal Geographic Society early turned out to be a good thing. I was able to participate in discussions about topics covered in the Question Time style debate ahead of time - and meet a number of people from the National Trust who were involved in organising the event. Talked to Fiona Reynolds, - [Nappy recycling makes sense! (Oct11)Babycare](https://juliahailes.com/nappy-recycling-makes-sense/) - The smell wasn't very noticeable until I went into the building. Then it hit me like a wall. I remember from visiting a sewage farm that the trick is not to breathe through your nose. And after a few minutes it wasn't quite so bad. My Knowaste guides – Bronwen Jameson and Paul Richardson - - [My goldfish died along with Labour - Here's my coalition manifesto (May10)](https://juliahailes.com/my-goldfish-died-along-with-labour-heres-my-coalition-manifesto/) - Zac Goldsmith, formerly editor of the Ecologist, gets elected in Richmond Chris Huhne - New Minster for Energy and Environment Caroline Lucas - the first Green MP in the UK My goldfish died in the night. I've posthumously named him 'Gordon'. It seems rather propitious that their floundering exit coincided. And I couldn't be more - [Much debate at Grey Advertising (Jul10)](https://juliahailes.com/much-debate-at-citrus-advertising-jul10/) - “Many thanks for the brilliant presentation you gave yesterday at Citrus. You’ll be glad to know that it was the subject of much debate for most of the night – from shock at the waste within both the Armed Forces and the NHS to great debate on exactly whether we get buried, cremated or resomated...” - [Mostly at Waterloo (Jun07)](https://juliahailes.com/mostly-at-waterloo/) - Started the day by signing 50 copies of The New Green Consumer Guide at Pearl Fisher's offices near Hammersmith. I have formed a loose alliance with this design company, who work with companies such as Innocent Drinks and Green & Black Chocolate. They are sending out copies of my books to clients along with a - [Morgan Stanley Testimonial (Nov09)](https://juliahailes.com/6057-2/) - "Just a quick thank you for your talk yesterday. It hit just the right note! Have had some great feedback from several attendees." Jean-Philippe Pare, Vice President (Nov07) - [Meeting Giraffe (Nov12)](https://juliahailes.com/meeting-giraffe-nov12/) - 80% of all product related environmental impacts happen at the design phase. That's key to Giraffe's work. Melinda Watson and I, with our E for Good hats on, went to talk to Rob Holdway and Celena Fernandez about e-waste issues. We discovered that we had a lot in common. Rob was involved in creating the - [McDonalds Testimonial (May07)](https://juliahailes.com/6050-2/) - "Julia participated in a panel discussion that explored our CSR past, present and future. We encouraged her to be provocative because we want to be challenged to create game changing social and environmental policies and programs. And she sure delivered. She has strong opinions about McDonald's, and she's not afraid to vocalize them." "Most of - [McDonalds responds well to Greenpeace (Mar07)](https://juliahailes.com/mcdonalds-2008/) - I haven't been the greatest fan of McDonalds in the past but was impressed with their response to Greenpeace's campaign in 2006 on soya used in chicken feed coming from newly cleared rainforest. So I went to Naples to give a presentation to McDonalds European Management Team on sustainability issues. This trip was covered in - [Marjorie Scardino in place of Anita Roddick - women in business (Apr08)](https://juliahailes.com/marjorie-scardino-in-place-of-anita-roddick-women-in-business/) - I was originally asked to speak at the Merrill Lynch 'Shaping the Future' event last year. Anita Roddick was scheduled to be the key note speaker and I was rather looking forward to seeing her again. She wrote the foreword to our Green Consumer Guide, published in 1988 and I had seen her quite recently - [Marks & Spencer (Mar07)](https://juliahailes.com/marks-spencer/) - I first started working with Marks & Spencer in 2002 when I was commissioned to do a report on sustainability issues relating to the food sector. The brief was to look at the broad drivers for change, to prioritise the key issues affecting food, identify the key organisations shaping the debate and make recommendations on - [Mad copper fiasco in IT (Nov11)](https://juliahailes.com/mad-copper-fiasco-in-it/) - Copper now sells for somewhere between £4000 a tonne and £5000 a tonne depending on where you look. That's why it's being stolen from telephone exchanges, from electricity stations and from railways - train disruption from copper theft is becoming nearly as common as suicides.In IT equipment copper is common - particularly in wires. - [M&S Plan A - 1 year on (Jan08)](https://juliahailes.com/ms-plan-a-1-year-on-jan08/) - One year ago I went to the launch of Mark’s & Spencer’s Plan A initiative – and last week I went to hear how it was progressing. M&S say that it’s Plan A because there is no Plan B. And they do seem committed. Stuart Rose ruefully forecast a difficult year for the store but - [M&S Plan A (Mar09)](https://juliahailes.com/ms-plan-a/) - M&S launched their Plan A scheme in 2006. CEO, Stuart Rose heads the team and they have a very impressive list of actions and initiatives covering issues across the board from transport, packaging and re-usable hangers to food waste, refrigeration and laundry labels in their clothes. I’ve been to the progress reports for Plan since - [M&S Suppliers Conference on Plan A (Mar10)](https://juliahailes.com/ms-suppliers-conference-on-plan-a/) - M&S suppliers came to be briefed on the M&S's groundbreaking Plan A initiative. Sir Stuart Rose announced that M&S planned to be the world's most sustainable retailer by 2015. I was asked to talk to packaging suppliers about key issues for them. One particular them I covered in my presentation was the switch in emphasis - [M&S Packaging fact sheets for consumers (Dec08)](https://juliahailes.com/packaging-consumer-fact-sheets-2008/) - Public concern about over-packaging so often misses the point that we should be looking at how to reduce the environmental impact of producing, distributing, storing, selling and consuming food, rather than the amount of packaging waste we have to throw away. Consider the fact that overall the carbon emissions from wasted packaging is one tenth - [M&S listening to underwear concerns! (Mar10)](https://juliahailes.com/ms-listening-to-underwear-concerns/) - Mike Barry - Head of Sustainable Business at M&S I buy most of my underwear from M&S. You won't be surprised to hear that this winter I've bought some thermals! Reading the pack I was surprised to see the following instructions - 'It's easy to look after too - just put it in the machine - [M&S Introduces Marc Bolland (Jun10)](https://juliahailes.com/ms-introduces-marc-bolland-jun10/) - Marc Bolland's move from CEO of Morrisons to M&S has been widely publicised. Less well know is what stance he plans to take on M&S's Plan A initiative. The breakfast event hosted by M&S at the end of June was well attended. Most of the questions were directed at Stuart Rose but I managed to - [Luxembourg Finance Industry conference (Mar07)](https://juliahailes.com/luxembourg-finance-industry-conference-27mar07/) - Luxembourg seemed to be one big building site. From the moment I arrived at the station I was stepping through rubble, being diverted around construction workers and looking at gaping holes in the ground. On my brief tour in the town centre I was also struck by the apparent fecundity of Luxembourg citizens as there - [London Meetings - (Mar07)](https://juliahailes.com/london-meetings-28mar07/) - For the only time this week I managed to lie in. Then found a man at Luxembourg airport who I hoped would help me access Wifi for the first time with my new tablet laptop (I bought it on Ebay). But it seems I haven't set the computer up properly, so won't be able to - [Live Earth in Frome (Jul07)](https://juliahailes.com/live-earth-in-frome-9jul07/) - Soon after the last chords of the Live Earth concert had died away I went to another green event on a very different scale – the Green Fair at the Frome Festival. Opened by Kevin McCloud (of Grand Designs fame) who has a Madonna-like status in the area, the event was a huge success, with - [Legendary Environmental Activist! (Jan12)](https://juliahailes.com/legendary-environmental-activist-jan12-flag/) - As part of their ‘Remarkable Men and Women’ series, I was invited to speak to Laurel Springs online school. In the introduction I could see which parts of the world the children came from – mostly America but several in the Far East too. I was the only participant from the UK. My brief was - [I've had laser eye treatment (Dec10)](https://juliahailes.com/ive-had-laser-eye-treatment/) - 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 wearer - [Judging M&S your green idea competition (May10)](https://juliahailes.com/judging-ms-your-green-idea-competition-may10/) - The £100,000 winning prize will need to be spent on greening an organisation of your choice, such as a school or a charity. The Your Green Idea competition was launched alongside M&S's announcement that it aims to become the world's most sustainable retailer by 2015. I've been asked to be a judge alongside M&S Chairman, Sir Stuart - [Joining Waste Watch Board (Feb10)](https://juliahailes.com/joining-waste-watch-board-feb10/) - Recruited by Stewart Crocker, the executive director of Waste Watch, my first board meeting was early in February 2010. It's a really exciting time to be a part of this organisation as it's revising its strategy putting less emphasis on recycling and more on reducing the amount we consume. I think we should be making - [John Elkington to lunch (Mar07)](https://juliahailes.com/john-elkington-to-lunch/) - The blog idea came from my publisher but I rather like it. Reminds me of writing a diary which I did for nearly 20 years. When I read them later I realise I put an awful lot about what I ate, so will have to avoid that in my blog! But today maybe an exception. - [Julia Hailes on recycling plastic bags (Jan10)](https://juliahailes.com/julia-hailes-on-recycling-plastic-bags-jan10/) - Jonathon Vernon-Smith, from BBC 3 Counties, rants to Julia Hailes about why he doesn't like being made to feel guilty about using lots of plastic bags. Julia robustly responds and the debate is followed by a phone-in! This was aired on his lunch-time programme in January 2010. - [I've made friends with my heating controls (Mar13)](https://juliahailes.com/ive-made-friends-with-my-heating-controls/) - I've often been asked for top tips in greening your home. One of my best suggestions is to 'make friends with your heating controls', because if you don't you'll be wasting huge amounts of energy heating your house, when you're not even there - or heating rooms that you're not using. However, up to now, - [Isabella Tree's Wilding film is spectacular (Oct23)](https://juliahailes.com/isabella-trees-wilding-film-is-spectacular-oct23/) - I’ve just been to the launch. Isabella Tree’s ‘Wilding’ book is now a film. We don’t yet know where it will be released for general viewing – but when it comes, I recommend watching it. One of the most incredible things was seeing the contrast between what the Knepp estate would have looked like if - [Is the Green Deal a Good Deal? No! (Nov10)](https://juliahailes.com/is-the-green-deal-a-good-deal/) - This week I went to a Green Monday event, held in the offices of Merrill Lynch, the theme of this well attended evening was 'The Energy Bill - The Green Deal'. This Bill is due to go before parliament by the end of this year, but is still in its formative stages. We heard from Patrick - [Is Rick Stein's fish sustainably sourced? (Sep09)](https://juliahailes.com/is-rick-steins-fish-sustainably-sourced/) - Last weekend I went to Padstow. This fishing port is best known for its association with Rick Stein, who appears to own half of the businesses in the town from his eponymous restaurant, fish & chip shop and deli to a local pub, bistro and patisserie. Predictably there was no space for a last minute - [Is flooding a sign of global warming? (Jul07)](https://juliahailes.com/is-flooding-a-sign-of-global-warming-8jul07/) - Rushed back from London for a BBQ on the beach at Eype in Dorset. Like almost every other outside event since the beginning of June it was rained off. Actually, it was moved. We had a party in a friend’s artist studio. The rain or more accurately the flooding was supposed to be the main - [Interior designers be damned (Jun07)](https://juliahailes.com/interior-designers-be-damned-12jun07/) - I stayed the night with friends in Holland Park. Only a year ago they had completely stripped their house to the bone and refurbished it from top to bottom. I wish they hadn’t! Interior designers, builders, architects and I’m afraid to say my friends too have managed to create a family home with an energy - [Interface Carpets - Tomorrow's Natural Business (Jul11)](https://juliahailes.com/interface-carpets-tomorrows-natural-business-jul11/) - Ray Anderson, CEO of Interface Carpets radically changed his approach to business in 1994, after reading The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawkens. I went to a workshop at Interface hosted by Andy Middleton from Tyf. Entitled 'Tomorrow's Natural Business', the workshop aimed to show how biomimicry could be used as a template for creating organisations fit for a different - [Inspiring E-Waste Company Leads on Re-use (Sept11)](https://juliahailes.com/inspiring-e-waste-company-leads-on-re-use/) - Sean Feeney from EnvironCom Washing machines being tested I'm rather surprised to discover that there are quite a few people who don't know what E-Waste is. I mentioned our E-Waste Campaign, when I was speaking to a large audience last week - and someone asked me to clarify. That wasn't the first time. The 'E' - [Have You Noticed an Insect Bonanza in 2025? (jul25)](https://juliahailes.com/have-you-noticed-an-insect-bonanza-in-2025-jul25/) - Bugs are back – let’s fight to save them… Our garden is humming and buzzing with life this year – and it’s glorious. Every step through the wildflower meadows brings a flurry of movement. Bugs of all sorts dart between the grasses, butterflies spiral upward, bees bury into blooms. In the golden light of early - [Incredible Edible was amazing (May11)](https://juliahailes.com/incredible-edible-was-amazing/) - They've planted corn on the cob outside the police station. They're lettuces in rose beds. And tomatoes on waste land. There's even vegetables planted by school children in the graveyard. Incredible Edible, based in Todmorden is guerilla gardening at its best. The station master loved broccoli, so when he died, they planted broccoli all around the - [I'm not supporting fuel price campaign (Mar10)](https://juliahailes.com/im-not-supporting-fuel-price-campaign/) - I received a round robin email this week. It was launching a protest campaign about the price of fuel. The allegation was that although the current price of oil is low, the price at the pump is high - hitting 114.9 per litre in some areas. And the worry is that this will soon mount - [I Love Bjarke Ingels (Dec17)](https://juliahailes.com/i-love-bjarke-ingels-dec17/) - Not literally, of course - I've never met him! But, I have seen a documentary film about his life - The Big Time - and it was inspirational. For those that don't know, Bjarke is the Danish architect who designed a waste to energy plant with a ski run on it's roof - and he - [How green is the London Eye? (Oct07)](https://juliahailes.com/how-green-is-the-london-eye/) - Much as I love having my children at home, a two week half term at this time of year can be quite difficult because work is in full flow. However, I had a brilliant day in London with my youngest son, Monty, who’s eight. Monty enjoying the view We went to Trafalgar square on the - [How Green is Scarlet - Eco-hotel in Cornwall (Jan10)](https://juliahailes.com/how-green-is-scarlet-eco-hotel-in-cornwall/) - My first impression of the building was horrendous. It was sitting on the cliff top surrounded by bungalows and modern seaside houses. Looking at the website for the Scarlet Hotel near Bedruthan Steps in Cornwall, I had thought that it stood on its own in a beautiful bay. The picture of the distinctive red hot - [House of Commons Generation Green Manifesto (Feb10)](https://juliahailes.com/house-of-commons-generation-green-manifesto-feb10/) - Greg Barker, Shadow Minister for Climate hosted the reception at the House of Commons. It was attended by a number of MPs, including John Gummer, as well as organisations like Global Action Plan, Waste Watch and education bodies, as