This second episode looks at the launch of The Nag website, finds out whether green festivals do what they say, and travels to the Hay Festival to sound out the book industry. First, it's off to an eco-holiday destination in Cornwall.
Someone, Somewhere in Summertime
Adam Vaughan checks out an estate in Trelowarren in Cornwall which is offering itself as an eco-holiday destination. He wants to see if it measures up in terms of the building and insulation, the food it offers, the energy and interior design. After a convincing talk to the architect, a tour of the bio mass boiler and an overnight stay, he gives it high points… except for the halogen lights.
Is the Book Industry Green?
Hay Literary Festival is one of the greenest book markets in the country, Eleni Andreadis discovers. But she’s out to discover whether the publishing industry is greening up and whether green issues rather than content are on consumers’ minds.
With more than 30 bookshops in town, and experts a-plenty she feels the industry is going in the right direction. Greenpeace have campaigned to get publishers either to use recycled paper or source paper from certified sustainable forests. And with J.K Rowling at Bloomsbury being influential in the greening of the market, other publishers can’t afford to lag behind.
Greenest Festival of All?
Running a green festival is tested at the Sunrise Festival in Yeovil, Somerset. And it gets good marks, largely because traders have to abide by 15 green principles including serving organic food, charting the impact on the local economy and composting all the waste. Horse drawn carts and helpful eco rangers help. There’s increasingly tough competition from places like Glastonbury, but New Consumer considers that Sunrise is doing a good job.
Sex and Climate Change at The Nag
Sex doesn't normally go hand with climate change, but at the cheeky new website The Nag, they made it the theme of their launch party. Adam Vaughan had a look and finds out that The Nag – a site that was planned for two years – is trying to help ordinary individuals make small simple changes in their lives which will have an impact on climate change. They want to cut through the confusion of going green and make it straightforward with monthly help, and best of all make in humorous.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 07 September 2007 )
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