Greenbang’s mate, Mark Charmer, is working on a project on giving sanitation and water to some of the poorer parts of the world. Here’s what his organisation, AKVO, is doing. “Over one billion of the world’s poorest people lack clean water or basic sanitation,” explains Akvo founder
Forget sex toys in the recycling bin – the Economist Intelligence Unit has released a report about people’s attitudes to sustainability at work. Essentially it says companies need to try harder to translate their eco-strategies into meaningful action. Some 37% of respondents still see the most prominent evidence of their
Everyone is saying the price of solar technology is falling. And solar power could help to provide some of the world’s poor people with electricity, one company is showing. There are 1.6bn people in the world who live without electricty according to the World Bank. And some 3bn
CHINA WATCH China’s stock market is now more bullish than ever. Greenbang is hearing everyone talking about it. In China if you want to make money, you have to invest in what the government is supporting. So what’s hot after the Party’s 17th congress? The green industry
For some reason, sex toy recycling keeps coming up. If you’ve never seen a dildo go through a recycling grinder, here’s your chance. Or you could just go and make a cup of tea.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds sent us this last week. It makes good reading… There is a very serious risk that the renewable transport fuel obligation (RTFO) – a government plan to make manufacturers increase to five per cent the amount of fuel they produce from crops – will
Greenbang’s heading down to this BT financial services green event at the Tate Modern later today. If you’re going down, come and say hello. Here’s the line up 🙂 Francois Barrault, Chief Executive Officer, BT Global Services 😉 Jon Williams, Head of Group Sustainable Development, HSBC 😀 Brendon Hopkins, Chief
Greenbang is doing backflips at this. You’ve got to see it. Go on, it’s only two minutes. It’s a shame about that man’s voice, which sound like he has a beard and wears sandals, but this really is something else. IBM says it has found a
E.ON, the power firm, is calling for entries for its EnergyLab competition with a prize of £10,000. Philippa Forrester, who Greenbang used to fancy but not any more, is giving out the prizes next year. Here’s the lowdown, but essentially the deadline is November 30th: As E.
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An actress that Greenbang rather likes, for, err, various reasons, on the environmental movement: “I never got into the environmental movement [before] because I really didn’t connect to what was being said and how it was being said. I’m a selfish American. I don’t want to give
This job sounds like a bit of a cracker, helping to promote new kinds of urban design and architecture in one of London’s boroughs: Do you have expert knowledge of architecture, urban design and planning and impressive negotiating, presentation and project management skills? Taking a leading role in promoting
