My Green Life (May21)
When I was a baby my brother painted me green.. Perhaps a sign of [...]
May
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 [...]
Dec
TV Clip from ‘Kilroy’ with recognisable faces! (1989)
I was amazed to discover this edition of Kilroy in my archives. I remember [...]
Dec
Green Consumer Compilation – TV Clips with Julia Hailes from 1988-90
Many people will be surprised to know how much interest there was about green [...]
Nov
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 [...]
Nov
The Green Consumer Guide & Week Green Consumer Week TV Clips with Julia Hailes 1988
Published in 1989 ‘Green Consumer’s Supermarket Shopping Guide’ was written by John Elkington and [...]
Nov
1989 Video of Julia Hailes on BBC Nine O’Clock News launching ‘Green Shopping Day”.
Green Shopping Day was organised by Julia Hailes and John Elkington from SustainAbility, to [...]
Nov
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 [...]
Nov
Julia Hailes talking about organic produce (1989 Approx)
Organic produce was quite a niche market in the 1980s. I remember talking to [...]
Nov
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 [...]
Nov
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 [...]
Nov
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 [...]
Nov
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 [...]
Nov
Turning the Big Yellow green
I’ve just been appointed a board member of FTSE 250 company The Big Yellow [...]
Nov
Watching ‘Blue’ made people angry (Dec18)
It was difficult to decide which part of the film made me more angry. [...]
Dec
Challenging Sainsbury’s on environmental standards (Feb13)
Justin King, CEO of Sainsburys I wrote the blog below for the Food Ethics [...]
Feb
Supermarket refrigeration – Chilling Facts IV now out (Feb12)
It’s the fourth year of the Chilling Facts campaign, which I helped conceive. Run [...]
Feb
BBC world service – Greening Christmas (Dec11)
My top tips for less waste at Christmas included planning menus carefully to reduce [...]
Dec
Shops aren’t closing doors (Feb11)
I went into Jessops in Yeovil on a cold winter evening. The [...]
Feb
M&S Introduces Marc Bolland (Jun10)
Marc Bolland’s move from CEO of Morrisons to M&S has been widely publicised. Less [...]
Jun
Judging M&S your green idea competition (May10)
The £100,000 winning prize will need to be spent on greening an organisation of [...]
May
M&S listening to underwear concerns! (Mar10)
Mike Barry – Head of Sustainable Business at M&S I buy most of [...]
Mar
M&S Suppliers Conference on Plan A (Mar10)
M&S suppliers came to be briefed on the M&S‘s groundbreaking Plan A initiative. Sir [...]
Mar
M&S Food (Feb10)
“Thank you for all of your challenges and great ideas that have helped us [...]
Feb
Chilling Facts Campaign on Supermarket Refrigeration (Feb 10)
Launched on 1st February, 2010, the second Chilling Facts survey has been very successful in drawing [...]
Feb
Chilling Facts II The supermarket refrigeration scandal continues (Feb10)
Did you know that as much as one third of the carbon footprint of [...]
Feb
BBC 3 Counties Radio – plastic bag rant from presenter (Jan10)
Jonathan Vernon Smith from BBC 3 Counties Radio rants to Julia about why he [...]
Jan
M&S Plan A (Mar09)
M&S launched their Plan A scheme in 2006. CEO, Stuart Rose heads the team [...]
Mar
Chilling facts about supermarket refrigeration (Feb09)
I’ve been working with the Environmental Investigation Agency on a campaign to highlight [...]
Feb
M&S Packaging fact sheets for consumers (Dec08)
Public concern about over-packaging so often misses the point that we should be looking [...]
Dec
Supermarkets vs french markets…. (Sept08)
Even with the wind and rain lashing around our beach hut on the Dorset [...]
Sep
Food ethics, tomatoes and feeding the world (May08)
I’ve been to a lot of food ethics events recently – being a member [...]
May
Carrier bags – Fact sheet and video – (Apr08)
M&S took a lead in charging for carrier bags and have subsequently reduced the [...]
Apr
M&S Plan A – 1 year on (Jan08)
One year ago I went to the launch of Mark’s & Spencer’s Plan A [...]
Jan
Shops and Shopping Centres (May07)
‘I don’t think I’m going to be very popular with this audience’, I admitted, [...]
May
Marks & Spencer (Mar07)
I first started working with Marks & Spencer in 2002 when I was commissioned [...]
Mar
Report on sustainability issues in the food sector (Jan02)
I first started working with Marks & Spencer in 2002 when I was [...]
Jan