well as the members of the Generation Green Youth think tank, and their parents. The event - [Help! An Insect Apocalypse is happening right now... (Dec21)](https://juliahailes.com/help-an-insect-apocalypse-is-happening-right-now-dec21/) - The frightening thing is that we may not be aware of how devastating the decline in insects has been over the last 100 years. Insects were the first things to fly and sing. Pre-dinosaurs the planet was swarming with them with no other living things. There were dragonflies with a two foot wingspan, giant cockroaches - [Hay on Wye Festival - China & droughts (Jun07)](https://juliahailes.com/hay-on-wye-festival-china-droughts-6jun07/) - The China Question When I wrote the original Green Consumer Guide there was one question I was unfailingly asked by journalists. It was 'if there's one thing that you can do to save the world what would it be?' Answer that in a sound bite without sounding trivial... Of course there isn't just one thing - [Happy as a pig in mud (Jul07)](https://juliahailes.com/happy-as-a-pig-in-mud-28jul07/) - The bacon tasted really good. The superior rashers accompanied seared scallops – a first course served by the Royal Oak pub in Bishopstone. I was having dinner with fellow members of the Food Ethics Council after a trip to see Helen Browning’s happy organic pigs. It was their cousins I was eating for dinner. It - [Haller raises £15k through The Funding Network evening (Jul12)](https://juliahailes.com/haller-raises-15k-through-the-funding-network-evening/) - It started with bubbles and canapés and culminated with the London Gay Men's Chorus, who were all dressed in black and looked a bit scary, until they opened their mouths! The 10th Anniversary celebration of The Funding Network was held at Mansion House. Haller was one of five charities selected to make a presentation - - [Haller in the Horn of Africa (Jul11)](https://juliahailes.com/haller-in-the-horn-of-africa/) - I got a very encouraging email this week. It was from Louise Piper, director of Haller - an organisation I helped to set up nearly 10 years ago. As follows: "In light of the extensive media coverage on the drought faced in the Horn of Africa, and some very harrowing footage of barren landscapes in Northern - [Greening hotels (Apr09)](https://juliahailes.com/greening-hotels/) - I stay in hotels all the time. And I quite often give feedback. Most hotels are incredibly wasteful. Common practices include: -Leaving lights on in bedrooms when they're unoccupied-Double beds with lots of pillows for only one person (resulting in lots of unnecessary laundry)-Individually wrapped soaps, shampoos and other products-Over-heating or cooling rooms with no - [Citrus Talk (Jul10)](https://juliahailes.com/citrus-talk/) - "Many thanks for the brilliant presentation you gave yesterday at Citrus. You'll be glad to know that it was the subject of much debate for most of the night - from shock at the waste within both the Armed Forces and the NHS to great debate on exactly whether we get buried, cremated or resomated...." - [Greenhouse PR - Nominated as an Eco-Hero (Mar10)](https://juliahailes.com/greenhouse-pr-nominated-as-an-eco-hero-mar10/) - I've started working with Anna Guyer, founder of Greenhouse PR. We are collaborating on a number of project ideas and really enjoying the process! Anna has nominated me as one of her Eco Heroes on her blog. - [Green Mobile Company Lives and Dies – C Mobile (Jun11)](https://juliahailes.com/green-mobile-company-lives-and-dies-c-mobile/) - C Mobile promised a greener approach to using your mobile phone. Their idea was to give a proportion of their profits to community renewable energy projects, to minimise waste, offer re-conditioned hand-sets and recycle phones wherever possible. Unfortunately they both launched and folded in 2010 and 2011 - they weren't able to keep up with the big - [Green Funerals Exhibition (Apr07)](https://juliahailes.com/green-funerals-exhibition-28apr07/) - 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 - [Green death - Will water replace fire in crematoria? (Feb10)](https://juliahailes.com/green-death-will-water-replace-fire-in-crematoria/) - I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about green death – and what I’d like done with my remains when I die. The idea of being eaten by vultures or other wild animals has always held some appeal. But I’ve recently come across a more practical alternative – that's pretty environmentally friendly too. My main - [Green Alliance: can politicians save us? (Jul07)](https://juliahailes.com/green-alliance-can-politicians-save-us-24jul07/) - Giles Chitty and Julia Hailes at Green Alliance Debate Jul07 Matthew Taylor, the Chief Executive of The Royal Society of Arts (RSA) whispered in my ear that he didn’t suppose I would make any jokes in my presentation because women don’t make jokes! He looked a bit surprised when I said that I was starting - [Great Briton's of 2007 Award (Jan08)](https://juliahailes.com/great-britons-2007/) - I really appreciate 'can do' people and you can't get much more 'can do' than Tim Smit (see photo), founder of the Eden Project - and the Lost Gardens of Heligan. So I was rather delighted to be on the judging panel that selected him for the short-list of three for the Environment section of - [Good riddance to US car companies (Nov08)](https://juliahailes.com/good-riddance-to-us-car-companies/) - I sat next to a chap from Citicorp Bank for Sunday lunch at a pub last weekend. His company was apparently waiting to hear about the $20 billion cash injection from the US government. But he was more struck by the news about America's car giants and their approach to getting a government bail out. - [Geo Mission – Environmental Sponsorship (Mar11)](https://juliahailes.com/geo-mission-environmental-sponsorship/) - 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 - [Food waste for fuel in London and beyond... (May09)](https://juliahailes.com/food-waste-for-fuel-in-london-and-beyond/) - I had an early start to get to London for the start of a workshop on AD - anaerobic digestion. It might be a bit weird but it's a subject I'm rather passionate about. AD is essentially like composting in an enclosed system. It can be used to treat food waste, farm waste, sewage sludge - [Food Inc film is worth seeing (Feb10)](https://juliahailes.com/food-inc-film-is-worth-seeing/) - I was really impressed with Food Inc - it was powerful and compelling - and even after a busy day in London I didn't fall asleep, which is quite unusual. The main point of the film was to illustrate how the American food system has been centralised under the control of just a handful of - [Flash floods in Somerset (Jun08)](https://juliahailes.com/flash-floods-in-somerset/) - My local town of Crewkerne doesn't often hit the headlines. Last Thursday it did. I saw the flash floods first hand. My sister-in-law had invited me - along with my mother and sister - to a birthday supper for my brother. It was rather a last minute event because she had forgotten about his birthday, - [Green Dishwashing (Feb10)](https://juliahailes.com/green-dishwashing-feb10/) - When people buy a dishwasher, they still hand wash many of their dishwashers - in fact they only reduce their use of washing up liquid by 25%. So when you're thinking about green dishwashing, it's not so much a question of whether you do it by hand or by machine, it's how you do it. - [Washing up tips with Fairy (May12)](https://juliahailes.com/washing-up-tips-with-fairy-may12/) - Procter & Gamble (P&G), manufacturers of Fairy liquid, asked me to write some consumer advice about the greenest way to wash dishes. - [Fairy Dishwashing Leaflet (Mar10)](https://juliahailes.com/fairy-dishwashing-leaflet/) - Procter & Gamble are printing 20,000 copies of their leaflet advising consumers on dishwashing - both by hand and by machine. I've written four pages in the leaflet on green dishwashing. One of my bug-bears is people who effectively wash their dishes before putting them in the dish-washer. Of course you need to scrape the - [Expert Panel on Packaging (2008-2010)](https://juliahailes.com/expert-panel-on-packaging-2008-2010/) - Between 2008 and 2010 I sat on a expert advisory panel on packaging at M&S. This was run by Rowland Hill, Helene Roberts and Mark Caul from M&S. Other panel members include Jane Bickerstaffe from Incpen (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment) and Mark Barthel from WRAP (Material Change for a Better Environment). Changing - [Expert advisory panel on detergents (Fabric & Homecare) 2007-2010](https://juliahailes.com/expert-advisory-panel-on-detergents-fabric-homecare-2007-2010/) - The first meeting of the Fabric & Homecare expert advisory committee took place in March 2007, at a splendid location outside of Brussels. The idea is to provide an external perspective and help identify emerging environmental trends. Although the focus is on detergents and cleaning products, we have had presentations from other sectors within P&G, - [P&G - Expert Advisory Panel on Detergents (Apr10)](https://juliahailes.com/pg-expert-advisory-panel-on-detergents/) - This was the fourth Expert Advisory Panel on detergents and cleaning products and the second time for batteries. Held in Geneva, there were only a couple of us who had been at the original meeting, along with a new cast of European opinion formers. - [European Soaps & Detergent Industry Association (Jun08)](https://juliahailes.com/european-soaps-detergent-industry-association-jun08/) - "Your speech was well appreciated. It was good to have some challenging views." AISE - European Soaps & Detergent Industry Association, June 2008 - [EU Bureacratic nightmare... (May07)](https://juliahailes.com/eu-bureacratic-nightmare/) - 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 left I couldn't back out. But the administration required to claim back the modicum - [Energy Monitoring Gizmos (Jan08)](https://juliahailes.com/energy-monitoring-gizmos-jan08/) - TRIED AND TESTED – ENERGY MONITORS Energy Monitors don’t directly save you energy – but they should help you work out where you’re wasting it around the house and so cut back. I reduced by electricity bill by a quarter, when I got one – which more than paid back the cost of the monitor. - [Gay Times - I interviewed Kristin Digby (Sep07)](https://juliahailes.com/gay-times-i-interviewed-kristin-digby-sep07-2/) - One of three interviews I did for the Gay Times - Kristin Digby . See also Peter Tatchell and Paul O-Grady “I don’t even know how to read a f***ing fuel bill”, Kristian admitted when I asked him to tell me how much electricity and gas he was using. I arrived at his house somewhere - [Gay Times - I interviewed Paul O-Grady and Peter Tatchell (Sep07)](https://juliahailes.com/gay-times/) - I interviewed three prominent Gay men for the Gay Times Eco Issue in September 2007 - Peter Tatchell (campaigner), Paul O'Grady (comedian) a.k.a as Lily Savage and Kristin Digby (TV presenter), who sadly died a couple of years later. Peter Tatchell was very green, but Paul O-Grady wasn’t ashamed of his super-size aga and TV. His best - [Gay Times - Peter Tatchell (Sep07)](https://juliahailes.com/gay-times-peter-tatchell-sep07/) - One of three interviews I did for the Gay Times - Peter Tatchell. See also Paul O-Grady and Kristin Digby With piles of paper balanced precariously almost to the ceiling (it reminded me of Dr Seuss’s Cat in the Hat), Peter’s flat is not only his home but his campaign headquarters too. Animal rights, human rights, - [National Trust - Forever for Everyone Sustainable Business Workshop (Jul11)](https://juliahailes.com/national-trust-forever-for-everyone-jul11/) - What a brilliant slogan - Forever For Everyone. I was one of two outside speakers at the National Trust's sustainability workshop, which was looking at how to make this slogan mean something across the whole organisation. Whilst the Trust has superb examples of sustainability in practice, they're looking at what they might do across the whole - [Food Innovation (Sep09)](https://juliahailes.com/food-innovation/) - The Food Ethics Council Business Forum meeting focussed on radical innovation. I was chairing the session with a presentation from Sander Mager, Programme Manager at the groundbreaking Dutch technology incubator TransForum - a quango supporting projects ranging from closed-loop farming to producer-managed supermarkets. - [Food ethics, tomatoes and feeding the world (May08)](https://juliahailes.com/food-ethics-tomatoes-and-feeding-the-world-may08/) - I've been to a lot of food ethics events recently - being a member of the Food Ethics Council (FEC) is keeping me busy! I've chaired three of their Business Forum meetings - on food miles, meat consumption and ethical labelling; attended a working group meeting on the conflict between limiting air-freight food and fair - [Food Advice (Oct07)](https://juliahailes.com/food-advice-oct07/) - In 2007 I was asked by M&S to help them in developing their food strategy, thinking creatively about what innovations they might consider. Clearly, sustainability issues relating to food are becoming increasingly important. And, as M&S says, they may need to think the unthinkable. Topics covered included climate change and food crops, vegetarianism, local sourcing, wild - [Flying is not much fun (Apr08)](https://juliahailes.com/flying-is-not-much-fun-apr08/) - I wonder if the chaos at Terminal 5 may actually be doing us all a favour. For two reasons. The first is that it reinforces the fact that flying is not much fun. It means lots of waiting, ghastly airports and lost bags - or fear of losing them. The second reason is that it seems - [Feeling guilty about Lidl lobsters (Nov14)](https://juliahailes.com/feeling-guilty-about-lidl-lobsters/) - We bought a couple of lobsters from Lidl for £5.99 each and had them for supper. They weren't particularly good despite getting the top rating for 'cheap supermarket lobsters'. And, even worse, they were tiny. I've looked up the sustainability of small lobsters and see that it's definitely not recommended. They should be thrown back - [Family friendly films - a rant (Aug08)](https://juliahailes.com/family-friendly-films-a-rant/) - This is a rant! Why make a Batman movie that's not suitable for children - and show it all through the summer holidays? I have to admit that I haven't seen it but I've read enough to know that I don't want to - and I'm not very keen on my three boys watching it - [Fact sheet on disposable nappies (Nov10)](https://juliahailes.com/fact-sheet-on-disposable-nappies-nov10/) - 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. - [EDANA Conference (Sept09)](https://juliahailes.com/outlook-09-personal-care-products-conference-sept09/) - “With her somewhat challenging lateral thinking and, 'out of the box' approach, Julia Hailes has brought to our audience and our industry the useful element of destabilisation it needed to avoid too much complacency and closed-loop reflection…” Pierre Wiertz, General Manager of EDANA, Organiser of OUTLOOK 09 Personal Care Products conference Sept09 EDANA, The international - [Eco-technologies at Home - Electric Green (Jun11)](https://juliahailes.com/eco-technologies-at-home-electric-green/) - This is a draft of article written for the FT - an edited edition was published in June 2011 - Eco Technologies at home - Electric Green. DRAFT ARTICLE Finding eco-technologies that have really good eco-credentials is harder than you might think. For example, I’m a bit cynical about bamboo mice for your computer and - [Eco-scrutiny of my Eco-renovation](https://juliahailes.com/eco-scrutiny-of-my-eco-renovation/) - My London flat must be the most rigorously scrutinised property on the planet - in terms of its eco-performance. I've spent the last few months researching and specifying what eco-renovations are to be done - with help from green architect Jerry Tate. But this week, just before submitting an extensive tender document to builders, I - [Eco driving simulator (Mar10)](https://juliahailes.com/eco-driving-simulator/) - Addendum - I'm rather pleased to see that it has been proposed to fine drivers for leaving engines running when the car is stationery. I found out that if you're going to stop for more than 9 seconds it makes sense to turn your engine off. The Energy Savings Trust, suggest that a minute is - [Eco-driving by Fiat (Dec10)](https://juliahailes.com/eco-driving-by-fiat/) - 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. Their eco-driving advice encourages less stopping and starting - and less vrooming on the accelerator. That made me wonder if women were better eco-drivers than - [Eco developments on the map (Oct07)](https://juliahailes.com/eco-developments-on-the-map-15oct07/) - The