The Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 PR team (Chris, myself, Helen, plus Joe, our work experience superstar), spent a very productive but slightly wet day volunteering at the Greenway yesterday - a footpath and cycleway near the Olympic Park which at one end hosts the popular View Tube.
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Welcome to the Epoch Hothouse blog. What drives the agency is our curiosity about the future. Our Epoch Hothouse initiative is what drives our thinking, our approach and our ideas. It consists of events, research and an expert panel that allows us to question and challenge conventional thinking.
In his first public lecture since December’s Copenhagen Summit, Lord Stern, author of the Stern review and Professor of Economics and Government at LSE, described his visit to Copenhagen as “chaotic, wearing, tiring and disappointing.”
Can politicians walk the Copenhagen tightrope?
Posted by Chris on Mon Dec 07, 2009 18:51pm
With the Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change opening today, there was a stark warning from the Danish Climate Minister, Connie Hedegaard, that the political will ‘will never be stronger’.
I think this is a correct analysis.
With the prospects of a global economy growing much slower than we’ve been used to and with increased public questioning of the science behind climate change it is vital that governments maximise the opportunities presented at Copenhagen. If they don’t, it may well be too late – not just for the planet but politically.
Last week, our client the London Sustainable Development Commission hosted an event together with the Centre for Sustainable Fashion (of the London College of Fashion). It was an event at City Hall to announce the winners of a major international student competition, called ‘Fashioning the Future’. The Epoch team was there in force, meeting both the students and speakers to discuss with them the importance of sustainability in fashion. The aim of the competition was to present fashion opportunities for the future, bringing together creative new minds and fresh talent, which it certainly did. The awards proved thought provoking and inspirational, as students received prizes for their innovative designs, which aim to reduce waste and encourage ingenuity in the fashion industry. Speakers included the Centre for Sustainable Fashion Ambassador Jo Wood (yes we met her, and yes she was lovely!) and BBC 1 One Show presenter Lucy Siegel.