Event Details
Date: March 21, 2021
Start time: 03:00 p.m.
End time: 04:00 p.m.
Venue: Online
Phone: 01484951108
Email: info@huddlitfest.org.uk
Online talk: Is it Really Green?
£0.00
Date: Sunday March 21 2021 at 3pm
Venue: Online via Zoom
Are paper bags always more environmentally friendly than plastic? How much better for the planet are electric cars? What saves more water – using the dishwasher or washing up by hand? We all want to do the right thing for our planet, but when it comes to environmental issues, it can be hard to cut through the confusion to the facts.
In this interactive online talk and Q&A, the author of Is it Really Green?: Everyday Eco-Dilemmas Answered, journalist and founder of online sustainable lifestyle magazine Pebble, Georgina Wilson-Powell, will talk you through some of the key issues and answer your eco-dilemmas.
This talk will take place on Zoom and we will email you a link prior to the event. If you haven’t used Zoom before, don’t worry! A guide to using Zoom will be up on our website shortly, along with a date for a free Zoom training session.
NOTE: this is a free event, but if you would like to make a donation to the Festival please click here.
Please support independent bookshops – order your books from our partners Read bookshop and Fox Lane Books.
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Are paper bags always more environmentally friendly than plastic? How much better for the planet are electric cars? What saves more water – using the dishwasher or washing up by hand? We all want to do the right thing for our planet, but when it comes to environmental issues, it can be hard to cut through the confusion to the facts.
In this interactive online talk and Q&A, the author of Is it Really Green?: Everyday Eco-Dilemmas Answered, journalist and founder of online sustainable lifestyle magazine Pebble, Georgina Wilson-Powell, will talk you through some of the key issues and answer your eco-dilemmas.
Georgina Wilson-Powell is a journalist and the founder and editor of Pebble, an online sustainable lifestyle magazine that provides news coverage and advice on green topics such as zero-waste living, ethical fashion, and travel, as well as producing sustainable city guides. Through Pebble, Georgina also runs free sustainability workshops. She has written for numerous publications including The Independent, The Times, and the Evening Standard. Pebble has a monthly readership of 50,000 and 45K followers across its social media channels.
Additional information
| Date | 21 March 2021 |
|---|---|
| Time | 3pm-4pm |
| Cost | FREE |
| Venue | ONLINE |
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