market town of Langport on the Somerset Levels has been getting some good green press in the last few months. A new development – Great Bow Yard has won a Gold Award from the Buildings for Life Scheme set up by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment or CABE for short. Ecos - [Eco-building expansion (Mar11)](https://juliahailes.com/eco-building-expansion/) - When Ecobuild started 5 years ago less than 200 people attended. This year they were expecting 50,000 but over 80,000 had registered before the event had even started. I'm not sure how many actually came over the 3 days, but getting there felt like being on one of those Japanese commuter trains, where they pack - [Easter Holidays (Apr08)](https://juliahailes.com/easter-holidays/) - Snow fights and snow men are unusual activities for an Easter holidays. We've managed to fit them in around camping - it wasn't that cold - Easter egg hunts, a rope assault course, dens, bike rides and a trip to London. Went to see Mamma Mia in the West End. With adaptations of Abba - [E-Waste Poem - with help from Dr Seuss (Dec12)](https://juliahailes.com/e-waste-poem-with-help-from-dr-seuss/) - I’ve always been a fan of Dr Seuss’s books. Green Eggs and Ham, Hortense the Elephant and The Sneetches are just some of his gems. And they all have a message – often quite subtle. The most environmental of his stories is the Lorax – ‘I am the Lorax, and I speak for the trees, which you seem to chopping - [The E-Waste Campaign (Mar11)](https://juliahailes.com/the-e-waste-campaign/) - I'm working with Melinda Watson from the Raw Foundation to set up an E-Waste campaign. The WEEE man, whose head is in the photo on the left illustrates the amount of waste one person will throw away in a lifetime. WEEE stands for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. But the WEEE man was made about a decade ago, so if another one - [Dorset Schools Eco Summit (Mar10)](https://juliahailes.com/dorset-schools-eco-summit-mar10/) - Attended by over 40 schools and held by Bryanston, the Dorset Schools Eco-Summit helped schools share their green commitments and encourage each other. TV presenter, Dick Strawbridge (It's Not Easy Being Green and Scrapheap Challenge) and I co-presented the day - I worked out that we were speaking for over 5 hours during the day. Rob Hopkins from Transition Culture also came and spoke - [Dog Bite and Hospital Waste (Nov08)](https://juliahailes.com/dog-bite-and-hospital-waste-nov08/) - My son Rollo was bitten by a dog. He was lucky to be wearing a glove because he ended up with a nasty gash between his thumb and his fingers, as well as having a number of puncture holes from the dog’s teeth. The dog had been playing happily with a number of children who - [Cycling to school (May09)](https://juliahailes.com/cycling-to-school/) - Photo was taken in 2007 - not on the way to school... It's brilliant. I've started cycling to my son's school in the morning - and back. Rollo and Monty got me going. They decided that they wanted to run to school along the lanes. I was rather surprised to see how far they got - [Cut flowers and newsagents (May07)](https://juliahailes.com/cut-flowers-and-newsagents/) - 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 - [Congestion charge exemption for hybrids is nonsensical (Jan17)](https://juliahailes.com/congestion-charge-exemption-for-hybrids-is-nonsensical-jan17/) - We bought a hybrid Volvo XC90 a few months ago. It was a mistake. On the plus side it's extremely comfortable and I love some of the gizmos - built in sat nav, seat warmers, lane-keeping, average mpg gauge, good quality music, bluetooth, etc. Not so good is that we've had endless things go wrong - [Confessions of a Radical Industrialist (Jan 11)](https://juliahailes.com/confessions-of-a-radical-industrialist/) - 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 - [Come to Cafe Bridge in Bridport, West Dorset on Sunday 19th November, 2023](https://juliahailes.com/come-to-cafe-bridge-in-bridport-west-dorset/) - AUGUST 2024 UPDATE: Bridport Cafe Bridge 2023 was a great success with 116 players participating. The second Bridport Cafe bridge event will be on Sunday 17th November, 2024. It is open for registration and further details can be found by clicking here. Email cafebridgebridport@gmail.com for more information. Don't worry if you don't have a partner - [Christmas waste (Jan08)](https://juliahailes.com/christmas-waste/) - One of the most striking things about Christmas is the amount of waste we all produce. Waste heat, waste light, waste food and most of all waste packaging. Actually, quite a lot of presents are wasteful too. I wonder what percentage of gifts are actually appreciated and how many of those are useful. I have - [Christmas tree alternative! (Dec08)](https://juliahailes.com/christmas-tree-alternative/) - I got an email asking me whether I thought an artificial Christmas tree or a natural one would be the greenest option. I said that I thought an artificial one - made from plastic - would be better environmentally, if you re-used it year after year. But I've never gone that route. (I've now discovered - [Christmas cringe over disposable baking tray (Dec16)](https://juliahailes.com/christmas-cringe-over-disposable-baking-tray-dec16/) - Sometimes you hear something on the radio which makes you cringe. Just before Christmas this happened… A woman rang the radio programme to say that something dreadful had happened. What calamity could this be? It was that she’d forgotten to buy a disposable baking tray for roasting the Christmas turkey… Aaaargh…Even more sickening to me - [Christmas cards are wasteful (Jan10)](https://juliahailes.com/christmas-cards/) - The Jeremy Vine Show wanted me to have a pair of scissors ready for my interview. The idea was to record me, Blue Peter style, cutting up my Christmas cards so I could use them again. Listening to the programme afterwards, I don't think the scissor cutting was audible! But the message about re-using Christmas - [Chilling facts about supermarket refrigeration (Feb09)](https://juliahailes.com/chilling-facts-about-supermarket-refrigeration/) - I've been working with the Environmental Investigation Agency on a campaign to highlight the climate change impacts of supermarket refrigeration. The HFC cooling gases used have a global warming impact that is about 4,000 times worse than CO2, so this is a huge issue. Here's an article that I've written on the results of the - [Chilling Facts II The supermarket refrigeration scandal continues (Feb10)](https://juliahailes.com/chilling-facts-ii-the-supermarket-refrigeration-scandal-continues-feb10/) - Did you know that as much as one third of the carbon footprint of most supermarkets comes from cooling gases used in their refrigeration systems? And the energy used is on top. See Chilling Facts Campaign from the Environmental Investigation Agency The Co-operative Group’s green and ethical credentials are called into question in this - [Chilling Facts about supermarket refrigeration and cooling systems (Mar11)](https://juliahailes.com/chilling-facts-about-supermarket-refrigeration-and-cooling-systems/) - 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 - [Supermarket refrigeration - Chilling Facts IV now out (Feb12)](https://juliahailes.com/supermarket-refrigeration-chilling-facts-iv-now-out-feb12/) - It's the fourth year of the Chilling Facts campaign, which I helped conceive. Run by the Environmental Investigation Agency's (EIA), the initiative aims to reduce the climate change impacts of supermarket refrigeration. We're encouraging them to move away from HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) to more climate-friendly alternatives. This year's, results from UK retailers have shown a 44% - [Changing lightbulbs (Feb08)](https://juliahailes.com/changing-lightbulbs/) - First a confession. I have spotlights in both my kitchen and living room, which are adjoining - and not all of them are energy efficient. When the spotlights were first installed I made sure that they would take energy efficient bulbs. I then ordered the 100 watt replacements, which were 23 watts each. But when - [Challenging Sainsbury's on environmental standards (Feb13)](https://juliahailes.com/challenging-sainsburys-on-environmental-standards/) - Justin King, CEO of Sainsburys I wrote the blog below for the Food Ethics Council before the horse meat scandal blew up. I think it's even more relevant now. When I challenged Justin King, CEO of Sainsbury's about not applying the same environmental standards across all the products sold through his stores, he replied that - [Carbon Trust Winter Lecture (Jan08)](https://juliahailes.com/carbon-trust-winter-lecture/) - Putin apparently joked that 'climate change is good for Russians because they won't have to wear fur coats'. But listening to Dr Pachauri, Chairman of IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) wasn't very funny. His Winter Lecture, hosted by the Carbon Trust, was held, rather incongruously at Claridges. The theme was 'business response to climate - [CAOBISCO Sustainability Round Table (Sept09)](https://juliahailes.com/caobisco-sustainability-round-table-sept09/) - “Julia Hailes ignited the CAOBISCO Sustainability Round Table with her incisive observations and commentary. Her experience and mastery of her subject gave valuable insights to the mainly business audience from across the European and International chocolate, biscuit and confectionery industries” David Zimmer, Secretary General CAOBISCO, Sep09 - [Business in the Community (May09)](https://juliahailes.com/6031-2/) - "Julia has an infectious personality which makes her a mesmorising speaker. Her speech at BITC's May day summit was compelling, yet told in a really engaging and humorous way. Julia's passion and conviction really brought to life why we were all sitting there. As a communications specialist I know how difficult it can be for - [Bristol Council are wheelchair crazy (Sept10)](https://juliahailes.com/bristol-council-are-wheelchair-crazy/) - I told the taxi driver at Bristol station that I didn't want to go with him because his taxi was too big. But I had no option because he was first in line. The driver was actually quite sympathetic to my concerns - based on the fact that bigger cars are less fuel efficient. But - [Briefing paper on carbon footprinting and carbon labeling (Oct09)](https://juliahailes.com/briefing-paper-on-carbon-footprinting-and-carbon-labeling/) - Proctor & Gamble asked me to write a briefing paper on carbon footprinting, which I think is a good thing and carbon labeling which I don't. There’s also a video of me talking about this issue. "Thanks for the excellent factsheet on carbon footprinting and labeling - it's great work!" Ioannis Hatzopoulos, P&G - Dec08 - [Bottled Water - Eau No! (Feb08)](https://juliahailes.com/bottled-water-eau-no/) - “I’ve been drinking bottled water for 30 years and I’ll go on doing it until the day I die” said one caller to the Radio 5 phone-in I was participating in. The debate was supposed to be about whether it is immoral to drink bottled water. Actually, most of the callers were more concerned with - [Bottled water - Eau de Vie or 'Eau de tap' (Jul09)](https://juliahailes.com/bottled-water-eau-de-vie-or-eau-de-tap/) - I was invited to eat a 'Water-Rich Menu' at Quo Vadis in Soho. The host was Nicholas Stanley, Managing Director of Eau de Vie. Although his new enterprise is all about water, he seemed quite surprised when I - and a number of the other guests - declined the champagne in favour of water. But - [Will Bitcoin destroy the planet? (Dec17)](https://juliahailes.com/will-bitcoin-destroy-the-planet-dec17/) - Wow. The growth in the value of Bitcoin over the last few months has only been matched by the number of articles about this cryptocurrency. I have a particular interest in it because my son Monty decided to share his research and his views on Bitcoin, on his website - and he asked me - [Biogas potential (Oct08)](https://juliahailes.com/biogas-potential/) - A couple of weeks ago I went to visit one of the few emerging biogas plants in the country. At Biogen (www.biogen.co.uk), near Bedford, they take in 30,000 tonnes of food waste and put it in large anaerobic digestors (ADs). Actually, they have to remove the packaging first, but the principle is pretty simple. The - [Biodegradable is not my bag (May08)](https://juliahailes.com/biodegradable-is-not-my-bag/) - Chuck away plastic and it lasts forever. That doesn’t sound great, particularly for things that are only useful for hours at best - seconds at worst. And if that plastic ends up littering the hedgerows or floating around in the oceans it’s not only an eyesore but can be damaging to wildlife too. So, many - [Big Green Home Show (Oct09)](https://juliahailes.com/big-green-home-show-oct09/) - "I had to drop you a line to say 'a huge thank-you' to you for being such a fantastic guest speaker - you were absolutely superb!.... You made a very inspiring speech and I would have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending you to other event organisers as a guest speaker on eco or renovation matters - [Between the Sheets (Apr08)](https://juliahailes.com/between-the-sheets/) - I spend quite a lot of time staying at hotels or other people's houses, often for only one night at a time. And I realise that I'm getting quite obsessed about sheets. Well actually, not just sheets - pillowcases, towels, bathmats and anything else that has to be laundered.Most of you will have seen little - [Behind the Scenes in Paradise (Feb17)](https://juliahailes.com/behind-the-scenes-in-paradise-feb17/) - I’m hoping that my eco-footprint, on our luxury holiday staying at the Six Senses Hotel, Zil Payson, in the Seychelles - is considerably less than other guests! How so? It comes mainly from my aversion to air conditioning. Our residence was one of 30 beautiful villas nestled in the hills and rocks of Felicite Island. We - [Behind the scenes at McDonalds (Jun10)](https://juliahailes.com/behind-the-scenes-at-mcdonalds/) - It wasn't 'Old McDonald had a farm'. Actually, the farm belonged to the Duchy of Cornwall although it was being run by farmer, Richard Hoskins. Near Dorchester, almost over-looking the Prince of Wales new town of Poundbury, the beef farm turned out to be a key supplier for McDonalds. The expedition was the first of - [Bee in my bonnet about fuel efficiency (Jan09)](https://juliahailes.com/bee-in-my-bonnet-about-fuel-efficiency/) - Green expert Julia Hailes tries out an 'environmentally friendly' BMW. How does the new BMW perform as a green family car? I’ve got a bit of a bee in my bonnet about the fuel efficiency of cars. I can’t understand why they’re not a whole lot better than they are. Article originally written for Telegraph online. - [Becoming a Superhome (Apr11)](https://juliahailes.com/becoming-a-superhome-apr11/) - I'm trying to make my flat a SuperHome - a network of exemplar, old dwellings which have undergone an energy-efficiency retrofit. This means I have to improve its energy efficiency by over 60%. I've had the initial assessment done to show the starting point. It looks like I'll be close to the mark when it's finished but - [BBC 3 Counties Radio - plastic bag rant from presenter (Jan10)](https://juliahailes.com/bbc-3-counties-radio-rant-on-plastic-bags/) - Jonathan Vernon Smith from BBC 3 Counties Radio rants to Julia about why he doesn't thing people should be charged for plastic bags. Julia gives a robust response and explains that he shouldn't be complaining about something so trivial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4C0WkuoiZs&&width=200&height=125 - [Battling for recycling (Oct07)](https://juliahailes.com/battling-for-recycling-31oct07/) - When I agreed to oppose the motion that ‘Recycling is a waste of time’ it didn’t occur to me that most of the audience would be actively hostile to my position. Set up by the Institute of Ideas, the Battle of Ideas was a whole weekend of debates covering topics as diverse as ‘What’s the - [Bath & West - going green... (Jun07)](https://juliahailes.com/bath-west-going-green/) - The Bath & West show was a bit of a wash out for its first 2 days. Luckily I wasn't there but I did have someone who was supposed to be running my 'stand' selling The New Green Consumer Guide. Actually there was no 'stand' as such and they couldn't sell books in the rain - [Baby care products (Jun11)](https://juliahailes.com/baby-care-products/) - I first got involved in the debate about disposable nappies vs re-usables in the early 1990s. The comparisons were being made in eco-labelling research and I was sitting on the UK Eco-Labelling Board. The over-whelming concern about disposables was the amount of waste they produce. Local authorities have teamed up with campaigning organisations to encourage - [Autumn pleasures... (Sept08)](https://juliahailes.com/autumn-pleasures/) - Picking apples and blackberries in the beautiful autumn sun has only been surpassed listening to the sound of bagpipes whilst watching kites waving around against a deep blue sky. The last couple of weekends have been truly magical. The Dorset Kite Festival is annual event on Eggardon Hill near Powerstock. It's truly spectacular even when - [Australian PM prays for rain - at Hay on Wye (Jun07)](https://juliahailes.com/australian-pm-prays-for-rain-jun07/) - When I wrote the original Green Consumer Guide there was one question I was unfailingly asked by journalists. It was 'if there's one thing that you can do to save the world what would it be?' Answer that in a sound bite without sounding trivial... Of course there isn't just one thing there are lots - [Articles for the Financial Times (Mar11 & Jun11)](https://juliahailes.com/articles-for-the-financial-times-mar11-jun11/) - I've started writing for FT House & Home. My first article, co-written with Fiona Harvey in March 2011 was about Feed in Tariffs - Enlightened Energy. The second one was on Eco-technologies at home - Electric Green. It was published in June 2011. Future articles will include one on eco-renovating my London flat. - [Are motorbikes better than cars? (Jan08)](https://juliahailes.com/are-motorbikes-better-than-cars/) - My sons were more impressed with these bikes than I was! Are motorbikes better than cars? I've recently had email correspondence with someone who is convinced they are. Clearly a biking enthusiast he says that: small motorcycles use far less petrol than cars, don't stand in traffic jams using up fuel getting nowhere and don't - [An inconvenient truth about fish - The End of the Line (Jun09)](https://juliahailes.com/an-inconvenient-truth-about-fish-the-end-of-the-line/) - A fish collapse. 