Posted on 18 July 2008
besides me being an editor at GGG, a freelancer expertising community and presence marketing, I also have the privilege of running the most USEFUL podcast in the world called “Geek Army Knife”. Last interview was with Sanjay Khanna of Khanna research where we talked about calm technologies and the things that Orwell didn’t predict… it [...]
Tags: Denmark, marketing, Sustainability, technology, Transport
Posted on 01 July 2008
Wow, here’s an offer and a half! Fair Trade fashion pioneers, People Tree has teamed up with online travel directory, responsibletravel.com to celebrate the launch of their new Summer Collection with a fantastic competition.
Win a holiday and a holiday wardrobe!
To win a luxury weekend break for 2 in Devon, plus £300 worth of vouchers for [...]
Tags: Fair Trade, fashion, Holidays, travel
Posted on 16 June 2008
Bike week starts today and as I may have mentioned a few times before I love cycling, in fact it is one of my most favourite things in the world. So imagine my delight when I heard about a photography competition aimed at celebrating the diversity of women’s cycling.
In order to promote cycling to ladies [...]
Tags: Cycling, photography
Posted on 12 May 2008
It’s that time of year again when I call on all green girls around the world to get nominating in our annual Responsible Tourism Awards!
The Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards, founded and organised by responsibletravel.com in association with our partners, Telegraph Travel, Geographical Magazine and World Travel Market, need your help in scouring the globe [...]
Tags: awards, Holidays
Posted on 05 March 2008
If like me you have been glued to the channel 4 programme ‘The Woman Who Stopped Traffic’ you will be pleased to know that you can now join the campaign and put yourself on the U.K car free map. The map allows you to pledge a weekly car free journey and will work out your [...]
Tags: Cycling
Posted on 17 February 2008
Last month I had to attend a seminar in Paris for work. Most people in Scotland fly to Paris, it’s quicker and more convenient (apparently). I chose to go by train. My main reason was that I don’t like flying (who does?) and would spend most of my time away worrying about [...]
Tags: Edinburgh, Holidays, Paris, Sustainability, trains, Transport, UK
Posted on 04 October 2007
Once upon time there lived a little girl who hated bath time. Her mummy decided that she needed to find a way to get the little girl to take a bath. Knowing she loved stories her mummy would promise that for every bath she took she would tell her a story. This worked a treat [...]
Tags: Cycling, Holidays, Transport
Posted on 01 June 2007
A few months ago David Pike contacted me at Make Hay looking for support and to tell me about his plans.
He explained with great enthusiasm about his preparations to set sail on a voyage that would educate us about our impact on the environment in places that most of us may never visit. “I want [...]
Tags: Education, marine, Media, sailing, Sustainability
Posted on 08 May 2007
As promised, I’m very pleased to bring you the details of the 2007 Responsible Tourism Awards that I help to coordinate. Before you get nominating your favourite holidays, here’s a bit of background from responsibletravel.com…
responsibletravel.com is proud to announce the launch of the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards 2007
The annual Responsible Tourism Awards - founded [...]
Posted on 26 April 2007
I have been a quiet little green girl for the last few weeks as I’ve been busily working away on the launch of the 2007 Responsible Tourism Awards, this year with a new headline sponsor, Virgin Holidays.
The Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards are the largest of their kind in the world.
They are a collaboration between our team at online [...]
Tags: awards, Holidays