Ethical Pulse

I've come across an organisation called the Ethical Corporation and wondered what you make of them.

They're organising an ethical conference where the likes of Coca Cola are giving a talk on how businesses can manage their 'water footprint!' 

Do please share your views in our forum.

Only a week ago I thought it wouldn't be long before the word "trillion" got too small to describe the global financial crisis and wondered what would be next... well, last night the moment came on ITV news when they proudly reported that the US national debt calculator had run out of spare digits and was soon to be replaced. I think this mythical figure is here to stay, if only for the near future!

Good Energy Shop help competition winners to keep energy bills low

The Parana-Hetty family of Bethnal Green in East London received their prize of a stylish Wattson energy monitor after winning a competition launched at the innocent Village Fete in August.

Fantastic Opportunity - Calling all eco designers and makers...

Would you like to be involved in running an eco friendly shop in central London on Westbourne Grove, just off Portobello Rd for a flat fee/shared rent of £60.00 per week over the Christmas period?

Ecotricity report UK's biggest growth in renewables

It's not the percentage of green energy in an electricity tariff that counts; it's the rate of change that's being made. That's the message today from green energy company Ecotricity who have announced the biggest increase in green energy in their fuel mix of any UK supplier. Last year 37% of the energy they supplied was green¹ - a whopping 13% increase from the previous year².

Dress the home stylishly and responsibly this Christmas with beautiful hemp tableware, home furnishings and shower curtains from Draper's Organic.

In a variety of gorgeous winter colours, Draper's Organic offers a range of quality, co-ordinated hemp products for the eco-friendly home, including curtain panels, cushion covers and table decorations, as well as hemp shower curtains.

New from eco-logic books

A Handbook for Eco Paints and Finishes is the first book to comprehensively addresses the environmental issues surrounding these common household materials. Invaluable to both the professional and home decorator, it will introduce them to the wide range of products on the market.

One-Day Conference on Saturday 25 October 2008, 10am - 4pm at Southampton Solent University Conference Centre

Cotton has been used to make textiles for over 5,000 years and it still provides nearly half of all fibre needs worldwide. It fuelled the industrial revolution in this country and "put the USA on the map". We all wear it, daily, but how much do we know about this plant and its importance to our history and our future?

The first ever British Open Base Jumping Championship was decided this weekend with spectacular jumps from the Ecotricity Turbine in Swaffham - the only wind turbine in the world with a viewing platform open to the public, owned and operated by leading green energy company Ecotricity.

BASE jumping is the adrenaline sport of parachuting from fixed objects and is an acronym that contains the major groups of objects these jumpers generally use: Building, Antenna, Span (bridge), and Earth. 

The Green Awards^TM announces its keynote speaker for its 3rd annual awards ceremony

Kaveh Zahedi of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is responsible for directing climate change strategy and programmes at the agency. His address to the 600 guests is expected to combine encouragement with a call for urgency to face environmental problems holistically and head on.

Can we move towards sustainability without coaching?

Research reveals the critical role coaching can play in the shift towards sustainable and profitable business.

It all started on Christmas Day 2006. We sat and watched the children open their presents with all the joy and excitement we hoped there would be. But as the unwrapped present pile grew Bigger so did the pile of discarded wrapping paper. This was a turning point, the realisation that all that paper was going into land-fill.

Hull based co-operative, Arthur St Trading Company, have recently launched an on-line payment and ordering service for their popular organic vegetable box delivery scheme, along with an increased variety of individual organic fruit and vegetable lines.

The company, which has a strong ethical philosophy, has been operating in Hull for over nine years as a not-for-profit workers co-operative, delivering organic fresh produce and groceries to homes within a fifteen mile radius of the city, the majority of which are delivered by a converted milk float that is recharged by solar power.

Allen & York - Wimborne based Recruitment Company - rank in 10th overall place in the sailing event - the Little Britain Challenge Cup (LBCC).

A market leading company serving the Environment and Energy Sectors in the UK, competed in the 21st anniversary of the worlds largest industry sailing regatta in the UK, held in the Solent of Cowes.