90% of the big fish are gone. The global fishing capacity is big enough to catch four times more fish than actually exist in the sea. We've just squandered one of the greatest resources on the planet - wild fish. The End of the Line leaves one in no doubt about the - [Amsterdam declaration - Club of Rome conference (Nov09)](https://juliahailes.com/amsterdam-declaration-club-of-rome-conference/) - Gorbachev was the most high profile speaker but others on the platform included the former Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers, a former Chilean President, as well as leading lights from the environmental world, such as Jim Hansen, Gunter Pauli, Bill McDonough, Michael Braungart and Ernst von Weizsacker. There were also contributions from business including Philips - [Aluminium should be recycled again and again.... (Apr10)](https://juliahailes.com/aluminium-should-be-recycled-again-and-again/) - I've recently started getting my hair highlighted. The first time was in France a couple of years ago. They daubed a strong smelling substance on strands of my hair and left it to do the job. But with follow up appointments closer to home, I've discovered that British hairdressers use aluminium foil - loads of - [The Age of Stupid film (Oct09)](https://juliahailes.com/the-age-of-stupid-film/) - I've just watched this film at a screening in the nearby village of South Petherton. The village hall was jam packed, although I was one of the few who had taken along my children. At the beginning we were warned of bad language in the film but actually all that I noticed was someone swearing - [Aga saga (May07)](https://juliahailes.com/aga-saga/) - 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. - [A week away (Mar07)](https://juliahailes.com/a-week-away-26th-30th-march/) - When I say I'm going to be out of the office this week, people assume I'll be on holiday. Actually this couldn't be further from the truth. - I'm spending Monday in Brussels advising Procter & Gamble - they have asked me to sit on an Environmental Advisory Panel relating to their cleaning and detergents - [A Trip to Waste Tip (Jun08)](https://juliahailes.com/a-trip-to-waste-tip-jun08/) - Dimmer landfill site near Castle Cary in Somerset is unusual. It has a rather beautiful wooden eco-building within it’s boundaries, housing the Carymoor Environmental Centre. School trips for nature talks and wildlife walks are a regular feature – and they do a lot to educate the public on the benefits of recycling. I took my - [A McDonald's experience (Apr07)](https://juliahailes.com/a-mcdonalds-experience/) - I thought I'd do a bit of comparison on fuel efficiency between the UK and the US. Went to Heathrow in an 8-seater vehicle - it was on its way to collect a large group. But at 36mpg even that was less thirsty than the flashy black Lincoln that collected me from Chicago's O'Hare airport - [3D movies creating 3D waste (Apr10)](https://juliahailes.com/3d-movies-creating-3d-waste/) - I loved the film Avatar - particularly the strong environmental message running through it. I saw the 3D version in Yeovil, with my sons, Rollo and Monty. They were equally enamoured. In fact, Rollo thought it was the best film he'd ever seen. But, we went home clutching three pairs of 3D glasses. There weren't - [10 tonnes of e-waste an hour at SWEEEP (Dec12)](https://juliahailes.com/10-tonnes-of-e-waste-an-hour-at-sweeep/) - The huge grabber hand plunged into the pile of e-waste waiting below. You could see irons, toasters, kettles, hairdryers - all sorts of household electrical detritus on its way to oblivion. Or perhaps I should say reincarnation. Almost all of it is recycled in one form or another. The sorting process separates as much of - [To burn or not to burn (Mar24)](https://juliahailes.com/to-burn-or-not-to-burn-mar24/) - Are fires the best way of getting rid of garden waste or clearing landscapes? I believe that the answer is generally 'no'! But garden bonfires are ubiquitous and even conservation bodies are using burning as part of their land management plans - for example burning the brash from hedge-laying or trimming and site clearance of - [Saving frogs and forests in Ghana (mar24)](https://juliahailes.com/saving-frogs-and-forests-in-ghana-mar24/) - Do you love frogs? You're not alone. I love them too. Last week, I met an inspiring man - Dr Caleb Ofori-Boeteng - who has made it his life's mission to champion the cause of frogs in Ghana. We were in London at an event organised by Rainforest Trust UK which is supporting him and his work. - [Shameful BBC Totally Ignores Nature March - jun24](https://juliahailes.com/shameful-bbc-totally-ignores-nature-march-jun24/) - What possible reason could there be for the BBC totally ignoring up to 100,000 nature protestors yesterday? The 'Restore Nature Now' march, organized by Extinction Rebellion (XR) and numerous wildlife and conservation bodies, doesn't even feature in the BBC search engine today. I know it happened because I was there. Thankfully, it did get some - [Barbed Wire is a Killer - it should be banned (aug25)](https://juliahailes.com/barbed-wire-is-a-killer-it-should-be-banned-aug25/) - This deer is looking a lot perkier than the one we found.... The faun was squealing in pain and distress as we approached. One of its hind legs had been snagged on barbed wire – the foot was hanging by a thread. I had to twist it off to free the poor animal. My son - [Ideas for greener tourism in Myanmar [Relevant to other countries too] (Apr18)](https://juliahailes.com/ideas-for-greener-tourism-in-myanmar-relevant-to-other-countries-too-apr18/) - There are over 3,000 temples in Bagan…​ Aureum Palace Hotel in Bagan claimed that 99% of clients want their sheets changed daily “99% of people like to have their bed linen changed at hotels at least once a day”. Really? I wondered how this assertion could be validated. But, I haven’t been able to respond - [Sherborne Cafe Bridge - 22nd November 2026](https://juliahailes.com/sherborne-cafe-bridge-22nd-november-2026/) - I’m delighted that Café Bridge is continuing in Sherborne thanks to a wonderful new organising team: Juliet Pentolfe, Debs Edlmann, Charlotte Gerard and Julie Preece, with bridge direction by Victor Lesk.The event will take place on Sunday 22 November 2026 and follows the familiar Café Bridge format, with players enjoying bridge across a range of - [Will you help save whales? (Jun26)](https://juliahailes.com/will-you-help-save-whales-jun26/) - Humans are whale killers One of the most shocking things I’ve discovered during my travels is what humans have done to whale populations. In Patagonia, for example, it was impossible to ignore the legacy of industrial whaling. One of the first things many European explorers and settlers did was establish whaling stations. Entire populations of - [Too many boardrooms are climate incompetent (Feb21)](https://juliahailes.com/too-many-boardrooms-are-climate-incompetent-feb21/) - Very interested to see this FT article lamenting the lack of directors with expertise in climate and ESG issues. I am proud of what I managed to achieve during my short tenure as a NED at Big Yellow. This was not done simply by suggesting a Net Zero target by a certain date, but by backing - [I've learnt to love moles (Feb21)](https://juliahailes.com/ive-learnt-to-love-moles-feb21/) - My mother was very keen on mole traps, following a tradition that apparently started in Roman times. I remember having them firmly planted in the soft earth mounds that would regularly appear on our lawn. When I moved to Dorset, I’m embarrassed to say that I employed a mole catcher, who set the traps. Never - [Rewild schools before it's too late (Jul21)](https://juliahailes.com/rewild-schools-before-its-too-late-jul21/) - Rewild the world before it’s too late! I’m supporting Operation Future Hope in their mission to change the devastating impact of current land management practices in schools. School grounds have become wildlife deserts. They’re chopped, mown, poisoned and slashed. The brief is for well ‘managed landscapes’ - neat and tidy. What this means in practice - [Let's stop needing printers (Dec21)](https://juliahailes.com/lets-stop-needing-printers-dec21/) - The biggest problem with printers is that they're not made to last. Good Business has published a great blog outlining the problem with these monstrously inefficient machines. I'm embarrassed at how many printers I've been through. They rarely last more than 2 years, they're incredibly bulky, they're really badly designed, if there's a paper jam - [Wild about Wilding (Jan23)](https://juliahailes.com/wild-about-wilding-jan23/) - We organised the very first Wilding Weekend in June 2022, at our home in West Dorset. It was also the first garden opened through the National Garden Scheme (NGS) that was included primarily for its 'wilding' rather than for beautiful borders, impeccably mown lawns and other attributes of more traditional gardens. The next Wilding Weekend - [Sheep are like locusts (Apr23)](https://juliahailes.com/sheep-are-like-locusts-apr23/) - A flock of sheep will eat pretty well everything in their path - wildflowers, buds, saplings and anything else that looks tasty. Ben Goldsmith has been highlighting the perils of sheep, particularly in upland areas and in our national parks. He points out that apart from being incredibly destructive, sheep grazing on the hillsides are - [No Fence Farming in Romania (May23)](https://juliahailes.com/no-fence-farming-in-romania-may23/) - We cycled for over 100 miles and didn't go through a gate. The Transylvanian landscape was without fences, hedges, or ditches. Travelling by train across Europe to get to Romania the lack of fences signalled an entirely different type of farming. In this case, there were huge ploughed fields or monoculture crops stretching into - [Our Wilding Weekend Was Wonderful! (Jun23)](https://juliahailes.com/our-wilding-weekend-was-wonderful-jun23/) - It was tremendously exciting to get such positive feedback from visitors to our Wilding Weekend - some were ecstatic. It wasn't just about the wilding we've done - they loved meeting other like-minded people and finding out more about what wilding might mean for them. As many of you will know not everyone has the - [In conversation with Isabella Tree (Nov23)!!](https://juliahailes.com/in-conversation-with-isabella-tree-nov23/) - The Electric Palace in Bridport was packed. The Bridport Literary Festival or Bridlit had managed to get Isabella Tree to come and talk to me in front of the 400 people who were able to get tickets. The focus was the newly published 'The Book of Wilding' which is an easy-to-read manual on what can be done on - [Second Wilding Weekend in June 2023 (Jan23)](https://juliahailes.com/second-wilding-weekend-in-june-2023/) - Come to our next Wilding Weekend on 17th and 18th June 2023. We'll be opening our garden and land through the National Garden Scheme, offering lunch, tea and cakes as well as showing what we've done to create more wildlife-friendly habitats. Stalls, Talks and/or Tours will include: The Dorset Wildlife Trust: Hosting a stall with - [Our Wilding Weekend in June 2023 (Mar Update)](https://juliahailes.com/our-wilding-weekend-in-june-2023-mar-update/) - On 17th and 18th June 2023, my husband Jamie Macdonald and I will be hosting the second Wilding Weekend at our home in Dorset. Find out more about it here. WE WILL BE SUPPORTING - THE NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME Ticket sales will be donated to the National Garden Scheme (NGS) charities. Here's a link to - [We're going to the Big One - Friday 21st April 2023](https://juliahailes.com/were-going-to-the-big-one-friday-21st-april-2023/) - The invitation is for everybody to Unite to Survive at ‘The Big One’ – a four-day action from the 21st to the 24th April 2023, where people from all groups and movements, not just XR, will gather throughout Westminster and at the Houses of Parliament. Here are our banners... Come and join us.... - [Sky News interviews me on e-waste (Jan24)](https://juliahailes.com/sky-news-interviews-me-on-e-waste/) - Are you concerned about e-waste? If not you should be! Over half a billion small electrical items ended up in landfill last year in the UK. And to give another perspective, a person born in 1980 will generate around 500kg of e-waste in their lifetime - or 8 times their body weight. If you calculated how - [Chilling Facts Campaign on Supermarket Refrigeration (Feb 10)](https://juliahailes.com/chilling-facts-campaign-on-supermarket-refrigeration-feb-10/) - Launched on 1st February, 2010, the second Chilling Facts survey has been very successful in drawing attention to the huge impact of supermarket refrigeration on climate change. I've been working with the Environmental Investigation Agency on their campaign to get the supermarkets to switch to climate-friendly refrigeration gases. We ranked the retailers on their performance and gave them detailed - [C Mobile Advisory Board (Jun10)](https://juliahailes.com/c-mobile-adisory-board-jun10/) - I've joined the newly formed Advisory Board of C-Mobile. This company is late lunching a pay as you go mobile phone package in partnership with Orange. It's early days but they plan to invest a proportion of profits to green initiatives and campaign to improve the environmental performance of the mobile phone industry. - [Alupro - the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Jul10)](https://juliahailes.com/alupro/) - Alupro - the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation - were celebrating 21 years of aluminium packaging recycling. During this time recycling of aluminium packaging has risen from less than 2% to more than 40%. Given that an average of 9 tonnes of CO2 are saved for every 1 tonne recycled, the more recycling the better. My - [Blog coming alive again! (Nov14)](https://juliahailes.com/blog-coming-alive-again-nov14/) - My blog is coming alive again. It's been asleep for quite some time! - [Getting beds (Sep19)](https://juliahailes.com/getting-beds-sep19/) - I received an email last week giving me some shocking information about the number of mattresses that are discarded in the UK every year. - [Farmers Must STOP Killing Earth (Dec20)](https://juliahailes.com/farmers-must-stop-killing-earth-dec20/) - Why are most rivers brown or red? A soupy earthy colour. It’s because they are draining the life blood of our planet away - soil. It’s crumbling, melting and disintegrating into the water and being swept out to sea, never to return. It has to stop. It’s disastrous. And there's a better way… I remember - [Wild about Knepp (May22)](https://juliahailes.com/wild-about-knepp-may22/) - My trip to Knepp was a revelation. For those who do not know this 3500-acre estate, in East Sussex, is leading the way in Rewilding. Isabella Tree and her ground-breaking book, ‘Wilding’ has become so famous that Netflix is making a docudrama about her and her husband Charlie Burrell. With actors playing the younger - [Swimming in sewage (Aug22)](https://juliahailes.com/swimming-in-sewage-aug22/) - I was very surprised to be told by the Environment Agency that no-one should be swimming in UK rivers because they were too polluted. My son and a couple of his friends had been at a popular swimming spot on the River Avon. A few hours later they were all violently sick. The extraordinary thing - [My Mother was the first person in the UK to be buried in a mycelium coffin (Nov22)](https://juliahailes.com/my-mother-was-the-first-person-in-the-uk-to-be-buried-in-a-mycelium-coffin-nov22/) - When I tell people about my mother's coffin, the most common response is ‘what’s mycelium?’