the next NET evening on the HMS President is focusing on green issues with james swanston of golow transport and andrew dyckhoff of greenaction. these evenings are free and in a great location...
details are here on the network of entrepreneurial talent website
we have started NET, a network of entrepreneurial talent in london following the blah... day a while back with bill bolton. last night was an informal get together in the bar of the hms president. as part of the evening reid shared the story of belu water. it is a company that sells bottled water BUT the bottles are made from corn so bio degradable, and it's non-profit so monies made are going in to projects such as drilling wells in india. reid said that they have worked to get a zero carbon footprint. the business is expanding and have got water on the shelves in both tescos and waitrose. if there is one near you ask them to stock it. or if you have bottled water at your business suggest switching to belu. i remember first coming across belu at the big chill festival last year.
if you are interested in NET there will be a monthly get together in june and july and more stuff happening in the autumn. just leave me a comment if you want info.
had a day off in croatia yesterday and visited the island of cres which is in the bay as you look out from rijeka. it is an amazing place with an eco centre capot insulae to look after the eurasian griffons, huge vulture like birds which live on the island and are in danger for a number of reasons. the centre has a series of trails through the forest that you can hike through and at various locations are 6 different labyrinths (which is why the guys here took me). we walked about 10 kilometres and in that time only managed to get to two of the labyrinths. the largest is absolutely huge, a square design with a path in and out (unusual for labyrinths even though our design has that). it is made out of 12000 rocks which must have taken a while! it took us 40 minutes to walk it. the other one we walked was the chartres pattern. it was a wonderful day... i haven't had much time to sort through photos from the day but have uploaded the labyrinth ones and added them to the croatia flickr set. i put this one here with people on as it gives you the sense of the scale of the square one. yfc are running a camp here in the summer to help with the environmental work and are going to run the interactive labyrinth with a 96 year old priest who apparently loves the idea in a catholic church in beli, a village on cres.
calculate what you actual carbon footprint is - this is a really good piece in today's guardian which enables you to roughly calculate what your carbon footprint is. it might be worth doing it with a group and talking about it, and dreaming ways to lessen it? i haven't calculated mine yet as i don't have the bills etc to hand.
worldchanging - nice site (thanks bob)
a friend russell has developed a new web site - good living tips
on the subject of green, i love my mac i just wish it came in green
well we're a bit slow off the mark but we finally got round to signing up for an organic vegetable box and fruit box delivery each week. up until now we have done a weekly shop at the greengrocers...
the box we have ordered is from riverford farm
we're going to have to change our cooking habits slightly and the veg look like they will have more mud on them. but seems like a good way to go. there are lots of recipes on the web site we can try out as well.
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my howies catalogue arrived a couple of weeks ago. i can't remember if i have blogged about howies before. but they are one of the most inspiring companies i have come across. it sounds weird to say but their catalogue is always wonderful. they have an ethos/commitment to tread lightly on the earth and their clothing products are all designed to be durable and made from fabrics and dyes that treat the earth with respect. scattered through the catalogue are a series of reflections such as on food | environment | life .
when i was in the US on the last visit jen and i had a fascinating conversation with some friends there about christianity and the environment. this was provoked by the creation project proost are publishing with group in june. the gist of the conversation was that these friends had never heard a sermon suggesting that looking after the creation was part of what it meant to be a christian. it simply wasn't on the map, and in fact anyone suggesting it ought to be was likely to be perceived as a 'tree hugger', at least in that part of america (colorado). this catalogue reminded me of that conversation. no doubt howies then would be perceived as tree huggers but in my view this sort of business models the kinds of instincts and concerns christians should share. how we treat the creation entrusted to our care may just be the single most important issue facing us right now...
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