Phillip was a full-time GP before entering the UK Parliament as a new MP in the May 2010 election as Member of Parliament for Bracknell. He is a Member of the Energy & Climate Change Select Committee. He is also a Member of the House of Commons Administration Committee. He has been elected Chairman the All [...]
Calling all our supporters!
11 November 2010 by 4 Comments
The sand box room at the BFI and the venue for our Christmas Reception Here’s a brilliant opportunity for 150 of our ColaLife supporters to get together in London: on 1 December at 7pm we will be hosting a Christmas Reception at the British Film Institute in London. As you all know, for the ColaLife [...]
Grand Raffle | Help ColaLife and win FREE nights in top London or Paris Hotels
4 September 2010 by 3 Comments
To celebrate the successful completion of the first day (of eight!) of the ColaLife Participation Ride, The World’s Best Hotels has launched a Grand Raffle with big prizes! All proceeds go to support fieldwork in Africa. Full details of the Grand Raffle are here. Good luck. The MD of The World’s Best Hotels, Nigel Bolding, [...]
The Dream Team | ColaLife Participation Ride 2010
20 July 2010 by 3 Comments
Kiefer, Sam, Andy, Nigel and Simon The dream team has been assembled for the 2010 ColaLife Participation Ride and the members are: Kiefer Scott (17) My name is Kiefer Scott and I live near Scunthorpe in the UK. I am 17 and attend John Leggott College, I am studying Media, English Language and ICT. I [...]
Soft Power and the Honda CR-Z
12 July 2010 by 2 Comments
I didn’t understand the concept of ‘Soft Power’ until a couple of weeks ago, when I was invited to Cambridge Union to speak about ‘Hard vs Soft Power’. Until then, I certainly didn’t think ColaLife had any of either. But apparently we have soft power, and this car is a very obvious manifestation of that. [...]
ColaLife and the UK’s Big Society policy
7 July 2010 by Leave a Comment
ColaLife on the iPad – there were no shortage of gadgets at last night’s Big Society Network event. iPad (and hands) courtesy of David Wilcox. A core theme of the UK Conservatives election manifesto was ‘Big Society’ (see David Cameron’s speech). The basic idea is that government has got too big and that ‘Civil Society’ [...]
Still chance to book to hear the latest on ColaLife
22 June 2010 by 2 Comments
I will be one of two speakers at an event organised by Canvas8 and hosted at the swanky premises of Wieden + Kennedy, the famous advertising agency in London, UK. You can see more details and book here. The event’s on 23 June (Weds) and starts at 6:30pm. See you there?
Event invitation – hear the latest on ColaLife
8 June 2010 by 2 Comments
Here’s a chance to hear the latest on ColaLife for those based in London. I will be one of two speakers at an event organised by Canvas8 and hosted but Wieden + Kennedy, the famous advertising agency. You can see more details and book here. The event’s on 23 June and starts at 6:30pm. See [...]
The Dream Factory Exhibition launches featuring ColaLife
21 May 2010 by 5 Comments
Yesterday evening was very special. More than 400 people came through the preview of The Dream Factory Exhibition and Workshops at The Dray Walk Gallery, Brick Lane, London. The exhibition featured the work of ‘Cultural Engineers‘. The interest in ColaLife was huge and inspiring. Those of us staffing the ColaLife exhibit had very tired voices by [...]
Introducing the Sola Cola Coola (aka the NERRF Project)
11 May 2010 by 3 Comments
Image credits: Excelente International Refrigeration One of the joys of running ColaLife is the great emails and pictures you get. This one came from Excelente International Refrigeration in Mexico. Here it is with my reply (reproduced with permission). I’d love to ride one of these on the sponsored bike ride I am planning for the [...]
