Scenes from the ‘Feast on the Bridge’

The ‘Feast on the Bridge‘ event yesterday in Southwark Bridge allows visitors a chance to tate food from the UK’s leading sustainable producers (much of them you can find in the London Borough Market). People were churning butter, treading grapes, and a lot (like us) were just enjoying the atmosphere whilst downing some organic ale.
What [...]

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notting hill carnival

So where were you last bank holiday Monday? Living in London and never been to the carnival, we decided to give it a go if only to soak up the atmosphere (and remind ourselves not to stay too late lest we get caught up in the violence that the carnival is infamous for).
I’m not going [...]

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Greening your holidays

There is no holiday mode to being green.
No, we don’t mean that you settle for staycations or cycle all the way to your destinations or stay in an eco-lodge or calculate your flight emissions and purchase carbon offsets (Though you can do all these too).
We’re suggesting simple things. Really more like the ones you do at [...]

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on convincing people to take their newspaper with them…

I just think people’s idea of recycling IS leaving their paper on the train for somebody else to read.

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greenwash 101: the eco hotel

A lot of manufacturers have already realised the importance of having a green credential. More and more customers have been asking how their products are manufactured – can they be more eco-friendly, what is their stand on environmental issues?
And whilst a lot have made the necessary changes. Others have resorted to greenwash.
I’ve seen a lot [...]

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