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If you miss the webcast, you can download it from 13 May 2008. Press Release with details follows:

Largest Global Study of Consumer Response to Climate Change Puts the Onus on Brands

LONDON, May 11 /PRNewswire/ –
- Call on brands to lead the charge in finding solutions for climate
change

- Although climate change is a major global issue, significant divisions
emerge in popular attitudes at local levels

- 79% of consumers would rather buy from companies doing their best to
reduce their impact on the environment - this is most marked in China
and Brazil, but least in the UK and US

- 89% of people are likely to buy more green goods in the next 12 months

- 35% are willing to pay a premium for green goods

- 74% of consumers feel they can actively contribute to solving Climate
Change - this figure is higher in developing countries, but lower in
developed countries

- Only 11% of respondents strongly feel their respective government is
doing enough to tackle Climate Change
 

Consumers are calling on

Continue reading Havas Media consumer survey on climate change, webcast 3pm BST = 7am PDT 12 May 2008…

April 28, 2008,  10:11 am

Arctic Explorer Rebuts ‘Warming Island’ Critique

By ANDREW C. REVKIN

Good for Andy Revkin for giving space to Dennis Schmitt to enable him to respond to Dr. Patrick Michaels’ recent

Continue reading RevkinDotEarth@NYT on Arctic Explorer Rebuts ‘Warming Island’ Critique…

The game is easy: Continue reading Let’s write our own rules for Heathrow expansion! Wanna play?…

Give and Take, by Roger McGough

I give you clean air
You give me poisonous gas
I give you mountains
You give me quarries

Continue reading Give and Take, by Roger McGough…

Happy St. George’s Day! Here he is, posing at our school Medieval Fayre last April. Now, look down this page, and you will see that this noble patron Saint of England is determined to make sure the serf and peasant remain downtrodden.  [Actually, I think the one on the right is a freeman, and the other is a villein.  Unfortunately, I have forgotten their real names ~ St. George did tell me!] Continue reading St. George’s footsoldiers…

These photos from our recent walk in Crown Estate countryside near Windsor are for Grandma and Gran to enjoy while they are browsing with ProWebSurfer toolbar: Continue reading Wild primroses at Woodside for ProWebSurfer ad replacement…

Global business and financial news is pretty desperate these days: the most uplifting thing I can think to do for a quick refresh is to venture out for a walk in the woods!  That is exactly what the boys and I did yesterday.  Here are a few images from our expedition to inspire you to go in search of a wild place near you (or, if you are stuck in an office in the city, just dream of the next chance you’ll have to explore the natural world …):

Continue reading Happy Earth Day!…

BAA AIRPORTS MARKET INVESTIGATION

CC sees potential for competition at all BAA airports in England and Scotland and calls for further evidence

(This is well covered in the news today, so I am just flagging it in case you want to read the press release.)

The enormous flag flying over Windsor Castle today alerted us to the fact that it is the Queen’s birthday, and she is In Residence.  The boys and I walked to the gates to see the super-size Royal Standard flying from the Round Tower in today’s breeze:

Future Heathrow has been founded by trade unions, business groups, airlines and other interested parties who have a shared interest in modernising* Heathrow. 

That’s all the background you need, to begin with. Continue reading Future Heathrow press release hit the wires today…