A desire named Streetcar

Source: Green Futures (January 5th)

Smarter driving

Hannah Bullock talks the man who aims to “take the hassle out of driving” – while taking our cars off the roads.

Featured Events

Sustainably Sourcing & Tracing Agricultural Raw Materials & Ingredients
  • 21st - 22nd January 2009
  • Olympia, London
ICT for a global sustainable future
  • 22 - 23 Jan 2009
  • The European Commission, Brussels
Green Retail 2009
  • 11-12 Feb 2009
  • New Connaught Rooms
SDUK 09 Time for change
  • 19 March 2009
  • QEII Conference Centre, London
Sustainable Roads 2009
  • 25 March 2009
  • Westminster, London

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2009 - a historic turning point?

Sara Parkin, December 23rd, Forum Blog.

The enemy of conventional wisdom (uncritical acceptance of the status quo), says John Kenneth Gabraith, is not ideas but the march of events.  And boy, have events have been marching to a quickening rhythm in 2008. Perhaps the most important amongst the debt-fuelled dramas of the financial sector and grim environmental news ...

Leading the building of sustainable schools

Jane Wilkinson, December 23rd, Forum Blog.

files/sustainable_school.jpg The biggest school building programme in a generation presents a unique opportunity to incorporate sustainability into the very DNA of our schools. It also places new demands and responsibilities on school leaders. Head teachers, governors and bursars are key players in achieving this goal. What skills and knowledge do ...

Wasted opportunity for regional sustainability

Jonathon Porritt, December 22nd, Forum Blog.

Included in the Queen’s Speech on December 3rd was the somewhat weirdly entitled “Local Democracy Economic Development and Construction Bill”.  It’s a funny little Bill, the wimpish outcome of 18 months of totally dysfunctional government process which should never have happened in the way that it did.  This process has had ...

Predictions for 2009, anyone?

Richard Hardyment, December 17th, Forum Blog.

files/crystal-ball.jpg It’s a brave person who’s prepared to make predictions for 2009 after the year we’ve just had. The seismic shifts over the last 12 months should be looked at afresh before any crystal ball gazing. So it’s worth asking, did anyone actually get it right? In the last year, we’ve ...

Get to know the Forum from the inside

Patti Whaley, December 17th, Forum Blog.

The Forum likes to think of itself as "a critical friend" to our partners; now we'd like to recruit one for ourselves. We're looking for an independent member to sit on our Audit and Assurance Committee.  The Committee meets four times a year to review financial statements, assess risk, analyse forecasts ...

Nice but nasty: ‘sustainability’ in 2018?

Joy Green, December 5th, Forum Blog.

files/CG-report-crop.jpg The NICE years seemed good while they lasted, but as we wake up with a hangover to the nasty bill for our long years of growth, it's pretty clear to everyone that business as usual is not an answer and it's time to prepare for radical change. As banks and high street ...