Posted on 15 July 2008
Earthwatch Lecture - Shrinking Habitats, Species Survival.
Thursday 16th October, 7.00pm-8.30pm, at the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR, UK.
Dr. Dawn Scott & Dr. Rich Reading will give two talks on Earthwatch projects, ‘South Africa’s Brown Hyenas’ and ‘Wildlife of the Mongolian Steppe’, species in the one case often unfairly maligned, and in [...]
Posted on 23 June 2008
Don’t worry, it’s not an environmental disaster! No, a new green festival ‘Green Wave’ - billed as ‘The Eco Family Fun Weekend’ - is headed for Brighton on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 July.
You’ll be able to experience all the fun of the green fair in the beautiful setting of Preston Park with eight different [...]
Tags: Hove, UK, Power & Energy, Sustainability
Posted on 05 June 2008
Well it has certainly been a busy few months for me with green event season now in full swing. We began our GreenFinder summer tour at U.K Aware which was a fantastic exhibition for green consumers followed by Sheffield green city days and Camden green fair.
This weekend sees the third annual Redditch green fair take [...]
Posted on 25 May 2008
This meeting has been organised by Transition Nottingham which is part of a network of pioneering communities working to reduce our impact on the climate and increase our resilience to the effects of Peak Oil.
SPEAKER: Rob Hopkins, Architect of the Transition movement, co-founder of the Transition Network and and Transition Totnes.
Date: Tuesday 27th May 2008 [...]
Tags: Sustainability
Posted on 23 May 2008
If you’re in Nottingham this weekend come along to the Green Festival in the Arboretum.
There will be music, games, crafts, demonstrations and lots and lots of green businesses and organisations. Jez and I will be there with our Make Hay ethical e-media and Green Hosting stall and we’ll also publicise GGG of course!
This event is [...]
Posted on 07 May 2008
We are really excited about our World Fair Trade Day event this Saturday 10 May!
Greg Valerio of Cred Jewellery is going to be telling us all about the process of seeking Fair Trade certification for gold and diamonds. So if you’re on the lookout for an ethical engagement or wedding ring, are confused about [...]
Tags: Fair Trade, Hove, UK
Posted on 05 May 2008
For all green art enthusiasts, this is the event for you!
A charity art auction, ‘Art Aid: Embrace‘ will be taking place on Saturday 21st June to raise money to support poor communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America adapt to climate change.
The work of around 50 artists from the East Midlands will be displayed in [...]
Tags: Nottingham, UK
Posted on 29 April 2008
Can big business really save the planet?
Turning up the HEAT is a series of free interactive and virtual debates on climate change and corporate power organised by the World Development Movement.
You can turn up in person to the events in London (8th May), Cardiff (10th May) and Manchester (13th May) or you can watch and [...]
Posted on 22 April 2008
“On April 22, 1970, Earth Day was held, one of the most remarkable happenings in the history of democracy…” American Heritage magazine, October 1993
Did you know that today is actually the 38th anniversary of Earth Day? I have to admit I didn’t know that either. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day actually had [...]
Tags: San Francisco, US
Posted on 19 April 2008
After months and months of planning the U.K Aware Greener Living Expo will take place at the Barbican in central London on the weekend of May 10th & 11th. It is set to be one of the biggest events of its kind and I for one have already been caught up with the excitement [...]