Monthly Archives: June 2007

Ecoescape

By Richard Linington | June 29, 2007

If you are struggling to find an environmentally friendly place to stay or visit in the UK I suggest that you go and purchase a copy of Ecoscape, which has been written by Laura Burgess. It’s only £3.65! Visit Ecoscape’s website.

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Green marketing

By Richard Linington | June 29, 2007

A short article in the Financial Times asks leading advertising agencies about the predicted growth in green marketing.

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The Nomad

By Richard Linington | June 29, 2007

The Nomad is a yurt produced by Ecoshack an innovative company based in theUSA.  The Nomad has a number of green credentials as the WeatherMAX cover does not rely on environmentally unfriendly coating compounds to make it waterproof.   Ecoshack also have a good set of photos on Flickr about their prototyping phase during the [...]

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Eco-tourism: It’s not easy being green

By Richard Linington | June 29, 2007

“Eco-tourism – generally defined as ‘responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the welfare of local people’ – is booming. The International Eco-tourism Society (TIES) estimates that eco-tourism is growing globally three times faster than the tourism industry as a whole. But the term is often misunderstood, shorthand for any trip [...]

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Rising Seas to Destroy U.S. Beaches

By Richard Linington | June 29, 2007

Andrea Thompson, LiveScience Staff Writer notes that: “You may have to kiss that summer trip to the beach goodbye later this century, thanks to rising sea levels and more intense tropical storms, scientists predict.” Read more here.

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Les Cygnes

By Richard Linington | June 28, 2007

Les Cygnes, which offers guests a choice of three luxury gites in the Poitou-Charentes region of France, have a strong commitment to the environment. In terms of the carbon footprint generated by guests they state:
“Like many people we here are extremely concerned about the protection of the environment. This year we are asking guests to [...]

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The future of air travel - SOLARIMPULSE

By Richard Linington | June 27, 2007

“In a world depending on fossil energies, the Solar Impulse project is a paradox, almost a provocation: it aims to have an airplane take off and fly autonomously, day and night, propelled uniquely by solar energy, right round the world without fuel or pollution. An unachievable goal without pushing back the current technological limits in [...]

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Greenwashing & tourism

By Richard Linington | June 27, 2007

Tourism is the world’s largest service industry.
I have been thinking about how companies are latching on to consumers concerns about the environment and how companies are branding and introducing services to meet these needs and in particular environmental concerns which consumers have.  This is ‘green’ (re-)branding of services in some instances is becoming known as [...]

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Consumer confusion…

By Richard Linington | June 27, 2007

Redhead Partnership published research for World Environment Day on the 5th of June which states that 73% of the UK population do not understand the term ‘carbon neutral.’

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Scandic

By Richard Linington | June 27, 2007

A different and more engaging way of interacting with customers and at the same time getting information across about a company’s environmental policy, visit Scandic’s environmental website - Scandic : Better World.
Scandic are the Nordic region’s leading hotel chain and it’s interesting to note the statement on the history page of their website: “Ecological and [...]

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