My Green Life (May21)

When I was a baby my brother painted me green.. Perhaps a sign of[...]

11
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[...]

07
Dec
TV Clip from ‘Kilroy’ with recognisable faces! (1989)

I was amazed to discover this edition of Kilroy in my archives. I remember[...]

01
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[...]

30
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[...]

14
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[...]

02
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[...]

01
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[...]

01
Nov
Julia Hailes talking about organic produce (1989 Approx)

Organic produce was quite a niche market in the 1980s. I remember talking to[...]

01
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[...]

01
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[...]

01
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[...]

01
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[...]

01
Nov
Turning the Big Yellow green

I’ve just been appointed a board member of FTSE 250 company The Big Yellow[...]

29
Nov
Watching ‘Blue’ made people angry (Dec18)

It was difficult to decide which part of the film made me more angry. [...]

16
Dec
Challenging Sainsbury’s on environmental standards (Feb13)

 Justin King, CEO of Sainsburys I wrote the blog below for the Food Ethics[...]

20
Feb
Supermarket refrigeration – Chilling Facts IV now out (Feb12)

It’s the fourth year of the Chilling Facts campaign, which I helped conceive.  Run[...]

01
Feb
BBC world service – Greening Christmas (Dec11)

My top tips for less waste at Christmas included planning menus carefully to reduce[...]

25
Dec
Shops aren’t closing doors (Feb11)

    I went into Jessops in Yeovil on a cold winter evening. The[...]

25
Feb
M&S Introduces Marc Bolland (Jun10)

Marc Bolland’s move from CEO of Morrisons to M&S has been widely publicised.  Less[...]

01
Jun
Judging M&S your green idea competition (May10)

The £100,000 winning prize will need to be spent on greening an organisation of[...]

01
May
M&S listening to underwear concerns! (Mar10)

Mike Barry – Head of Sustainable Business at M&S   I buy most of[...]

10
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[...]

01
Mar
M&S Food (Feb10)

 “Thank you for all of your challenges and great ideas that have helped us[...]

01
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[...]

01
Feb
Chilling Facts II The supermarket refrigeration scandal continues (Feb10)

Did you know that as much as one third of the carbon footprint of[...]

01
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[...]

01
Jan
M&S Plan A (Mar09)

M&S launched their Plan A scheme in 2006.  CEO, Stuart Rose heads the team[...]

01
Mar
Chilling facts about supermarket refrigeration (Feb09)

  I’ve been working with the Environmental Investigation Agency on a campaign to highlight[...]

02
Feb
M&S Packaging fact sheets for consumers (Dec08)

Public concern about over-packaging so often misses the point that we should be looking[...]

01
Dec
Supermarkets vs french markets…. (Sept08)

Even with the wind and rain lashing around our beach hut on the Dorset[...]

20
Sep
Food ethics, tomatoes and feeding the world (May08)

I’ve been to a lot of food ethics events recently – being a member[...]

06
May
Carrier bags – Fact sheet and video – (Apr08)

M&S took a lead in charging for carrier bags and have subsequently reduced the[...]

01
Apr
M&S Plan A – 1 year on (Jan08)

One year ago I went to the launch of Mark’s & Spencer’s Plan A[...]

20
Jan
Whole foods (Oct07)

A few years ago I went to a Whole Foods store in New York.[...]

05
Oct
Food Advice (Oct07)

In 2007 I was asked by M&S to help them in developing their food[...]

01
Oct
Shops and Shopping Centres (May07)

‘I don’t think I’m going to be very popular with this audience’, I admitted,[...]

24
May
Marks & Spencer (Mar07)

I first started working with Marks & Spencer in 2002 when I was commissioned[...]

20
Mar
Report on sustainability issues in the food sector (Jan02)

  I first started working with Marks & Spencer in 2002 when I was[...]

01
Jan