. The answer is that it’s fungi - in particular the vast network of fungal ‘string’ that thrives in the earth from one end of the planet to the other. Mycelium not only speeds up decomposition, it actually decontaminates the land. - [INSPIRATIONAL HOTELS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb23)](https://juliahailes.com/inspirational-hotels-in-the-south-china-sea-feb23/) - We weren't far from Singapore, but it was another world. Two tropical Indonesian islands to the East of Bintan, which is just South of the Asian city-state. I have to admit that I'm a very critical tourist - I generally challenge hotels on everything including what's happening to their sewage, how they source their - [Rubbish In Indonesia (Mar23)](https://juliahailes.com/rubbish-in-indonesia-mar23/) - It felt like Armageddon. We went on a 'nature bike ride', but the trip highlights were piles and piles of rubbish. Plastic bottles, old flip flops, a child's shoe, fishing nets, polystyrene, foil packets and general household detritus. We were in Indonesia staying at the Banyan Tree on the northern coast of Bintan, which is - [Come and Listen to me talk about wilding - on 29th March 2023](https://juliahailes.com/come-and-listen-to-me-talk-about-wilding-on-29th-march-2023/) - I'm going to be speaking about Wilding at Slader's Yard, West Bay (near Bridport) on 29th March, 2023. The evening includes supper and all proceeds will be donated to The Great Big Dorset Hedge project. You need to book to reserve your tickets by calling Sladers Yard on 01308 459511. Let me know if you - [Wilding Weekend Video (Sep23)](https://juliahailes.com/wilding-weekend-video/) - Watch the video of our Wilding Weekend, held in June 2023 - including interviews of the key players. - [René Haller - an inspirational man (Mar25)](https://juliahailes.com/rene-haller-an-inspirational-man-mar25/) - René Haller transformed a lifeless quarry into a vibrant, flourishing ecosystem. This blog explores his groundbreaking work on the Kenyan coast and how it led to the creation of the Haller Foundation. Together with René, the foundation has expanded his innovative ideas and principles, bringing them to communities around the quarry and across other parts - [Why are We Ignoring the Climate Costs of War?(Apr26)](https://juliahailes.com/why-are-we-ignoring-the-climate-costs-of-warapr26/) - We track markets, oil prices and GDP by the minute – but don’t seem to count the environmental devastation of war at all. Have you ever stopped to think about the carbon impact of bombing? That alone is gargantuan. But when you factor in the rebuilding of everything that has been destroyed, it becomes almost - [My Manifesto for COP26 and beyond(Oct21)](https://juliahailes.com/my-manifesto-for-cop26-and-beyondoct21/) - I’m delighted that Cop26 is getting a lot of attention. I think it’s great that young people - with Greta leading the charge - are voicing their anger at what’s happening to the climate. It's incredibly positive that more and more businesses around the world are trying to make meaningful changes. Not so good is - [Cop26 The Time to Act is Now (Nov21)](https://juliahailes.com/cop26-the-time-to-act-is-now-nov21/) - Al Gore was forthright. He said that at the Paris COP in 2015, the key challenge was denial. In Glasgow, the message is clear - it’s delay. But many of the leaders from nations with the greatest impacts did not come to the table. There are some real villains in the world’s war against climate - [Water refill stations are coming (Oct09)](https://juliahailes.com/water-refill-stations-are-coming/) - I generally carry a water bottle around with me when I'm travelling. It saves on buying bottled water on the move. Anyone who has read previous blogs of mine will know that I'm not a great fan of bottled water - lots of energy used in transport, packaging, waste etc... However, according to the Guardian, - [2007 Video of Julia talking about how we can all make a difference](https://juliahailes.com/2007-video-of-julia-talking-about-how-we-can-all-make-a-difference/) - The New Green Consumer Guide, written by me, was published in 2007, nearly 20 years on from the original Green Consumer Guide, which I co-wrote with John Elkington. This video shows me talking about how and why I started my green career - and why green consumerism is a powerful force for change. The New - [Visiting the rainforests might save them! (Mar25)](https://juliahailes.com/visiting-the-rainforests-might-save-them-feb25/) - The wonderful Samantha Knights KC invited me to speak at the Shute Festival in Lyme Regis. She's the one standing with me under the full beam of the slide projector at the end of my speech. I wasn't just speaking about rainforests, I was talking about my recent trip to Guyana and what a unique - [Cafe Bridge Bridport - our 2025 plans](https://juliahailes.com/cafe-bridge-bridport-our-2025-plans/) - UPDATE - 7Nov26We have 160 players registered to come - and some reserves too. However we might be able to add one more table, so if you're still keen to play, get in touch.... See below for the schedule. Come as early as you can so you can pick up your booklet, set up the - [The fabric of Istanbul (Sep07)](https://juliahailes.com/the-fabric-of-istanbul-28sep07/) - As my plane turned towards Istanbul I saw the dry landscape below. It was ploughed into fields but there seemed to be no dividing hedges. The only visible green was trees edging the numerous creeks. Apart from that, every inch seemed to have been tilled by man. I don’t know what they were growing, but - [Pura Vida Costa Rica (Apr22)](https://juliahailes.com/pura-vida-costa-rica-apr22/) - Having successfully navigated a rapid as we rafted away from Pacuare Lodge in Central Costa Rica, we put our oars together and joined our guide in a celebratory shout of ‘Pura Vida’. Literally the pure or natural life. Leaving the lodge, we started the trip in a relatively narrow gorge, the rocks on either side - [Scorched earth in Sicily (Oct20)](https://juliahailes.com/scorched-earth-in-sicily-oct20/) - What a beautiful time of year to come to this island perched on Italy’s toe. We were lucky to have clear blue skies and the trees were turning gold. One of the most striking things about the island is the number of wind turbines on nearly every horizon. I rather like them both visually and - [EDF Energy – Somerset Green Schools (Jun11)](https://juliahailes.com/edf-energy-somerset-green-schools-jun11/) - There were five finalists in ¶EDF's Somerset Green Schools Challenge. And prize money of £15,000 to be shared depending on what the judges considered to be the best project. Crispin School from Street were well deserved winners of £10,000 - they'd really thought about the issues and had them costed out too. Fellow 'dragons' or judges - [What do you do with dog poo? (Jun25)](https://juliahailes.com/what-do-you-do-with-dog-poo-jun25/) - I was walking with a friend not long ago when she casually lobbed two dog poo bags into the hedge. My first thought was: Can I just ignore that and keep chatting? But of course I couldn’t. “Are you going to come back and collect those?” I asked, rather tentatively.“No,” she said. “They’re biodegradable. So - [The Green Consumer Guide & Week Green Consumer Week TV Clips with Julia Hailes 1988](https://juliahailes.com/tv-clips-of-julia-haiiles-1989-green-supermarket-guide-and-green-shopping-day/) - Published in 1989 ‘Green Consumer’s Supermarket Shopping Guide’ was written by John Elkington and myself - Julia Hailes. It was launched on our ‘Green Shopping Day’. When I was researching The Green Consumer Guide, none of the supermarkets had a clue about ‘green products’. When I asked them what environmental things they were doing they - [TV clips CFCs and the ozone layer - 1988/89 Julia Hailes campaigning for ozone-friendly aerosols etc (Posted Nov20)](https://juliahailes.com/tv-clips-cfcs-and-the-ozone-layer-1988-89-julia-hailes-campaigning-for-ozone-friendly-aerosols-etc-posted-nov20/) - The campaign to remove CFCs from aerosols was one of the most successful that I’ve been involved with. In the late 1980s, the link between chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and the destruction of the ozone layer was made. However, it took a while to convince the industry that this was a real problem. I remember giving a - [Calling new Archbishop to lead on protecting nature (Oct25)](https://juliahailes.com/calling-new-archbishop-to-lead-on-protecting-nature-oct25/) - We’ll soon have a new Archbishop of Canterbury. Normally, this would pass me by — I’m an atheist and not interested in religion. But I’ve been sent a campaign letter from Rewild Church Land that struck a chord. The campaign calls on the Church of England - one of the UK’s top ten landowners - - [COME TO OUR WILDING WEEKEND ON 17TH & 18TH OF JUNE 2023](https://juliahailes.com/our-wilding-weekend-in-june-2023/) - During the weekend there will be guided tours, talks, exhibitors and stalls with information and advice about wilding, as well as things to buy. Conservation experts will show you the wildflower meadows, ponds, and grasslands identifying the insects, birds, reptiles, and amphibians that they find. Julia will be telling visitors about the challenges and successes - [Wilding Weekend 2024 (Apr24 Update)](https://juliahailes.com/wilding-weekend-2024-updated-apr24-2/) - Full steam ahead for our third Wilding Weekend. It will be on 15th and 16th June in sunny West Dorset, near Beaminster! Opening hours will be 10.30am to 4.30pm. The garden is wild. Come and have a look. We have wildflower meadows, a cascade of ponds, insect homes, a medieval walkway, a bat-egg (!), mown - [Wilding Weekend - June 2024](https://juliahailes.com/wilding-weekend-june-2024/) - Full steam ahead for our third Wilding Weekend. It will be on 15th and 16th June in sunny West Dorset, near Beaminster! Opening hours will be 10.30am to 4.30pm. The garden is wild. Come and have a look. We have wildflower meadows, a cascade of ponds, insect homes, a medieval walkway, a bat-egg (!), mown - [How efficient are energy efficiency schemes? (Jun12)](https://juliahailes.com/how-efficient-are-energy-efficiency-schemes/) - I wrote this article in June 2012 but am only posting it on my blog on 1st October, in advance of the introduction of the Green Deal. It seems that this government initiative is not being welcomed with open arms - I'm not surprised. I think that there's ample room for improvement with Energy - [FT Article written on Eco-renovating London flat (Apr12)](https://juliahailes.com/eco-renovation-london-flat-2012/) - My article on eco-renovation was published in the House & Home section of the FT on 21st April, 2012. It's explains how I set about greening my London flat - and the challenges I faced, despite being an eco-expert - see below for the original copy as written, followed by a pdf of what was - [I love electric bikes (Jun19)](https://juliahailes.com/i-love-electric-bikes-jun19/) - Sailing through the countryside. Exploring hidden routes. Getting some much needed exercise... It’s wonderful. The strange thing is that when I say that I’ve taken up electric bikes, one of the most common reactions is for people to say that ‘it’s cheating’. It’s as if I was doing something ‘synthetic’ rather than ‘natural’ - - [Net zero is not good enough or soon enough! (May21)](https://juliahailes.com/net-zero-is-not-good-enough-or-soon-enough-may21/) - I consider myself to be a pragmatic environmentalist - with realistic aspirations. But I find that I'm very uncomfortable about the clamour for the Net zero target - by 2050, 2030 or even sooner. Why? Because: It's possible to do more: Many businesses are setting their sights on 'net zero' when they could quite easily - [A few hours in Naples (Mar07)](https://juliahailes.com/a-few-hours-in-naples-29mar07/) - Should I even admit to flying to Naples for a stint of no more than 3 hours? Perhaps even more heretical was that I went to make a presentation to the European Management team at McDonalds. This is a company I haven’t been very fond of in the past – they tried to get the - [We need more Bedzeds (Nov09)](https://juliahailes.com/we-need-more-bedzeds/) - Bedzed - Beddington Zero Energy Design William Steel, Generation Green Think Tank member Did you know that cats give off about 10 watts of heat and dogs about 15 watts. I suspect that a friend of mine with a Great Dane gets as much heat from his as a human though - roughly - [Stop Destroying Bembridge (Jul24)](https://juliahailes.com/stop-destroying-bembridge-jul24/) - Is all housing good housing? I think not. Look what's happening in Bembridge on the Isle of Wight. Building has already started on 58 new homes on green field sites and another 130 are waiting for approval. Will the old oaks be chopped? Will the hedges be obliterated? It seems likely. But the issues relating - [Who is benefiting from the proposed restoration of Parnham House? (Jan26)](https://juliahailes.com/parnham-restoration-who-benefits/) - Those promoting the Parnham proposals often frame the issue very simply: do you want to save this historic house in West Dorset, near Beaminster – or leave it as a ruin? It is a compelling question, but a misleading one. Most people would like to see Parnham House restored. Few would argue otherwise. But restoration - [BEING FRIENDLY TO BARN OWLS (Dec20)](https://juliahailes.com/being-friendly-to-barn-owls-dec20/) - I’m learning about owls. My interest has been propelled by the regular nightly call of a male tawny owl. He seems to be much more vocal than the female because I’m not sure I’ve heard her calling back…. However, what I’m now listening out for is the screeching call of a barn owl. I’m very - [Biomimicry - sustainable solutions (Sept12)](https://juliahailes.com/biomimicry-sustainable-solutions/) - I'm a great fan of Michael Pawlyn - from Exploration Architecture. I love his ideas and thinking. And so was keen to attend his Lignacite lecture at the Royal College of Physicians. Michael's key theme is 'biomimicry' and his most recent book is 'Biomimicry in Architecture' . And his speech was full of examples of - [How Do You Poo? Shortlisted for the Sustainable Story Awards (Aug25)](https://juliahailes.com/how-do-you-poo-shortlisted-for-the-sustainable-story-awards-aug25/) - Have you ever really thought about poo? Why is it that wild animal poo can be wonderful for the planet but human poo has become such a problem? That’s the question at the heart of How Do You Poo?, a new children’s book I’m co-authoring with the brilliant Elsa Kent — an inspiring young educator - [Julia Hailes talking about organic produce (1989 Approx)](https://juliahailes.com/julia-hailes-talking-about-organic-produce-1989-approx/) - Organic produce was quite a niche market in the 1980s. I remember talking to a group of enthusiasts about getting it into the supermarkets and they were decidedly unenthusiastic about the idea. There was quite a purist approach and they didn't want it to become too commercialised. I couldn't disagree more. There may be some - [The Environmental Investigation Agency - Fighting Eco-Crime (Mar10)](https://juliahailes.com/the-environmental-investigation-agency-fighting-eco-crime/) - I’ve been made a lifetime member of the Environmental Investigation Agency or EIA for short. I think this campaigning organisation fighting eco-crime should be getting more attention. Founded in 1984, the EIA is rather unique in its approach to campaigns. Whether it’s illegal logging, smuggling ozone-destroying chemicals or trading in endangered species, they have under-cover - [Peat in compost is environmental vandalism (Mar21)](https://juliahailes.com/peat-in-compost-is-environmental-vandalism-mar21/) - That's what Monty Don says and I agree. But it's incredibly common. UK gardeners are responsible for destroying our 'rainforests'. It has to stop and