My 5 minutes with Gordon Brown (plus Energy Saving Week, communities and more)

Yep, that's me to the Prime Minister's left yesterday. I'll blog about the experience in full soon via my new day job SmartPlanet, but the long-and-short is that it was a great experience. I was there with seven other people -- plus MP Joan Ruddock -- representing energy-saving communities around the UK. In a ridiculously flattering gesture, the Energy Saving Trust invited me to Downing Street to represent online green communities, so if you're a Brit and write a green blog, post in eco forums or joined a green group on Facebook, I owe you a big thank you. Incidentally, today is 'digital day' of Energy Saving Week, so if you're chatting with mates online, spread some of these tips. In the photo, from left to r ight: Joy Greasley (WI) Kai Boschman DSGI (DIXONS),Rachel Bradley B&Q, Philip Selwood CEO Energy Saving Trust, Adam Vaughan environmental journalist,PM,Joan Ruddock,Dr Martin Blake Royal Mail,Andrew Fisk Proctor and Gamble,David Shreeve C of E.

Comments

[Chessia]

Hey, this is so cool! You are a stud. I am working to get the US to create some energy standards as well. Not sure if you knew this, but the US Congress is debating a monumental energy bill that, if passed in its entirety, would create a standard of 35 mpg by 2020 and a standard of 15% renewable energy by 2020. Its not the most ambitious bill in the whole world by any means, but it could really get the US on the right track in terms of energy consumption. Even though it is conservative by many standards, the US is so set in its polluting ways that it still might not get passed! If you would like to support the bill click on http://www.energybill2007.org and sign the petition to let our representatives know how much we believe in it!

[Jason]

Green, ethical, and sexy - that's hard to top.