Results tagged “green”
While the eyes of the world have been focused on Copenhagen this week as world leaders try to thrash out a deal on global warning scientists closer to home have revealed they have found a way of turning waste carbon dioxide into something useful.
Dr Paula Carey and Dr Colin Hills, scientists at the University of Greenwich, have developed a process to turn carbon dioxide into rock.
Canary Wharf Group's Michael Schumacher is sitting in Jubilee Place Mall, talking about landfill with a big smile on his face.
The environmental systems manager is the man behind most of the green leaps that the company takes, and he's extremely proud of the latest one.
Car-sharing clubs are seen as the greenest way to drive these days.
Rather than clogging up the streets with unnecessary journeys, they offer drivers the chance book a journey with no overheads, thereby picking and choosing when to hit the road.
Click here for The Wharf's green spotlight on Greenwich company iGen Solar
Will the economic downturn stick a pin in the green bubble?
The onset of the recession at the end of last year increased fears that companies may dump their eco-friendly policies to save their skins.
Click here for The Wharf's green spotlight on Trinity Buoy Wharf's Seventeen Events
There's something they're not telling you about solar power.
It's been around for a good few decades, but recent government incentives are making the prospects for this classic renewable energy source a little brighter.
Canary Wharf's Green Days event last week highlighted the steps a number of retailers in the area are taking part to promote environmental issues.
With food miles, recycling and finding greener ways to travel high on many people's agendas a number of businesses showed what they are doing to help the environment.
By Giles Broadbent live at the G20
Climate change is playing second fiddle at the G20.
Despite the right words emerging from delegates, there is a sense that this is not the moment to be pushing the green agenda too aggressively.
By Andrew Williams
Hopefully by now the worst of the festive excesses will be just a distant memory.
By now we should all be focused on the great opportunities for the year ahead.
By Andrew Williams
And so a new year dawns. 2008 and all of its fun and games are but a distant memory, we’ve all decided that a detox is the way forward and the Christmas decorations are gradually being unravelled from the photocopier.
By Andrew Williams
Food is the centrepiece of most Christmases. From roast turkey, to turkey curry, to turkey sandwiches to turkey supreme, the gift that keeps on giving usually lasts well after the last cracker has been pulled.
Andrew Williams of Seventeen Events looks at ethical Christmas gifts in his weekly green column
Christmas – it’s all about the kids, right?
Well, whether your household’s infants are genuine little tearaways at this time of year or old enough to know better, there are many ethical gift choices that should keep them happy.
By Andrew Williams
Thursday, November 13, sees a new event taking the spotlight on London’s fashion scene. The Re-Fashion Awards take place in Shoreditch Town Hall and celebrate all that is great, glamorous and green in the fashion world.
By Andrew Williams
Barack Obama is now president-elect and his influence will be immense. Whether you think of the States as a bully or a defender of the free world, what happens over the pond causes ripples over here.
