positive defiance in the Basque Country

There are some among us who have the chutzpah to do it differently. And so much better....

Listen Up!

the wrong beans

What if...we've been counting the wrong beans all this time? Or rather - only counting some, and missing out the most important ones??

what's nature ever done for us

Tony Juniper nails it. Wake up and smell the coffee of what the world does to keep us breathing.

the horns of a dilemma

Tim Jackson's lecture at the School of Law. Busting with positive deviance. Even economists do it. And thank God for that, we say.

we are the people we've been waiting for

Ed Gillespie tells it as it is. We Are The People We've Been Waiting For.

wrens: small, noisy and very territorial!

"Time to go back to the future where we have control over our own energy. Time to stop faffing about".  Indeed! The words of a very wise man!

the power of ten

It's back. The CoaST annual party - noisy, exciting, and full of positive deviance. Booking form right here....crack on!

brave new money worlds

We love this. Great article - food for thought if you haven't mulled over this stuff yet...this is a FABULOUS intro...

a curtain that could change your life?

And the deal is, you make it yourself. Here are the plans...

low carbon ladock

Local energy generation expected to add over £2m to Ladock parish over next 20 years

cornwall opens uk solar centre

UK to open solar centre as solar capacity looks set to enter global top 20

electric car sales have go faster stripes...

Electric car sales growth outstrips conventional market in 2012

just capitalism? Really?

That's all I need to never use Google again.

fishy ambassador leads the way!

Fishy CoaST Ambassador Harbour Lights is a proper Positive Deviant - go for it, guys!

coast towel card

CoaST member towel card. Saves money, water, detergent, waste and, crucially, gives an easy way for visitors to participate in our efforts. And they work. Now in Cornwall, Devon and "anywhere" flavours!

talking sustainability with employees

getting the sustainability conversation going....

Cornwall Green Doors

Bristol started this! But we love it - a rolling programme of CoaSTies who throw open their doors to share their smart green expertise....

water framework what?

Water Framework? Directive? Wossat? It's a new bit of law. From the EU. And it'll help us clean up our waters....

utterly brilliant bus marketing

First we brought you the Piano Staircase. Then we brought you the World's Longest Drop. Now we bring you - The Cool Bus. Awesome. We LOVE this.:)

it's really, really good to talk...no, REALLY.

I bet you didn't realise how important talking was until you read this. It's a "duh" moment; and we all need them....

there's a would be greenie in us all...

It could be as easy as just helping someone feel they're one of the good guys...

bristol pound

launch of the bristol pound

wake up, wake up

Petition train services to Penzance...or lose them....

the science...of changing our minds...

Behaviour change WRIT LARGE. What made it happen?

go brighton!

Green online guide for Brighton launched....

positive deviants are kicking financial *ss

We're waking up and smelling the coffee...with knobs on...

banking on something better

I'm banking on something better.

enough is enough

"evidence of systemic greed"....

environmental growth

Surely not?

coast hears news from south africa

A chance for CoaST to talk with South African colleagues...

brave new transportation world?

Slowly, slowly, we can see a new transport architecture being built...

y'think??

William Hague tells Ministers to help green industries boost economy

greentraveller.co.uk

Green travel. From start. To finish. We love' em.

paul walks it

Welcome to our latest CoaSTie Ambassador....

carbon monoxide poisoning

carbon monoxide poisoning

my intellectual v*****

This is one of the most extraordinary guys I have seen on my screen. A head and heart - ful of "those si, se peude" moments.... (roughly translated as "yes, we can"....)

winds of change

Winds of change: 66% are in favour of wind power in the UK...

Best of Both Worlds

We can offer the best of both worlds when it comes to networking, too...

south west and midlands now in drought

Official drought zones have been declared in a further 17 English counties, as a warning came that water shortages could last until Christmas.

loss of bees would cost uk 2billion a year

Every hotel, B&B, campsite and cafe garden is needed! Imagine how many acres that is!

the sweetie jar is nearly empty, guys...

The (old style) party is over. The era of cheap and abundant resources is ending. Are you ready?

OutStanding Landscape Champions

And we now have our first CoaSTie OutStanding Landscape Champions...

world (heritage) champions

We're adding to the Champion Family...welcome to the World Heritage Champions ...

the future is green, George!

green start action plan

The Green Start resource can help you put together your action plan for your business - simples!

co-op group means green bizness

The Co-operative Group has smashed its carbon emissions reduction target of 35 per cent by 2017, meeting it instead this year.

a cracking idea, grommit...

North Devon has waves, and beaches, and no way for young surfers to get there. So they just figured it out, and made a way....fantastic!

sustainable seafood on the up and up

Sharp rise in sustainable seafood products on sale in UK

carbon calculator for tourism businesses and households

A fantastic new web tool to measure your business's and household's carbon footprint

the happy museum

The Happy Museum. Think about it...do we ever put those words together in our own minds?

the green nudge?

Big brands are nudging their customers to change their choices...or are they?

thinking beyond the gates?

Julia Schonharl writes about tourism and human rights in 2012: Can we ask anybody to think beyond the fences of the holiday resort?

cod cut at cornish chippie

Cod cut out at CoaST Ambassador Cornish chippie!

good money: ethical finance

It's one the biggest ways we can make sure we're having a positive impact. Or let a negative one happen in our name. Fortunately, easy to fix. :)

bring on the batteries

This man just got up and solved the problem.

green shoots of responsibility?

The younger holiday maker is putting us to shame; they know the deal when it comes to sustainable travel....excellent!

animate

Animus. Spirit. Life. Exactly.

ethics r us

Well, that's a bit of a stretch. But we like to keep the issue on the table. Right in the middle. Because what's the alternative?

seeing with our hands

Remember Homer? The original one? Remember that he was blind? I didn't...

530 pennies dropping

TravelMole reports that ABTA members are getting on board.....!

Ambassador walkitcornwall

ambassador Paul Simmons from walkitcornwall kicks off the blog

getting the stifkit

We don't tend to go in for awards ourselves....

six top tips for getting your message across

Here are six super simple tips for getting that message across...

On Small, Collaboration, and The Having of Faith.

Smallest room; biggest talker? David Goldblatt talks about Toilets He Has Mused From...

good energy

Good Energy. Just what it suggests. And it's got our backing.

great time + green message = change for good!

Bosinver Cottages are one of our Ambassador businesses...and they make it an Ambassadorial priority to be an Agent of Change...

"stop drifting, start rowing"

A word from the ocean wave. Actually, really proper ocean wave.

i'm a climate scientist

OK. This has a health warning. If you're easily offended, don't click here.

only connect

We just need to join the dots.

Top 10 tourism businesses get green gold star

Three CoaST members hit the top twenty green businesses in the UK...and two in the top ten! YAHOO!!!!!!

mcs pocket good fish guide

What it says. The fool-proof guide to getting into a Good Fish Habit.

marine art sonia

"We knew what the world looked like

before we knew what the whale looked like"

Philip Hoare

green edge training

CoaST is fully certified and has it own stifferkits to deliver the Green Edge training on behalf of Welcome to Excellence.

giving the (green) finger

Futerra, our particularly splendid comms experts mates in London, inspired us to do this...

passing it on

It's good to share...Andy Brelsford is all over it...

rachel challenges treliske

Ambassador Rachel Hood spent some time in hospital recently..and has some questions about their waste management...

pollaughan farm passes it on

...going home after the CoaST event full of passion and ideas, Valerie struck up conversation with one of her guests..