Appearing
this month on the shelves in WH Smith and Borders nationwide, new eco-living
directory BOOK OF GREEN is the most comprehensive guide for everybody to
genuinely and easily green their lifestyles.

With
the general public currently becoming more receptive to living a more
eco-friendly life, this completely free guide points the consumer in the right
direction – it includes hundreds of approved ethical providers in a wide range
of sectors including business services, health and beauty, home and garden,
green energy, travel, parenting and food & drink.  All the companies
in the directory are in some way mostly or completely environmentally friendly,
sustainable, fair trade, organic,  ethical and socially responsible.

Book
of Green is intended to show everybody how to easily reduce their carbon
footprint, live a healthy lifestyle and make  a personal positive 
impact on the environment by integrating truly ethical products and services
into their daily home and family lives.

With
an initial print run of 30,000, the guide comes in a handy A5 format and is
printed in vegetable inks on 100% recycled paper.  An online flip magazine
version is also available at www.bookofgreen.com 
 Book of Green will be available in WH Smiths this July, attached to the
front of Permaculture Magazine as well as distributed across the UK in high
street eco stores, online eco stores, and at events during the summer as well
as at the Eden Project and the Kent Eco Village, the Kent Show by The
Ecologist, July 17-19.

Book
of Green is co-founded by Sue Jueno (founder of Allthingseco) and Katie Keegan
(founder of One Green Earth),
 whose combined experience of 6 years in the eco/ethical business arena
has given them the experience, knowledge and contacts to create a guide for
green living which everybody can trust.

“Being
green is more than reducing the threat of climate change, it’s also about
ethical trading and personal health.  The companies found within Book of
Green provide solutions across all sectors through their products &
services to help build a positive foundation for your family’s future
generations,”  says Katie Keegan.

“With
credit crunch in mind and a passion for promoting green shoot businesses we
have made Book of Green extremely affordable to advertisers and free to the
public to show off exceptional companies that are solving environmental
problems and that will be leading us into the future,” says Sue Jueno.

10 free entrances for EJ readers. Discount code
POSECO-1 will give free entrance to the 10 first
registered people.

Economic and financial crises, scandals, climate and social changes, prove us each day that addressing the economy in a different way becomes obvious. That is the reason why Positive-Economy.eu, a project aimed at promoting responsible economic behavior organizes a conference about positive economy. The conference is meant for entrepreneurs, CEOs, Human Resources managers, European and Government Officials to demonstrate it is possible to have a profitable business with a social and environmental added value.

The day will be introduced by tree experts who will talk about the urgent need to change the economy to synchronize it with the challenges of our society. We will hear Messrs Eric de Keuleneer (Professor at the Solvay Business School and author), Paul-Marie Boulanger (Director of the Institute for a Sustainable Development) and Hans Donckers (Vice secretary general at Epegon, The European People Governance Network).

Positive entrepreneurs will follow and tell their stories. These pioneers of positive economy,
who
have by conviction integrated social and environmental values into
their core-business. Amongst them Olivier Desurmont founder of Sineo
(www.sineo.fr) a car wash solution using no water but only 100%
biodegradable products as well as Nicolette Mak who started a few years
ago Valid Express (www.validexpress.nl) an express freight company
employing only physically disabled people.

During the second
part of the day 8 workshops will take place. The goal of those
workshops is to talk concretely about different fields like sustainable
finance and reporting, fair trade products, eco certification or
corporate values. Each workshop will be led by an expert coming from a
key organization. Entrepreneurs who have already implemented positive
economy in their business will bring concrete advice based on their
experience. At the end of each session 10 key steps to look forward
will be provided.

The symposium “How to build a positive
economy?” will take place on the 16th June 2009 at the Finance Tower -
Boulevard du Jardin Botanique 50, 1000 Brussels. From 9 am till 5 pm.
Registration is mandatory.

For any information please visit our website: www.positive-economy.eu

Our
conference is supported by: Flanders and Walloon region, Federal Public
Service for Sustainable Development, BeFair, BTC-CTB, Triodos, BECI,
Kauri, The Hub, Business & Society, MVO Vlaanderen, RSE Wallonnie,
Apaces, CSR Europe, Jade, RFA, FGF.

9th June 2009

Article 13 supports National Liftshare day (https://www.liftshare.com) (NLSD) which in 2009 is being held on Tuesday, 9 June. We intend to raise awareness of the environmental, social and economic benefits of sharing transport. This
initiative is in keeping with the growing and heightened demands for
sustainability, social responsibility and environmental protection. If
even a minority of people share lifts on this day, there will be a
significant reduction in carbon emissions. Imagine what the positive impact would be, if the majority of the population get involved. Make a difference, share a lift!!

Some positive implications of sharing transport are:

1. Reduction in pollution levels.
2. Reduction in overall carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions entering the atmosphere.
3. It has economic benefits for the participants through reducing overall petrol costs.
4. Less traffic congestion and safer roads.
5. Social interaction of sharing a lift rather than driving on your lonesome.

Article 13 advocates building awareness for NLSD, through some or all of the following actions:

1. Tell your friends / family and colleagues about the benefits of sharing transport.
2. Set an example by sharing transport and highlight the benefits of sharing lifts.
3. Encourage your colleagues to promote car-sharing in the work place.
4. Use online social networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter to spread the word more widely.

Here at Article 13, in the build up to Tuesday, 9 June, we will include the NLSD logo and link, as well as a brief descriptor on our email signatures to disseminate this initiative to our network of clients, associates and in-house team.

To read more see Article 13 case study:

• Liftshare.com: The emergence of ‘climate change’ as a CSR issue which is also providing an opportunity for ‘social entrepreneurship’.

http://www.article13.com/A13_ContentList.asp?strAction=GetPublication&PNID=1343

For information on how Article 13 can assist you in auditing your company’s practices, developing environmental action plans, and reducing your business’s related impact on the environment, contact Fiona Banyard on 020 8840 4450 or email fionab@article13.com

The date for this year is Sunday 5 October from 10am – 5pm. in the Market Hall, Abergavenny. We have backing from Fairtrade Wales as well as local businesses and Abergavenny Council. There will be plenty of local and regional press coverage as well as BBC Wales.

Last year saw a huge attendance and we will increase this year. Stalls last year included – Love Zimbabwe, Goodies from the Gambia, Bag- Age, Bryn – y – Cwm project, Smouldering Sage,Biltong 2 U,Tropical Forest, Fairtrade Abergavenny & Crickhowell, Tools for self reliance, VSO, etc.

We also had fantastic catering from Scrumptious catering and Taste Zimbabwe. We will be having the Fairtrade fashion show again and the drumming workshop from Dave Roberts. Also, hopefully the amazing Chrys Blanchard and Abercapella. We have a school group performing African Dance and hope to be bringing over from Zimbabwe Sam Mtukudzi son of Oliver (Tuku) the most well known Zimbabwean artiste.

There will be a childrens area this year with face painting and a bouncy castle. Music and entertainment will be going on all day and there will be lots more to announce as we get nearer to the date. I realise that it is still relatively early, but it would help us enourmously if those who are interested in taking a stall this year could let me know as soon as possible. Looking forward to seeing you all in October.

Kind Regards,
David and Martha Holman.

Email: fairsfairfairs@mail2world.com
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