Green Matters 1989 – mini series in Richard & Judy’s 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 […]
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
Watching ‘Blue’ made people angry (Dec18)
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Vanessa Feltz show – BBC radio London 2011-2012 (Apr12)
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.
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
Radio 5 Live – Appeared on multiple programmes (Feb12)
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
Regional Radio Highlights, including Britain’s greenest school children (Feb12)
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.
E bikes are brilliant (Sept11)
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 […]
Haller in the Horn of Africa (Jul11)
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 […]
Writing for the Financial Times (Jun12)
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 […]