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:
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Setting up SustainAbility Ltd, with John Elkington, in 1987
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The global success of ‘The Green Consumer Guide’, published in 1988
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Becoming a TV & radio regular, in the late 1980s / early 1990s
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A scary legal encounter with McDonalds turning positive
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Why plastic bags can be better than paper – and biodegradable or photodegradable bags may actually be worst of all!
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Advising M&S on packaging, waste & food
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My three sons choosing environmental careers..
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Promoting ‘climate positive’ to Big Yellow self-storage company
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Starting a wilding project at my home in Dorset
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Why it’s urgent we should stop using peat
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Promoting sustainable living & agriculture in Africa with Haller, The Milgis Trust & CHASE Africa
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Choosing greener death – Water cremation (Resomation), Mycelium coffins & woollen shrouds
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Why climate change activism is both exciting & ominous
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Moving from promoting sustainability to regeneration
FIWAL* invited me to talk about ‘My Green Life’. Here’s a recording of my Zoom speech, on my YouTube Channel. It was done in support of Operation Future Hope – ‘Rewild the World Before It’s Too Late’.