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
Washing lines in Dubrovnik (Jun08)
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 […]
European Soaps & Detergent Industry Association (Jun08)
“Yourspeech was well appreciated. It was good to have some challenging views.” AISE – European Soaps & Detergent Industry Association, June 2008
Between the Sheets (Apr08)
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 […]
Woman’s Hour 2007 – 2008 (Jan08)
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
The fabric of Istanbul (Sep07)
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 […]
Green Washing (Jun07)
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 […]
A week away (Mar07)
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 […]
