Posted in Green Sponge - Trees and climate change on Sep 11th, 2008
I have a great party piece: I can speak, read and write Thai (not so hot at listening). But gone are my bachelor days when this skill would have been a brilliant substitute for my travel stories about angry rhinos and Latino models (neither impressed the girls very much). But the Thai language might be […]
Posted in Green Sponge - Trees and climate change on Sep 8th, 2008
In his report entitled ‘The Economics of Climate Change’ Sir Nicholas Sterns states that ‘Nearly a quarter (24%) of global carbon emissions are caused by fossil-fuelled energy generation, i.e. coal gas and oil power stations. CO2 emissions from Deforestation are also very significant- they are estimated to represent more than 18 of global emissions, a […]
Posted in Green Sponge - Trees and climate change on Aug 26th, 2008
Hello and welcome to all. My name is Alex Putnam and I’m the new recruit for this Blog. Having fortunately met with Richard, just before he was due to fly back to the UK, it was decided that I would become a fellow blogger on his eco-website. I’m currently based in Thailand where, as well as […]
Posted in Green Sponge - Trees and climate change on Jul 18th, 2008
I stayed with some friends a few months ago. I was given free reign of their house while their kids were at school and mum and dad were working. Feeling a little peckish I decided to browse through their cupboards (and fridges). I was amazed to find piles of food, some of which would never […]
Posted in Green Sponge - Trees and climate change on Feb 13th, 2008
e-photoframes commits to planting a tree for every frame we sell. Of course it is one thing planting them, it another ensuring that they grow to maturity. Part of our commitment is to make sure that happens.
Of late I have been tackling horrendous forest fires near to where I live and where some of our […]
Posted in Green Sponge - Trees and climate change on Jan 25th, 2008
Today e-photoframes launches it’s own tree planting project. This will contribute towards our “one frame one tree” guarantee that we give every time a frame is sold.
We will be adopting the frankly, amazing Famework Trees methodology that has been developed by Chiang Mai University. In a nutshell this involves identifying hardy tree species that […]
Posted in Green Sponge - Trees and climate change on Dec 10th, 2007
Many years ago our BA flight to India got switched to Air India. Franky I was over-joyed: Ten hours in flight with oddles of Madras, Cobra beer and Indian musicals. However, I didn’t bargain on the wall paper. Think 70’s curry house and you will know what I mean. Unfortunately it looks like Indian airlines […]
Posted in Green Sponge - Trees and climate change on Dec 7th, 2007
In response to our report of CO2 emissions, we have had a number of responses from major US airlines. The theme born out by the report is the same as the responses in the e-mails: They have little interest in offering customers the opportunity to offset. It is intriguing for a major company to cite […]
Posted in Green Sponge - Trees and climate change on Dec 3rd, 2007
The publication of our report last week on airlines and carbon offset policies was the culmination of a considerable amount of work. It is also provided an interesting insight into the changing world in which we live.
The data used for the report involved visiting the websites of over 400 airlines and then identifying if they […]
Posted in Green Sponge - Trees and climate change on Nov 28th, 2007
Their toys are some of the most technologically advanced on earth; They’re custodians of the safest form of travel known to man and their concern for your well being is so sincere that they’ll even get a pretty girl to show you how to secure your belt. And despite the heavy conscience and wizzy technology, […]