we can make it happen. OK, so why is this such a big deal? First and perhaps most importantly, peatlands are essential in our fight against climate change. Whilst they - [Beaminster Rebellion over Parnham Planning (Dec25)](https://juliahailes.com/beaminster-rebellion-over-parnham-planning-dec25/) - There was shouting.There were walkouts.There were calls for councillors to resign.Placards were waved reading “Represent Us – Reject Parnham.”Feelings were running high at Beaminster’s extraordinary planning meeting on Parnham – and understandably so. But this was not an angry mob lacking substance. The people who spoke were measured, articulate and deeply informed. Many had applied - [How good is my re-usable bamboo cup? (Jun18)](https://juliahailes.com/how-good-is-my-re-usable-bamboo-cup/) - I’ve found a re-usable cup I really like. It’s made from bamboo, is quite colourful and has a really good lid that stops the liquid from spilling. My previous versions had lids that fell off, which made them pretty useless for coffee on the move. Bamboo has become a bit of a thing. When I - [Packaging & Organic Event - Soil Association(Sep18)](https://juliahailes.com/auto-draft/) - "Thank you so much for coming today to the packaging and organic event and for the great presentations and insight you gave. It was really well received from the feedback I’ve had and hopefully you enjoyed it as well." Clare McDermott, Business Development Director, Soil Association See details of event, supported by Ecotricity. It - [TV Clips of Julia Hailes - Green Consumer Compilation from 1988/1989/1990 (posted Nov20)](https://juliahailes.com/tv-clips-of-julia-hailes-green-consumer-compilation-from-1988-1989-1990-posted-nov20/) - Many people will be surprised to know how much interest there was about green consumerism in the late 80s and early 1990s. It was kicked off by the publication of The Green Consumer Guide, co-authored by myself and John Elkington, in 1988. The book had 11 print runs in the first month, shot to the - [Green Consumer Compilation - TV Clips with Julia Hailes from 1988-90](https://juliahailes.com/tv-coverage-from-1988-launch-of-the-green-consumer-guide/) - Many people will be surprised to know how much interest there was about green consumerism in the late 80s and early 1990s. It was kicked off by the publication of The Green Consumer Guide, co-authored by myself and John Elkington, in 1988. The book had 11 print runs in the first month, shot to the - [Come to Cafe Bridge in Bridport! (17Nov24)](https://juliahailes.com/come-to-cafe-bridge-in-bridport-17nov24/) - WHAT IS CAFE BRIDGE? Some of you will already know that Cafe Bridge is a pairs tournament where you play each round in a different restaurant, hotel or cafe. We are making sure that there will be a good lunch wherever you're playing at that time. We're following a similar format to last year. The - [CHASE Africa empowers women through family planning (Nov18)](https://juliahailes.com/chase-africa-empowers-women-through-family-planning-nov18/) - “I’m not a great supporter of aid in Africa. I’m much keener on getting things done on the ground through small and effective organisations. CHASE Africa is one of those. They have small overheads and a great mission. Tackling family planning, particularly in conservation areas, has a multitude of benefits for individuals, communities and the - [Let's hope Catholic bishops become extinct in Kenya (Feb19)](https://juliahailes.com/lets-hope-catholic-bishops-become-extinct-in-kenya-feb19/) - I can’t believe the latest nonsense from the Catholic Church in Kenya. Bishop Kariuki is asking Christians to have more children. I don’t really get the rationale because it seems to be linked to a shortage of priests. I think the idea is that if Catholics have more off-spring, there will be more support for the church. But, of course, - [The Rubbish Project is hiring! (Jan22)](https://juliahailes.com/the-rubbish-project-is-hiring-jan22/) - Brilliant opportunity for an entrepreneurial commercial director to work with circular economy pioneers. Click here to find out more. The Rubbish Project is a fast-growing company with too much work and not enough time. Would you like to be part of a team creating a 'waste-free world'? Do you want to make a positive environmental - [Rubbish Cups for the Wilding Weekend (Jun22)](https://juliahailes.com/rubbish-cups-for-the-wilding-weekend-jun22/) - [Leave your leaves (oct25)](https://juliahailes.com/leave-your-leaves-oct25/) - Do you love a tidy garden? Your wildlife doesn’t. 🍂 Do you sweep up your leaves or blow them away? Why not leave them instead? They’re perfect for sheltering insects that feed robins, blackbirds and wrens, and they keep soil life humming. Hedgehogs, frogs and toads love them too. Of course, you may need to - [How René Haller became a Wilding Pioneer - in Africa (Mar25)](https://juliahailes.com/how-rene-haller-became-a-wilding-pioneer-in-africa-mar25/) - René Haller transformed the barren landscape on the Kenyan coast from quarrying to a thriving eco-system. This is the first of two blogs about him and the organisation he inspired - The Haller Foundation. Click here for the second blog - René Haller - An Inspirational Man.THE HOUSE OF EDEN Perhaps, Renée’s extraordinary life was - [COVID 19 MAY BE THE BOILING FROG WE NEED (MAR20)](https://juliahailes.com/covid-19-may-be-the-boiling-frog-we-need/) - I remember referring to the boiling frogs analogy in speeches about 20 years ago. Some of you may remember that it was used by Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth to help us understand why the world is not doing enough to avert calamitous climate change. If you put a frog into a pan of - [Simply switching from plastics to other materials could actually increase carbon emissions. (Mar20)](https://juliahailes.com/simply-switching-from-plastics-to-other-materials-could-actually-increase-carbon-emissions-mar20/) - This is the conclusion of a new report from the Green Alliance: Fixing the System - Why the circular economy for all materials is the only way to solve the plastic problem. One of the rather intriguing insights in this report is that plastics were invented to prevent the extinction of elephants! How so? At - [Dale Vince trounces Nigel Farage in debate about renewables (Mar22)](https://juliahailes.com/dale-vince-trounces-nigel-farage-in-debate-about-renewables-mar22/) - If you want to understand why investing in renewables makes sense listen to this. Nigel Farage interviews Dale Vince, founder of Ecotricity, who calming and effectively explains why Nigel's perspective is ill-informed and wrong. Some of the highlights for me are below - this is more or less what was said: Landowners getting rich NF: - [Right to Repair is good - my E-waste poem in the style of Dr Seuss (Mar21)](https://juliahailes.com/e-waste-poem-in-the-style-of-dr-seuss-mar21/) - I wrote a slightly different version of this poem in 2012 when I was campaigning to change what happens to e-waste. Sadly, it's still just as relevant today. However there is some good news. The EU are bringing in 'Right to Repair' legislation, which means that it should be much easier to get spare parts - [READY, STEADY, STOP AT BIG YELLOW (Jan21)](https://juliahailes.com/ready-steady-stop-at-big-yellow-jan21/) - I was excited to join the board of the Big Yellow in March 2020 to 'provide oversight regarding their strategic environmental objectives, with deliverable targets’. Sadly, my approach does not chime with the executive board and I've decided to resign. Perhaps I was too ambitious in hoping to help Big Yellow become an exemplar in - [TV Clips tropical hardwoods and destruction of the rainforests - Julia Hailes 1989/90.](https://juliahailes.com/tv-clips-tropical-hardwoods-and-destruction-of-the-rainforests-julia-hailes-1989-90/) - If there was ever a moment when I decided to dedicate my life to the environment, it was witnessing the forests being destroyed in the Mato Grosso in Brazil. I could see dense forest stretching for miles into the distance and then shockingly heard the sound of chain saws. Here are a few clips of - [Wilding has started... (Jul20)](https://juliahailes.com/wilding-has-started-jul20/) - Yesterday, the diggers and dumpers arrived, along with the wonderful Andrew George and his fellow wilder, Lesley Malpas (Operation Future Hope). When I've mentioned wilding people imagine it means animals like badgers and beavers. Actually, the focus will be on bees, butterflies and birds, along with the wild flowers, hedgerows and trees that will attract - [Wilding week 2 (Jul20)](https://juliahailes.com/wilding-week-2-jul20/) - The diggers are in their element The water meadow is now looking pretty earthy with very little water at all. The old mill pond has been drained to reveal a shallow muddy bottom - it turns out that it was pretty full of silt. If we'd left it for a few more years, it would - [Welcome to our Wilding Weekend (Jun22)](https://juliahailes.com/welcome-to-our-wilding-weekend-jun22/) - Find out more about what's happening at our Wilding Weekend. How it started, who is involved, who will be here and the schedule of talks etc. - [No more Wilding Weekends – but Wilding is on the Rise...(jun25)](https://juliahailes.com/no-more-wilding-weekends-but-wilding-is-on-the-rise-jun25/) - Have you ever seen a hedgehog, a hare or a barn owl? Heard the song of a nightingale or the unmistakable call of a cuckoo? Have you stood in a summer meadow and listened to the hum of insects? Many people haven’t. And what’s worse – many don’t realise what’s missing. These sights and sounds - [We need more computer re-use (Aug11)](https://juliahailes.com/we-need-more-computer-re-use/) - We travelled up to Arnos Grove - an area of London I'd never been to before. My companion was Melinda Watson, who has set up the E-Waste Campaign with me. We'd arranged to look round the office and depot of Computer Aid. The factory floor was piled high with computer parts - hard drives, circuit - [Laughing gas in hospitals & dental practices should be banned (Oct21)](https://juliahailes.com/laughing-gas-in-hospitals-dental-practices-should-be-banned-oct21/) - Nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas has a global warming impact that is about 300 times more than CO2 - and it depletes the ozone layer too. The vast majority of it is used in agriculture and other industrial activities. However, that’s not the issue I’m tackling in this blog. This was inspired by - [Clip from TV-AM with Anne Diamond 1989 - Julia Hailes interviewed about green supermarket products](https://juliahailes.com/clip-from-tv-am-with-anne-diamond-1989-julia-hailes-interviewed-about-green-supermarket-products/) - Anne Diamond was very enthusiastic about green consumerism. On her programme again, I’m talking about the sort of ‘green products’ people could look out for. Actually, there weren’t that many and some of the discussion is out of date! Researchers had managed to find organic crisps which contributed to saving the hedgehogs and even organic - [War on Waste - Not just plastics (Oct18)](https://juliahailes.com/war-on-waste-not-just-plastics/) - I've now done multiple speeches about plastics and waste. The more I do, the more committed I am to changing our wasteful, disposable society. We've adopted practices that are ridiculous in their wastefulness and think nothing of it. Here are some examples: Online Shopping: I live in rural Dorset and do most of my shopping - [McDonalds are wrong to switch to paper straws (Aug19)](https://juliahailes.com/mcdonalds-are-wrong-to-switch-to-paper-straws-aug19/) - I can’t count the number of times when I’ve said I don’t want a straw and the response has been - it’s OK because it’s paper…. It’s not. First, we have to challenge why straws are so commonly used. I suppose I have to acknowledge that there are some situations where it makes sense - [I'm feeding my dog insects! (Apr19)](https://juliahailes.com/im-feeding-my-dog-insects/) - The brilliant thing about this is that it’s better for the planet - and apparently good nutritionally too. And, Rex loves them. The main insect ingredient comes from soldier fly grubs, which are reared in high tech vertical farms and fed on vegetable matter - and they grow to full size in just 14 days. - [SMART METERS ARE SMART (Sep19)](https://juliahailes.com/smart-meters-are-smart-sep19/) - My son, Monty, has worked out how we can save over £2,000 per annum on our energy bills - and smart meters are a key factor in the savings. Even more important than that smart meters will play a key role in a shift towards a renewable energy powered UK.. The critical factor in this - [The Pantanal changed my life (Nov24)](https://juliahailes.com/the-pantanal-changed-my-life-nov24/) - Have you ever been to the Pantanal in Brazil? I have. It was spectacular. But it was also life-changing.It was 1983. I stood gazing over a magnificent rainforest stretching into the distance overwhelmed by how wonderful it was. I'm not religious at all but for me, this was spiritual. But then I heard the sound - [All Pain, No Gain for Beaminster](https://juliahailes.com/all-pain-no-gain-for-beaminster/) - All Pain, No Gain for Beaminster Parnham House – the striking Elizabethan mansion just outside Beaminster – is once again in the spotlight. In 2017 a catastrophic fire gutted the building, leaving behind a shell of what had been one of Dorset’s finest homes. The circumstances were unsettling – and are still mysterious – but - [Report on sustainability issues in the food sector (Jan02)](https://juliahailes.com/report-on-sustainability-issues-in-the-food-sector-2002/) - I first started working with Marks & Spencer in 2002 when I was commissioned to do a report on sustainability issues relating to the food sector. The brief was to look at the broad drivers for change, to prioritise the key issues affecting food, identify the key organisations shaping the debate and make recommendations - [My Green Life (May21)](https://juliahailes.com/my-green-life-may21/) - When I was a baby my brother painted me green.. Perhaps a sign of what was to come. And the start of my Zoom speech on 'My Green Life'. I also talk about: Setting up SustainAbility Ltd, with John Elkington, in 1987 The global success of 'The Green Consumer Guide', published in 1988 Becoming a - [Easter holidays (Apr07)](https://juliahailes.com/easter-holidays-2/) - Juggling Easter holidays with work commitments is a lot easier with an au pair! Alex is Australian and only with me until mid June but she's wonderful. Had lunch last week with Arthur Llewellyn (www.hfhmanagement.co.uk), who worked with Green Spirit fuels until December last year, promoting bio-ethanol. He introduced me to a nearby pub, the - [Supper Party (Apr07)](https://juliahailes.com/supper-party/) - Eighteen people to supper last Saturday night. Arranged it ages ago because I wanted to make some introductions. It was great fun preparing the mostly home-grown feast on the day, with Alex (our marvellous au pair). The main dish was rabbit casserole with flageolet beans - the rabbits were shot by my neighbouring farmer. They - ['Rollo' the snake (April07)](https://juliahailes.com/rollo-the-snake/) - My children seem to have a social life to rival Paris Hilton. I simply have to arrange how they get to and from friends house and how many I need to cater for at home. Picking up Rollo, my middle son, a few days ago, I learnt that he wanted to get a snake as - [Book fair, the Park and Chrome Radio (Apr07)](https://juliahailes.com/book-fair-the-park-and-chrome-radio-16mar07/) - Earl's Court Exhibition Centre is a nightmare. I went to the International Book Fair for a series of meetings with overseas publishers and agents. Had to queue about 5 times before finally getting to the right part. Even trickier was navigating between floors - it was surprisingly difficult to find the stairs. The whole set - [Shops and Shopping Centres (May07)](https://juliahailes.com/shops-and-shopping-centres/) - '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 - [Green Washing (Jun07)](https://juliahailes.com/green-washing-21st-jun/) - Cleaning clothes Did you know that on average we release 1 billion skin flakes a day, 1 litre of sweat and 38grams of grease? Probably not, but looking around the research centre at Procter & Gamble’s Brussels headquarters, these statistics abound. The corporate giant behind everyday brands such as Ariel, Bold and Fairy Liquid has - [What is a green building? (Jul07)](https://juliahailes.com/what-is-a-green-building-19jul07/) - I’m not convinced that the Government’s goal of zero carbon buildings is a good one. For a start it only applies to new buildings. And wouldn’t it be better to invest in significantly reducing carbon emissions in a huge number of houses rather than going the whole way in a very few? Achieving the final - [Holiday dilemma: fly or drive? (Jul07)](https://juliahailes.com/holiday-dilemma-fly-or-drive-30jul07/) - My family are going to stay with friends in the South of France for our summer holiday. But how should we get there? We’re going by ferry and by car. In theory this is greener than going by plane – that was certainly part of my thinking when I planned the trip. But I’m not - [Getting into the swim (Sep07)](https://juliahailes.com/getting-into-the-swim-10sep07/) - Last year I didn’t have a proper holiday – a couple of days camping in the rain in Cornwall. In fact I can’t remember when I last had a holiday in the sun. So this year’s family trip to stay with friends in the South of France was really exciting – the first week in - [Eco-holidays in Trelowarren (Sep07)](https://juliahailes.com/eco-holidays-in-trelowarren-18sep07/) - There can’t be many things more exhilarating than surfing – or body boarding to be more precise. Watching the huge waves rolling towards me, I was among a throng of fellow surfers at Polzeath, poised to catch the best roller, so I could skim on its back towards the shore. The wonderful thing about surfing - [Car Troubles - Ford Ka Troubles (Aug08)](https://juliahailes.com/car-troubles-ford-ka-troubles/) - I’ve had a couple of prangs in my car recently. First, someone in a four-wheel drive reversed into me. They were trying to turn around because a lorry was blocking the road and they didn’t notice me nestled behind in my Audi A3. There wasn’t a lot of damage but the really boring thing was - [Woman's Hour 2007 - 2008 (Jan08)](https://juliahailes.com/womans-hour/) - At the end of 2007 and beginning of 2008 Woman’s Hour ran a series of interviews with me about greening your home. Links below are no longer working but we're trying to resolve this! /// •Recycling • Green Fashion • Water • Lighting • Laundry • Electricity - [Why do we all hate plastic bags?