Chris Deary
GET UPDATES FROM Chris Deary
 
Chris Deary is Editorial Director at Global Cool Foundation, a not-for-profit that promotes green living to the mainstream. As well as running a consumer-facing online magazine, GCF has worked with brands such as Vodafone, Rail Europe, Eurostar, London Fashion Week, several music festivals, Britain’s Next Top Model Live, British Independent Film Awards and many more to promote green living...

Blog Entries by Chris Deary

The Green Movement's Answer to the Tastecard

(0) Comments | Posted 11 October 2012 | (22:48)

A new membership card launching in the UK next month is aiming to make green living easier. Inspired by the Tastecard, which offers members discounts at selected restaurants, Choose Green will enable its members to get discounts on green products and services.

The company was founded by Malou Bramstrup after...

Read Post

Meet the Entrepreneur Changing the Way Fashion Works

(0) Comments | Posted 27 September 2012 | (12:43)

Adriana Herrera has a dream: "We want to make it very simple for you to find things based on your interests and likes. Right now, no-one is doing that in the world of fashion."

As founder and CEO of US start-up company Fashioning Change Adriana is already well...

Read Post

Why It's Never Been Easier to Do a Kate Moss

(2) Comments | Posted 2 April 2012 | (01:00)

So, Kate Moss has been spotted shopping at Oxfam. Good news for fashionistas whose budget is more Aldi than Armani.

And good news for the environment too, with the supermodel joining Kate Middleton in showing the world that you don't have to buy a brand new set of threads...

Read Post

How to Turn the Red Carpet Green Like Meryl Streep

(0) Comments | Posted 27 February 2012 | (18:24)

It seems that the clothes are almost as important as the films at the Oscars, so it was great to see so many stars wearing eco fashion. After all, as the star of this year's awards, Meryl Streep, knows all too well - only The Devil Wears Prada.

Colin and...

Read Post

Eco Terrorism vs Vinnie Jones and Porn: Which Would You Rather Watch?

(0) Comments | Posted 12 January 2012 | (17:08)

Kudos to the British Heart Foundation for their Hard and Fast video campaign starring Vinnie Jones.

Aimed at educating the general public on the best way to perform CPR, the video sends up Jones' typecast gangster persona by making a Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels spoof in...

Read Post

Solving Climate Change the Steve Jobs Way

(12) Comments | Posted 6 December 2011 | (00:00)

Apple is hardly a beacon of environmental good practice, but that doesn't mean Steve Jobs didn't play his part in helping to find a solution to climate change.

Climate change does not have an awareness problem. It does, however, have a marketing problem. Plenty has been done to...

Read Post

What Climate Change Campaigns Could (and Should) Learn From Jay-Z

(0) Comments | Posted 10 October 2011 | (15:17)

New York - so good they named it twice. Everyone wants to be a part of it, right? But where does that reputation come from? What is it about the Big Apple that makes it one of the coolest cities on the planet?

In the search for answers I consulted...

Read Post