Australian PM prays for rain – at Hay on Wye (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 […]
On Air and Hair (May07)
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 […]
Study in Green – Article in Guardian about student living (May07)
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.
Cut flowers and newsagents (May07)
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 […]
Aga saga (May07)
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. […]
Photos in the bath! (May07)
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 […]
Selling The New Green Consumer Guide on Amazon (May07)
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 […]
Green Funerals Exhibition (Apr07)
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 […]
Guardian Unlimited Article about me (May07)
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 […]
A McDonald’s experience (Apr07)
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 […]
Easter holidays (Apr07)
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 […]
A few hours in Naples (Mar07)
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 […]