(Feb08)](https://juliahailes.com/plastic-bags-hit-the-headlines/) - "Why do we all hate plastic bags?" I ask in The New Green Consumer Guide. Now, the headlines are screaming about their horrors and the campaign to ban them seems to be endorsed by every living celebrity. You might think the answer is obvious. Plastic bags are produced in their billions, litter the countryside, pollute - [Carrier bags - Fact sheet and video - (Apr08)](https://juliahailes.com/carrier-bags-fact-sheet-and-video-2008/) - M&S took a lead in charging for carrier bags and have subsequently reduced the amount handed out by a staggering 80%. My view is that this is a good initiative but that the issue of carrier bags has been given far too much attention, given the relatively small impact they have. Early in 2008 I - [Recycling Dreamland (Oct08)](https://juliahailes.com/recycling-dreamland/) - Chris Dow at Closed Loop recycling in Dagenham was enthusiastic and knowledgeable. He describes the new plant – it won’t be fully operational until December – as a ‘recycling dreamland’. When it’s running at full pelt, this brand new factory will make it possible for a plastic drinks bottle to be chucked away at - [Yo Sushi is Wasteful (Dec08)](https://juliahailes.com/yo-sushi-is-wasteful/) - It’s a shame there’s not a Yo Sushi at Waterloo because that’s my regular train station and I’m a fan. If I’m going through Paddington I often perch on one of their stools and help myself to something exciting from the conveyor belt – and at airports too. If you’re interested, it’s not too difficult - [P & G Earthday (Apr09)](https://juliahailes.com/6037-2/) - "Let me thank you for a really great and inspirational presentation at P&G Earthday in Geneva. We keep getting positive feedback about you and in particular from the lunch session, which left an impression on many people! You created a buzz and talk within the organisation about sustainability and our lifestyles. You truly inspired us - [South Somerset Together Testimonial (Jun09)](https://juliahailes.com/6028-2/) - "Please accept my thanks and admiration for your brilliant presentation - everyone commented on how interesting and informative it was." Saveria Moss, South Somerset Together, Jun09 - [M&S Food (Feb10)](https://juliahailes.com/ms-food/) - "Thank you for all of your challenges and great ideas that have helped us develop our strategy to 2020." Helene Roberts, Head of Packaging, Food Division (Feb10) - [Waste Watch (Feb10)](https://juliahailes.com/waste-watch-feb10/) - "I really appreciate the energy, imagination and shear spirit of enterprise which you are bringing to Waste Watch. Thank you so much." Stewart Crocker, Director of Waste Watch (Feb10) - [Speech for PAFA - Plastics & Films Association AGM (May10)](https://juliahailes.com/speech-for-pafa-plastics-films-association-agm-may10-2/) - The AGM for the Plastics and Films Association was held at the Dorchester Hotel. I was the key note speaker following David Bebee the PAFA Chairman. With some challenges for the plastics industry, I concluded with a poem about plastic bags. See my blog by clicking here. "Everyone I have spoken to has commented on - [Packaging & Films Association (May10)](https://juliahailes.com/easy-fairs-big-packaging-debate/) - "Everyone I have spoken to has commented on the value and inspiration they have received from the day and your part was a significant factor in all of that. Just the right balance of relevance and a very special personal flavour with knickers and goldfish thrown in (metaphorically I hasten to add)." Peter Woodall, PRP - [Ecotricity Advisory Board (Jul10)](https://juliahailes.com/ecotricity-advisory-board-jul10/) - The inaugural meeting of Ecotricity's Advisory Board was held at Bordeaux Quay restaurant in Bristol Harbourside. Initiated by Dale Vince, Ecotricity's entrepreneurial and campaigning CEO, the meeting was chaired by Martin Wright, Editor of Green Futures magazine. Other members of the board included: Jonathon Porritt, founder director of Forum for the Future; Patrick Holden, Director - [The Big Packaging Debate (Oct10)](https://juliahailes.com/the-big-packaging-debate-oct10/) - “The success of our ‘Big Packaging Debate’ was very much down to your insightful and on occasion challenging views….. I cannot imagine anyone more proficient or experienced…. It was refreshing and I believe highly encouraging for a cross-section of the industry to hear its environmental responsibilities discussed in such a positive manner….You definitely opened more - [Innocent Drinks - Taking my son to Fruit Towers (Oct10)](https://juliahailes.com/innocent-drinks-taking-my-son-to-fruit-towers/) - He was particularly impressed with the fact that they've got a kitchen to test out their recipes, a gym for employees to keep fit and best of all a fridge with an unlimited supply of Innocent juices and veg pots. Fruit Towers was a little surprising. For a start there were no 'towers' at all - [Ecotricity Advisory Board (Dec10)](https://juliahailes.com/ecotricity-advisory-board/) - Dale Vince, CEO of Ecotricity set up an Advisory Board in 2010. Other members include Jonathan Porritt (Forum for the Future), Charles Middleton (Triodos Bank), Martin Wright - Green Futures Magazine, Anna Guyer (Greenhouse PR) and Lucy O'Shea (Futerra.) - [Laser Vision (Dec10)](https://juliahailes.com/laser-vision/) - 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. - [Eco-Sheets - Using Recycled Plastics (Jan11)](https://juliahailes.com/eco-sheets-using-recycled-plastics/) - 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 - [Eco-Renovating London Flat (Jan11)](https://juliahailes.com/eco-renovating-london-flat/) - 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 - [Western Gazette (Feb11)](https://juliahailes.com/930-2/) - 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 - [Waste Watch Big Green Society Conference (Mar11)](https://juliahailes.com/waste-watch-big-green-society-conference-mar11/) - I'm chairing a morning session looking at the role of government, business and education in promoting the Big Green Society. - [P & G 4th Expert Baby Care Advisory Group (Jun11)](https://juliahailes.com/proctor-gamble-baby-care-advisory-group-jun11/) - I've sat on P&G's Expert Advisory Panel for Babycare since is started a few years ago. The fourth meeting was held in June in Geneva and had several new participants. Most interesting to me was the new focus of looking at nappies and baby care in developing countries. Also the innovations that are coming through. - [Writing for the Financial Times (Jun12)](https://juliahailes.com/writing-for-the-financial-times/) - I’ve started writing for FT House & Home. My first article, co-written with Fiona Harvey in March 2011 was about Feed in Tariffs. The second piece, published in June 2011 was 'Eco-technologies at home – Electric Green' And the most recent article published on Saturday 21st April 2012, was about eco-renovating my London flat 'It's Not Easy Being - [Why aren't restaurants more sustainable? (Oct11)](https://juliahailes.com/why-arent-restaurants-more-sustainable/) - Bluefin tuna is one of the most endangered species on the planet but it's still being served in London restaurants. Monkfish is not very sustainable either - if it's on the menu, ask the restaurant about their sustainable fish policies The Hive Beach Cafe in Burton Bradstock is one of the first - [BBC world service – Greening Christmas (Dec11)](https://juliahailes.com/bbc-world-service-greening-christmas-dec11/) - My top tips for less waste at Christmas included planning menus carefully to reduce food waste; re-gifting unwanted presents and collecting everyone else’s wrapping paper to use again. The interview was aired on BBC World Service for Christmas 2011. - [EU WEEE Regulation is Bonkers (Jan12)](https://juliahailes.com/eu-weee-regulation-is-bonkers-2012/) - For anyone that doesn't know, 'WEEE' stands for 'Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment' - it covers pretty well all products with a battery or a plug. Although it doesn't actually cover batteries - there's separate legislation for them, which isn't very good either. I can't claim to fully understand how the system works but here's - [Radio 5 Live - Appeared on multiple programmes (Feb12)](https://juliahailes.com/radio-5-live/) - I’ve been on a number of Radio 5 Live Programmes including: Anita Anand Show – as a panellist throughout the evening Richard Bacon Show talking about bottled water and plastic bags Kay Adams – talking about how to stop wasting food Steve Wright Show - [Telegraph Articles and Blogs 2007-2009](https://juliahailes.com/telegraph-articles-and-blogs-2007-2009/) - I’ve written numerous articles and blogs for the Telegraph. In 2007 The New Green Consumer Guide was serialised in the Telegraph, starting with a feature article about me - Does your family pass the green test. Link not working Nov18 - [Setting up E For Good (Apr12)](https://juliahailes.com/setting-up-e-for-good/) - Along with Melinda Watson from the Raw Foundation, I’ve set up E For Good. We’re the first consumer-facing organisation targeting e-waste from an environmental life-cycle perspective. Our aims are to reduce the amount of e-waste, promote repair and reuse and recycle the rest, as efficiently as possible. We’re working with Environcom, an e-waste company, who - [London Eco-flat near Portobello rd for rent (Apr12)](https://juliahailes.com/london-eco-flat-near-portobello-rd-for-rent/) - The flat is super energy-efficient, having reduced the carbon footprint by at least 59%, and it’s available to rent. Eco-features include bamboo and cork flooring, a kitchen worktop made from recycled glass bottles, a master switch for electrics, LED lighting throughout, a dedicated drying room for laundry, a home office space and a state of - [I co-founded SustainAbility - and it's 25! (Apr12)](https://juliahailes.com/i-co-founded-sustainability-and-its-25/) - John Elkington has posted a blog about why we started SustainAbility. It describes us meeting in 1986 and setting up the consultancy / think tank in 1987. Twenty-five years on SustainAbility is hosting a celebration and inviting everyone who has been involved with the company in the interim. I'm going to participate but won't recognise - [Eco-flat rented! (May12)](https://juliahailes.com/eco-flat-rented/) - My eco-rented flat near Portobello Rd has been rented. See FT article, I wrote about it Like all properties that are being sold or let, I had to have an Energy Performance Certificate carried out. I was horrified by the first one that I had done because it was totally inaccurate - and didn't reflect - [Moved house - and have limited access to broadband (Jun12)](https://juliahailes.com/moved-house-and-have-limited-access-to-broadband/) - I've just moved house - just over the border from Somerset to Dorset. Loads of boxes to unpack and things to do. But the most difficult issues is that there's no broadband or landline phone and mobile telephone connections are poor. We're working on this and should be up and running properly by August. In - [Project Dirt Judging (Jun12)](https://juliahailes.com/project-dirt-judging/) - Timberland Earthkeepers Grant are providing grants to grassroots community projects. Set up by Project Dirt it's the third year that I've been on the judging panel. Deadline for submissions is 1st July and winners will be announced on 9th July. - [Skydiving to raise money for Haller (Jun12)](https://juliahailes.com/skydiving-to-raise-money-for-haller-summer-2012/) - Not me! My son is planning a sky dive to support Haller. He will be free falling at 130 miles per hour from 10,000 feet. I'm glad it's not me. Haller is a charity that I co-founded - it supports sustainable communities in Africa, with programmes in water, farming, education, health, alternative energy - [Which? on plastic bags (Aug12)](https://juliahailes.com/which-on-plastic-bags-aug12/) - I've done a lot of speaking and writing about plastic bags! I've even written a poem on the subject, for one speech I made. Which? asked me to give them an expert view for an article in entitled 'Plastic bags at breaking point'. As well as being interviewed on the topic, I wrote a - [Women in Action (Sep12)](https://juliahailes.com/women-in-action-sep12/) - Melinda Watson and I travelled to Corby, not knowing what to expect for the Women in Action event, organised by Planet Aid. We arrived to music and a fashion show - promoting recycled clothes. Melinda was the first to take the platform. She talked about the illegal export of e-waste and its impact on developing - [Haller news (Sept12)](https://juliahailes.com/haller-news/) - Rene Haller was in London for the September board meeting. After the board meeting we visited British Airways who have made Haller one of their favourite charities - with on-board films and other sponsorship activities. They were very enthusiastic about what Rene had to say. The visit coincided with Louise Piper stepping down as the - [My LED Lighting Saga (Mar13)](https://juliahailes.com/my-led-lighting-saga-mar13/) - Remember the joke about how many men are needed to change a light bulb. The answer is generally a joke about the number of people standing around watching. But my experience with LED bulbs has become a joke - it's taken me over a year now and I still haven't succeeded in replacing all the - [Venice is sinking (Mar16)](https://juliahailes.com/venice-is-sinking-mar16-2/) - It felt apocalyptic. Exceptional flood levels. Sandbags. Elevated planks to walk along. St Mark’s Square underwater and a deluge. But I discovered that this was not very unusual. And, it’s not a new phenomenon either. In 1966 there was a huge storm which meant that the Piazza San Marco had a flood over five feet - [Shipping needs to be greener...