Fair Trade at Green Man Festival 2016
It’s one of Europe’s biggest independent music festivals, with five music stages and a huge spoken word tent, yet here we are in a small tent on the periphery which is genuinely ‘ram-packed’. No, it’s not a secret Ezra Furman gig, but a talk about Fair Fashion, organised by the Wales TUC.
Throughout the Green Man [...]
Let’s Create a Fashion Revolution
Today sees the start of Fashion Revolution Week. The event kicked off with a special Fashion Question Time event at the houses of parliament and activities will continue through the week leading towards Fashion Revolution Day on Sunday 24th April – the anniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh. We have blogged about this [...]
Read moreThe True Cost of Fashion
We were delighted to be involved in the film screening of The True Cost in Hay last week. It’s a powerful and eye-opening documentary film that takes us behind the scenes of the fashion industry. It explained how fast fashion and consumerism has changed the face of the fashion industry, putting huge pressures on workers [...]
Read moreHay Spring Fair
We are running a new event this Easter in Hay on Wye. Hay Spring Fair has a focus on green issues but we hope it will also be fun for all the family. If you are in the area please come and join us!
Read moreGreen games?
Check out a new blog from our very own 2012 sustainability volunteer, Andrew – who’ll be flying the Seventeen flag at this summer’s games!
Read moreMan on a Mission
We’ve been delighted to be working with Anthony Nolan to promote their donor register. Over the past few weeks we’ve visited Birmingham and London with TV presenter and writer Hardeep Singh Kohli in a quest to sign up more potential donors who could save a life if they are a match for someone with leukemia. [...]
Read moreRecent grad? Looking for some experience?
We’re always on the look out for bright sparks who might make a good addition to the Seventeen team. As part of our build up to some of the major projects we’re working on in 2012, we’re now interested in talking to anyone who might be interested in joining us at a junior level, initially [...]
Read moreBevins Prize
Seventeen are delighted to have managed the exclusive reception for the announcement of the Bevins Prize last night (Tuesday 9th November). The event took place in the luxurious and sustainable surroundings of Quintessentially Soho at the House of St Barnabas. The award for outstanding investigate journalism is given in memory of the late Tony Bevins, [...]
Read moreCall for submissions: Sustainable Events Summit 2011
It’s that time again. We are now planning the Sustainable Events Summit 2011 and we’re looking forward to building on the work of previous years to make this the most engaging, practical and inspiring summit yet.
This year we want to broaden our reach to include contributors from beyond our current networks. For the first [...]
This week I am mostly eating…chickpeas
Seventeen’s commitment to Meat Free Mondays is going well, it’s our second week and we have all managed to stay strong despite the enticing smells of free range bacon sarnies coming from the Driftwood Cafe!
After a finding a bag of dried chickpeas which I think must’ve been in my cupboard since University (a long [...]
