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JuliaHailes

  1. apps.facebook.com/theguardian/en… RHS Chelsea Flower Show is an ecological monster - they should be leading the charge in eco-gardening but they're not.
  2. @Greenpeace campaign to stop KFC turning rain forests into trash - paper for packaging comes from rain forests - kfc-secretrecipe.com/en_gb/nogood
  3. theecologist.org/green_green_li…. One of the biggest obstacles to greening festivals is that people leave their 'disposable' tents behind....eek
  4. treehugger.com/climate-change… Sea grass can store twice as much carbon as land forests. Does this make sea grass carpeting good or bad?
  5. guardian.co.uk/environment/20…. Ben Fogle is swimming across the Atlantic in 100 days to raise awareness of marine issues - with @wwf_uk
  6. @Organico film premiere: Symphony of Soil - have a look at the website. symphonyofthesoil.com #soil
  7. Greenpeace ranked Microsoft one of worst offenders using dirty energy. Now company announce going carbon neutral. guardian.co.uk/environment/20…
  8. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch has increased 100 fold since 1970s - it's roughly size of Texas telegraph.co.uk/earth/environm… twitter.com/JuliaHailes/st…
  9. The Ecologist theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_… London restaurants participate in 'Nose to Tail' Fortnight. Means eating whole animal, including offal
  10. Simple steps to a greener cloud grn.bz/I4tLq1 #GrnBz via @GreenBiz
  11. greenpeace.org/international/… Greenpeace Campaign for Apple to clean up data processing. Greenbiz article on greening cloud - greenbiz.com/blog/2012/04/2…
  12. 1 billion items of clothing a year go to landfill. M&S introduces shwopping - corporate.marksandspencer.com/page.aspx?poin… - take back any brand of old clothes
  13. @hackneycityfarm I was asked to be a judge for Hackney City Farm Architecture Competition - hackneycityfarm.co.uk/news/architect…. Shortlist is great - look
  14. @RebeccaHailes - Yes it is. Julia
  15. thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/0… Fed up with stories about the Titanic? Here's one showing parallels between the sinking ship & climate change.
  16. The bees are dying. Tell @Bayer_sd @Tweet2Harvest to vote against their deadly pesticides! avaaz.org/en/bayer_save_…
  17. telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/la… The Royal Mail has spent £5m in 5 years buying 4 billion elastic bands. Dropped as litter - reuse them if you can!
  18. ft.com/cms/s/2/b0b5ae… - Article I've written in the FT House & Home section today - it's about eco-renovating my London flat. Page 12
  19. London Olympics claim couldn't source HFC-free (climate-friendly) refrigeration - hydrocarbons21.com/news/view/2775. Not true - Earthcare offered them.