May 17th, 2012
by Phillip Ward
In the early 1990s a successful campaign against damaging detergents gave new vitality to the idea that consumer power could force companies into better environmental behaviours. Businesses responded in two main ways, one more helpful than the other.
May 10th, 2012
On Saturday 12th May, Bristol will be the first city outside London to host a Feeding the 5000 (F5K) event. Between 1pm and 5pm, anyone who comes to visit College Green will have the chance to disprove the old adage – there really can be such a thing as a free lunch, thanks to the support of local charities, businesses and volunteers, including some of Bristol’s top chefs such as the Fabulous Baker Brothers, Tom Hunt and the Thali Café.
May 9th, 2012
by the Administrator
The Admin desk has been deluged in April – not least by the incessant rain that has been with us in Bristol since drought was declared earlier in the month. With work for clients taking precedence over blogging for many of our contributors, we’ve had quite a quiet month on the Isonomia front, but articles new and old have continued to draw in plenty of visitors and there will be more new material in May to grab the interest of the internet.
May 4th, 2012
I saw Sir Ronald Cohen on Channel 4 news a couple of weeks ago talking about the launch of Big Society Capital (BSC), of which he is the chairman. There was something about the interview that didn’t ring quite true. Not that Cohen said anything especially controversial or problematic – it was the concept of the fund that just seemed like a mistake to me.
April 27th, 2012
by Rob Gillies
The biggest job in UK local government is up for grabs on May 3rd, as voters hit the polls for the London Mayoral election. Whilst it may not quite match the razzmatazz of the US democratic process, it has thrown up one or two highlights. You may have seen Peter Jones’s comparison of the green policies of the would-be Republican nominees – in the same spirit, what do the mayoral candidates have to offer an environmentally minded Londoner?
