The Rising Star Award – Remembering Mel Starrs

The Rising Star Award – Remembering Mel Starrs

Yesterday I was lucky enough to attend the fourth annual award of the Rising Star Award for Sustainability, presented in memory of the wonderful and much missed Mel Starrs who died suddenly in 2012 aged just 38. The award was set up by Mel’s employers PRP and...
Love Me Tender

Love Me Tender

Last week the post brought the excellent news that my tender submissions for re-appointment as an Expert Adviser to the Heritage Lottery Fund had been successful. The Heritage Lottery Fund uses Advisers to help assess grant applications and to work with applicants to...
Take a Chance

Take a Chance

In this climate of cuts and cost savings it is great to have some positive news. Perhaps as a reaction to economic uncertainty the number of lottery tickets sold has greatly increased. This increase is part of the reason that the Heritage Lottery Fund’s (HLF)...
Everyone’s A Winner – The Be2awards

Everyone’s A Winner – The Be2awards

It was a gorgeous sunny day in London with clear blue skies and even a hint of spring in the air. So why on earth were so many built environment types sitting in a darkened room busily tweeting, blogging and avoiding daylight? The explanation was another great Be2camp...
It’s Not Easy Being Green

It’s Not Easy Being Green

It seems it isn’t easy being green, especially if you are the Chicago River. For the last forty years they have been dyeing the water the brightest shade of emerald green to mark St Patrick’s Day. It isn’t your monitor playing up. The water really is...