Today a delegation from Malaysia came to see us to discuss waste management and food waste issues. The ‘Food Waste Minimisation Policy in Malaysia’ project is hoping to gather evidence from the UK to inform their food waste policy recommendations and topics worth further development. We discussed our various research projects on food waste prevention [...]
This beautiful blue elephant (known as Boo My) is the latest example of the wonderful Ellie Kivinen’s many talents, as well as a fine bit of reuse. He used to be a sweater, knitted in 1972 for my Dad by my Mum. It was worn every Sunday (hence the slightly bonfire-y smell still lingering after [...]
I spoke this morning at the LSx/Well London “Not another behaviour change conference?” Having been asked to do a little scene-setting in 8 to 10 minutes, I decided to say three things about cake. The first thing I talked about was the difference between buying a cake and baking a cake. Most of us, when [...]
The main activity for this year’s corporate volunteer day was coppicing. For those who don’t know – which at the time included a couple of us, who met the news of our activity with blank faces - coppicing is to “cut back (a tree or shrub) to ground level periodically to stimulate growth.” On the morning of [...]
You need to dismantle in order to build the future economy…
What has 23 screws, 15 separate rubber parts, 13 wires, 4 plastic boards, 3 metal plates, 3 unidentifiable objects, 2 microphones and 1 circuit board? These are the ingredients of an old landline phone, obviously! In a Green Alliance conference last week, I took part in a tear down session run by the RSA as [...]