The bills are in and we're bang on target for project OFF-ON.

Over the past 3 months, we've reduced our electricity consumption by an average of 9%.

January saw the best average reduction of -12%, which we hope to keep up.

So we've now saved almost £700 for Cheryl's Children's Home and lit up almost 1 and a half classrooms.

Our "computers unplugged" campaign is working brilliantly, thanks to the efforts of John Kirkham. The number of computers left plugged in over night/on weekends has dropped from 37 to 5. 

As Tony D says "you've got to break some eggs on the way", and our first eggs to go were the eco kettles. Great for domestic use, but not ideal for 200 avid tea drinkers.

We've replaced them with a temporary alternative, marked with cup quantity measures. They'll be auctioned off for charity once we get our eco friendly wall kettles.

We've also been lucky enough to have Stefana Broadbent and two of her UCL MA tech anthropologists (Brian and Luiz) studying the project.

They've been looking at the bits that are working, the bits that aren't and most importantly, why.

We'll keep you posted on the results over the next couple of weeks.

As some visitors will have noticed, the L Gallery in Wieden + Kennedy's reception (officially London's second smallest exhibition space) was given a romantic make-over at the weekend in time for Valentine’s Day. Where She Went is a specially designed installation for the L Gallery from artists, jewellers and anthropologists, Ingram & Spriggs. On this occasion they have taken their shared interest in ephemera and archival processes to produce a stunning collection of objects and items: the belongings of one elusive ‘Miss Humphries’.

 
 
 
Amateur historians Ingram and Spriggs present a tableau of experience and the wanderings of a female pioneer. Through a cabinet of ambiguous objects, they invite you to join her adrift in the light of the midnight sun. For the more curious among you, hand-bound guides to the exhibition are available at reception.

Ingram and Spriggs welcome commissions for other research and object-based projects, and challenging new environments within which to locate their delicate makings and curious findings. For more information please visit their blog. http://ingramandspriggs.blogspot.com/