(Aug16)](https://juliahailes.com/shipping-needs-to-be-greener/) - When I was in Hong Kong, I was horrified by the smog shrouding the city. It could be a sunny day but the sky was barely visible. Some of this, at least, came from the diesel powered ships criss crossing the harbour. I read a very illuminating article from the Guardian which illustrates hows slow - [My Blog Returns Again... (Oct16)](https://juliahailes.com/my-blog-returns-again-oct16/) - My blog life has been rather quiet for a long time. There may be some people who have been checking my Blogspot and getting fed up with looking at Lidl lobsters, which was my last post or a photo of me getting married saying that my blog is coming alive again?! Hopefully, it - [Moshi Moshi support sustainable fishing (Jun18)](https://juliahailes.com/moshi-moshi-support-sustainable-fishing-jun18/) - I first came across Moshi Moshi over a decade ago. A Japanese restaurant run by Caroline Bennett, they’re at the forefront of restaurants supporting sustainable fish. My husband, Jamie Macdonald, has recently co-invested in an artisan fishing trawler with Nick Fisher, who co-wrote the Fish Cook Book with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. One of their first commercial - [Future of Food Ethics (Jun18)](https://juliahailes.com/future-of-food-ethics-jun18/) - It’s eight years ago since I stepped down from the Food Ethics Council, but I still knew quite a few faces at their 20 year event, held in London this week. I was particularly intrigued by one man who had moved on from being a chef to selling goats meat.He wasn’t impressed that the goat’s - [Watching 'Blue' made people angry (Dec18)](https://juliahailes.com/watching-blue-made-people-angry/) - It was difficult to decide which part of the film made me more angry. High on the the list were the scenes cutting the fins from living sharks and throwing them back into the sea. I think the film said that 60 million sharks are killed for their fins each year - but looking it - [Speaking at Lyme Regis fossil festival (May19)](https://juliahailes.com/speaking-at-lyme-regis-fossil-festival-may19/) - I had to walk right round the Marine Theatre in Lyme Regis before finding the entrance, on the first evening of events for the Fossil Festival. I was rather surprised by the number of people in the audience - it was almost full. I started my speech with a video of waves of plastic washing - [A lot of rubbish is talked about plastics... (Jan18)](https://juliahailes.com/a-lot-of-rubbish-is-talked-about-plastics-jan18/) - The phone was ringing, the dog was barking and the builder was wanting my attention - when I was connected live to the BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show (11jan18). What prompted me to call? Plastics. More specifically, my husband had phoned from his car suggesting I might like to go on the programme. Everyone - [Battle of the Quooker - hot water tap (May18)](https://juliahailes.com/battle-of-the-quooker-hot-water-tap-may18/) - Most people complain that their husband / male partner, doesn’t help enough with the washing up. Mine does too much! He’s obsessive about it. This means he gets up early in the morning to get into the sink before the day starts – and also before the cleaner comes. Another part of the ‘problem’ is - [Speaking on Plastics - (May18)](https://juliahailes.com/speaking-on-plastics-spring-2018/) - The town hall in Bridport was full with an expectant crowd. Organised by the Transition Town network in Bridport, as part of their Green Fortnight, everyone had come to hear me talk about plastics. I'd taken a lot of time getting slides together, but the projector wouldn't accept them! It became clear that I'd have - [Plastics-free everywhere (Jun18)](https://juliahailes.com/plastics-free-everywhere-jun18/) - The plastic-free phenomenon is everywhere… I was walking between meetings in Soho and came across a shop front with all its windows showing art installations of our disposable plastics culture - with coffee cups, straws and other paraphernalia. I went in to find out more and discovered Tyrone Wood from We Are Project Zero. The - [I've bought an eco-duvet (aug18)](https://juliahailes.com/ive-bought-an-eco-duvet-aug18/) - It comes from the Fine Bedding Company. It is made of 100% post-consumer waste. - [Speaking on Plastics at Trill Farm (SEP18)](https://juliahailes.com/speaking-on-plastics-at-trill-farm-sep18/) - "A quick but very heartfelt thank you for giving Trill such a good talk last Friday. It was a great evening with a really thoughtful and illuminating talk ( as well as good fun) and very much appreciated by everybody." Romy Fraser, Trill Farm - [Sealed Air Conference in Paris (Sep18)](https://juliahailes.com/sealed-air-conference-in-paris-sep18/) - “Your speech was very well received by the audience and you definitely challenged us to think differently about the challenges ahead of us. Of the speakers, you came out top in terms of appreciation and relevance.” Stephanie Poole, Senior Marketing Manager, EMEA - Convenience Foods and VPP Food Care - [Converting people to Sodastream (Nov18)](https://juliahailes.com/converting-people-to-sodastream/) - Many of us remember having a Sodastream in our childhood. Then it seemed to disappear from consciousness. Now it's back. It's only been 10 years since I started liking sparkling water. Before then, I couldn't understand why people weren't happy with tap water. Now, I've quite keen on having a cool glass of fizz with - [Blue Planet effect is reducing litter?](https://juliahailes.com/blue-planet-effect-is-reducing-litter/) - A man in the audience for one of my speeches on plastic came up with a rather surprising fact. He was a morning walker - and over a number of years had been an avid litter picker during his daily excursions. He told us that he’d seen a dramatic decline in the number of plastic - [Getting better at a 'Green' Christmas (Dec18)](https://juliahailes.com/getting-better-at-a-green-christmas/) - Christmas decorations at home – including reindeer made from recycled bolts and springs and motorbike and lemon Christmas trees My son Connor led the way to a greener Christmas. He had some inspiring ideas, from wrapping presents in 'Who Gives A Crap' loo paper wrappers, to creating re-usable Christmas gift boxes, that will come again - [Positive Luxury Awards Feature about me (May19)](https://juliahailes.com/positive-luxury-awards-feature-about-me-may19/) - Here's an interview I did for Positive Luxury Awards.Their tweet: As a newly appointed judge of our #PositiveLuxuryAwards2020, we took the opportunity to quiz @JuliaHailes on all things sustainability and find out what she really thinks about businesses and campaigning today. Read her interview. #positiveluxury - [Webinar speaking about plastics coming up - 2jul19](https://juliahailes.com/webinar-speaking-about-plastics-coming-up-2jul19/) - Organised by Positive Luxury, this webinar will be at 3pm on 2nd July. I'll talking about what the real issues are with plastics and what we could and should be doing about it.... Come and join in. - [Butterflies love this meadow](https://juliahailes.com/butterflies-love-this-meadow/) - A wonderful place near me. It's full of wild flowers. Butterflies and bees love it. It also have far reaching views over Dorset countryside right the way to the sea on one side. Heaven... Trying to decide whether to create wildflower meadows at home. The benefits are clear. The downside is that it means killing - [Frightening floor paint may be greener than I thought...(Jul19)](https://juliahailes.com/frightening-floor-paint-may-be-greener-than-i-thought/) - I tried to order 10 litre pots, but was told that 5 litres would be more suitable. It wasn’t because I needed a small amount, but because the paint dries so quickly, that you don’t want to have too much ready at any one time. We got a small team together, with one chap opening - [Going wild in Dorset (Sep19)](https://juliahailes.com/going-wild-in-dorset-sep19/) - I'm tremendously excited about our new landscaping project... The central idea is wilding and I'm learning about what this means in practice. One concept I found rather appealing was to look at nettles and docks, which love fertile, agriculture land, as the bully boys. And we're going to replace them with a myriad of other - [TV Clip from Gloria Live 1990 - Julia Hailes and Bernadette Valleley debating dark and light greens](https://juliahailes.com/tv-clip-from-gloria-live-1990-julia-hailes-and-bernadette-valleley-debating-dark-and-light-greens/) - One of the themes that emerged after we wrote The Green Consumer Guide was the value of light greens vs dark greens. The argument was that green consumers were 'light greens' and weren't really doing nearly enough to help the planet. On the other side there were the dark greens, who were opposed to consumerism - [TV Clips - Fashion & Environment 1989 - Julia Hailes, Paul Smith and others interviewed.](https://juliahailes.com/tv-clips-fashion-environment-1989-julia-hailes-paul-smith-and-others-interviewed/) - Gosh - this video is actually quite funny. The lady from Next is incredibly competitive about what the company is doing. "I'm not going to let everyone else bring out green t-shirts" - She reinforces her lack of environmental knowledge and awareness by with this bold statement "Everything about green cotton is environmentally sound". That's - [We're wasting our Poo! (Sep25)](https://juliahailes.com/were-wasting-our-poo-sep25/) - Humans produce around 1 million tonnes of poo every day and at least 80% of it is wasted. Aargh. On a finite planet, this is yet another example of how we squander precious resources. My son, Connor Bryant, recently highligthed the absurdity of almost every country measuring success in GDP, which essentially means that governments - [1989 Video of Julia Hailes on BBC Nine O'Clock News launching 'Green Shopping Day".](https://juliahailes.com/1989-video-of-julia-hailes-on-bbc-nine-oclock-news-launching-green-shopping-day/) - Green Shopping Day was organised by Julia Hailes and John Elkington from SustainAbility, to launch their second green consumer book - The Green Consumer's Supermarket Shopping Guide. At the time there was some controversy about the idea of encouraging people to buy products with less environmental impact, rather than simply reducing consumption. This video from - [TV Clips of Julia Hailes talking about The Young Green Consumer Guide published in 1990](https://juliahailes.com/tv-clips-of-julia-hailes-talking-about-the-young-green-consumer-guide-published-in-1990/) - One of the things that surprised us was that the style of The Young Green Consumer Guide, with illustrations and simple language, was very appealing to adults! The book encouraged children to challenge their parents, as well as businesses, on what they were doing to be green - and help them to understand how these - [Turning the Big Yellow green](https://juliahailes.com/turning-the-big-yellow-green/) - I’ve just been appointed a board member of FTSE 250 company The Big Yellow Self Storage! I’ll be chairing the new Board Sustainability Committee and am looking forward to seeing how I can help turn The Big Yellow green… In 2007 I gave the key note speech at the Self Storage Association annual meeting. Had - [How Covid-19 is Changing the world (Apr20)](https://juliahailes.com/how-covid-19-is-changing-the-world-apr20/) - The Covid Crisis is sowing the seeds of division - young vs old, local vs incomers, poor vs rich etc. People are worried that we'll never get 'back to normal' whilst others are wondering if that's actually desirable. And, there's also concern that the impacts of crashing the economy may even outweigh the terrible toll of the virus. However, there are positive initiatives too. I thought it would be interesting to look at some examples of what different organisations are thinking and doing..... - [ANIMALS TURN HUMAN...(May20)](https://juliahailes.com/animals-turn-human-may20/) - A role reversal. Imagine humans behaved like animals and vice versa. What would we think about our homes being destroyed, our oceans poisoned and our forests being hacked? This video does the imagining for us. It shows human's petrified on a shrinking ice block, whilst polar bears sit in offices and wheel trolleys through over-stocked - [TV Clips compilation of Julia Hailes talking about waste and packaging - 1988-1990.](https://juliahailes.com/tv-clips-compilation-of-julia-hailes-talking-about-waste-and-packaging-1988-1990/) - Recycling was probably the most popular green consumer issue because people could really understand what they could do. Quite often it was the only environmental thing they were prepared to do! Here I'm talking about recycled loo paper, overloaded landfill sites, saving energy, recycled materials, Mcdonalds cartons, egg boxes etc... "As we fill more and - [Green Matters 1989 - mini series in Richard & Judy's This Morning programme - Julia Hailes on Waste.](https://juliahailes.com/green-matters-1989-mini-series-in-richard-judys-this-morning-programme-julia-hailes-on-waste/) - I presented Green Matters - a mini series within the ITVs This Morning Programme. I had to dress up in a green tracksuit and each week focus on a different topic. This one on Waste is the only one I've got a copy of... I remember doing one on tourism, when we went to the - [ECOPOD COFFINS ARE NOT QUITE DEAD (Dec20)](https://juliahailes.com/ecopod-coffins-are-not-quite-dead-dec20/) - But pretty nearly. What a pity. These beautiful paper mâché, seed-shaped coffins are gorgeous. They’re also a pretty good eco-option, as they’re made from recycled newspapers and magazines. I’ve been planning on having one for years - I particularly like the gold ones. This month I decided to bite the bullet and get one. - [Is the EU's Single-Use Plastics (SUP) Directive better for the environment (Feb21)](https://juliahailes.com/is-the-eus-single-use-plastics-sup-directive-better-for-the-environment-feb21/) - No. I don’t think it is - at least not all of it. Mid 2021 the EU is planning to introduce the Single-Use Plastics Directive. The key objective appears to be moving business and consumers away from single-use plastics and towards re-usable solutions. On the surface of it, this sounds like a good environmental move. After all, using - [Clover Hogan is a Force of Nature (Mar21)](https://juliahailes.com/clover-hogan-is-a-force-of-nature-mar21/) - If you haven't come across Clover, have a look at her most recent Ted Talk below - Denial or Despair? How to rewrite your climate change story. Clover is 21. I met her a year ago at a Procter & Gamble advisory meeting, just before Covid struck. I was totally bowled over. She's incredibly impressive - [Why is our MP not supporting the Dorset National Park? (May21)](https://juliahailes.com/why-is-our-mp-not-supporting-the-dorset-national-park-may21/) - Why hasn't Chris Loder, Dorset MP, talked to the Dorset National Park supporters? Chris Loder contacted our Parish meeting in Hooke saying that he had significant reservations about a Dorset National Park, but without explaining why. He appeared to be soliciting opinion but failed to give any details of the pros and cons. I've now - [Significant life-changing benefits from family planning - CHASE Africa (May21)](https://juliahailes.com/significant-life-changing-benefits-from-family-planning-chase-africa-may21/) - CHASE Africa's Impact Report has some really moving stories about how lives have been improved through having access to family planning. Of course, there are macro benefits to stopping an exponential population rise - particularly in relation to pressures on the environment. But, let's not forget the human misery caused by not being able to - [Was I a green yuppy? (Aug21)](https://juliahailes.com/was-i-a-green-yuppy/) - Thirty two years ago - September 1989 - the Telegraph feature title was 'Saving the Earth.... and Making money'. I was described as a 'green yuppy' or 'guppy', who sold out to industrialists. I was keener on the term 'green realo' and was quoted as saying 'The fundies believe in a few people doing a - [Eco-anxiety is disempowering (Oct21)](https://juliahailes.com/eco-anxiety-is-disempowering-oct21/) - Schools should do more a lot more to prevent eco-anxiety from becoming the biggest mental health issue of our time. Over 70% of 18-24 year-olds feel eco-anxiety, according to research carried out by Force of Nature - an NGO founded in 2019 by 19-year-old climate activist, Clover Hogan. Talking to children around the world, the - [Insects are on the menu and they're better for the planet (Nov21)](https://juliahailes.com/insects-are-on-the-menu-and-theyre-better-for-the-planet-nov21/) - Let’s start with pet food. If you want to feed your dog insects - and you should - there’s lots of choice - see list at the bottom of this page. I started over 2 years ago giving my dog Yora insect feed. Recently, I’ve managed to add my cat and puppy to this delicious - [Where the Rainforest Meets the Sea (Apr22)](https://juliahailes.com/where-the-rainforest-meets-the-sea-apr22/) - It felt magical. We walked through the thick tangled forest and yet only meters away were the waves crashing onshore and brightly coloured crabs scuttling into their holes. We were watching monkeys swinging through the trees - there are four species indigenous to the Osa Peninsula in the South West corner of Costa Rica. We - [Woohoo - A barn owl has nested in our box! (Feb22)](https://juliahailes.com/woohoo-a-barn-owl-has-nested-in-our-box/) - Joe Wood talking about discovering nesting materials, an egg, feathers and an owl pellet! Link to barn owl screeching. 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