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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:28:32 -0800

Optimism out of the gloom
On a pretty grim night (driving sleet, collapsing Copenhagen discussions etc.) I discovered something of an oasis of optimism...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:52:21 -0800

The Copenhagen problem
It’s good to see that Mark Brinkley’s considerable intellect is grappling with the debates that Copenhagen has set...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:41:47 -0800

Fulcrum joins the Motts fold
Still not sure what to make of the Fulcrum acquisition by Mott MacDonald. The news came out officially yesterday: apparently it...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:44:13 -0800

Green data visual
A quick head up on a visual that may be of use ahead of tomorrow’s Sustainability Now. The first live text debate will...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:21:21 -0800

Sustainability is realism and progress
So Copenhagen is nearly upon us. As I’ve been chronicling in the past few weeks there is now a real debate. Those that...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:41:47 -0800

Collaborative thinking, but when?
Eco-friendly food and restaurants. Hydrogen cars. Bikes sharing schemes in New York. Recyclable coffee cups. Plus a bit of...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:27:17 -0800

Chatrooms are the future
It’s interesting to see how technology evolves at a seemingly inexorable rate whilst some basics still apply. So...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:16:34 -0800

Environmentalism under attack
So two weeks away from Copenhagen and environmentalism is finally sparking real and sustained argument. After nearly three...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:43:35 -0800

Bike blues
Those of you Twitter addicts out there may be aware that my prize new bike was swiped on Tuesday afternoon. It underlines two...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:15:52 -0800

Happy return for Sinclair
After what fellow blogger Mel Starrs described yesterday as “a funny old week” involving a range of heated...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:06:11 -0800

Green gurus: you decide
So I’m in rather frantic planning mode for virtual events right now. In particular there’s hopefully plenty of...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:54:16 -0800

Environmentalism as miserbalism: the backlash begins
It’s good to be challenged once in a while. It certainly felt like that at today’s Battle of Ideas event, run as...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:45:53 -0700

Sustainability Now: call for interest
So got one virtual event out of the way last week. And all things considered it went pretty well. Invest UK was the first of...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:33:15 -0700

Current quotes I’ve like
Very occasional selection of quotes that have jumped out at me in the past week or so. But more and more it seems to me thay...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:37:48 -0700

Blog Action Day: Small steps
So I’m under pressure this morning. Lots of meetings as ever and a deadline of around 17 minutes to get a post out about...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:32:21 -0700

What no green yield?
A rather frantic day managing the Invest UK event today (plug time – it’s happening tomorrow, you can still...
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Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:45:49 -0700

Let’s talk green inward investment
So I’m in final training for another season of virtual events, which kicks off tomorrow. One of our biggest titles,...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:58:59 -0700

We’re all in a bubble
As something of a theatre nut it’s been an odd few weeks. I managed to perform a double, namely walking out of...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:36:12 -0700

Lovelock: lies, damned lies and climate models
Is Twitter effectively now running my life? Well, from the events of this week the evidence is building up. From a tweet on the...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:33:14 -0700

More Meades.. on housing design
More Jonathan Meades from his BBC 4 show Off Kilter on Scottish architecture. His words are fitting for the whole of the...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:01:55 -0700

The Monbiot problem
How do you a solve a problem like George Monbiot? The activist and Guardian columnist has caused a right old stink this month...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:23:40 -0700

The Olympic Park tour
Off to East London on Sunday for the grand Olympic Park tour, part of the Open House weekend. Reports that the team...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:19:03 -0700

Patten’s guarded optimism
I sat in a Battersea church last night listening to an erudite sermon on the future of humanity from Lord Patten of Barnes. The...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:14:04 -0700

Any green jobs out there?
I’m hearing some pretty depressing stories about the state of the recruitment market in construction at the minute. One...
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PhilClark posted a blog entry

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:04:44 -0700

Refurbishment question time: Roofing
Right. Have got some sarf London roofers round my gaff and again my wife and I are somewhat puzzled on a few issues. As ever...
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