Green Ninjas

Held within Clerkenwell’s dramatic Crypt on the Green, the latest event in our Festival of Sustainability series saw a large audience from within the architecture, design and specification communities learn from green thinkers on a wide range of topics, including how they can deliver more sustainable specifications.

Raising the need for a world of ‘green ninjas’, exploring materials made from old denim and clothing, telling positive stories from our 40 for 40 programme with the World Land Trust and discussing the importance of a sustainable environment for building better communities and improving wellbeing; it was certainly a varied night. Speakers featured Anthony Gray from PLANQ furniture, Dr Aidan Bell of Envirobuild, Dan Bradbury from the World Land Trust and Hannah Lacey of the National Environment Research Council.

This is the third Festival of Sustainability and to see so many people from the industry in attendance was a fantastic thing. Dr Aidan Bell touched on how those that care about the environment are in the minority of the wider public conscious, but that by becoming ‘green ninjas’ they can drive change. Through talking about sustainability in an open and frank way as well as offering a growing number of sustainable tiling choices, we are part of the change being seen across the sector, giving you more opportunity to become a ‘green ninja’ in the specification of tiled surfaces within your project.