Riding with the Rail Guru
Source: Green Futures
Ed Gillespie meets the Man in Seat 61
That’s good – it’s buying me a curry.” Mark Smith’s reaction to the first payment he received for ‘The Man in Seat 61’ is somehow typical of the man behind this pioneering train travel advice site. Surfing on the back of a surge of interest in slow, low-carbon travel ...
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Jonathon Porritt's blog
Forum co-founder Jonathon Porritt gives a frank and fascinating insight into his work and views.Leader business 2.0 - hallmarks of sustainable performance
Lena Staafgard, May 8th, Forum Blog.
There’s a highly visible breed of companies leading the way in doing business more sustainably – we call them leader businesses. While yesterday’s leaders worked hard on understanding reputational, resource and regulatory risks arising from the vast number of issues related to sustainability, today’s leaders see sustainability as a positive opportunity. ...
Business case: getting beyond 'virtue'
David Bent, May 2nd, Forum Blog.
Last Monday's FT carried a story that confused CSR with sustainability so badly I just had to write a letter (they didn't print it). Virtue's Reward's key quote is: "For advocates of responsible business, sustainability is what they have been seeking for years - a way for companies to ...
Good news week
Jonathon Porritt, May 1st, Forum Blog.
It’s a bit gloomy out there at the moment: climate change, food shortages, very high oil prices, the credit crunch, impending recession – little wonder that people are beginning to look as downcast as our Prime Minister must be feeling.
Against the odds, however, last week was stuffed to the gills ...
Last places available for Reconnections 2008
Joy Green, April 28th, Forum Blog.
Reconnections 2008 will be held from 16th - 20th June. It's a unique residential course led by Jonathon Porritt that provides the space to reconnect with the natural world, with a group of people on the same sort of journey and with the kind of rigorous analysis and debate that is the hallmark ...
The i-team is up and running
Fiona Bennie, April 25th, Forum Blog.
At last, the i-team project has launched with the annoucement that three local authorities will be put through the innovation process. I’m really pleased we've chosen such a diverse selection of local authorities - Kirklees, St Helens and Suffolk Councils -to take part, and we're hoping to get ...
"Crowd-sourcing" - word for the future
David Bent, April 18th, Forum Blog.
Last week I was at the fifth eCampaigning Forum, an event for campaigners who use new media. I was able to blog from the new, funky One Laptop per Child. But there was more pieces of the future around at the conference: the participants are making up ...
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Reconnections 2008
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