Colin Firth: Observer Ethical Awards shortlist announced (BLUE & GREEN TOMORROW)

Thursday, May 10th, 2012 By Nicola Hunt

The Observer has drawn up the shortlist for its annual Ethical Awards, celebrating projects, businesses and campaigns that are making sustainability a reality.

Now in its seventh year, the Observer Ethical Awards 2012 shortlist includes celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, campaigner and chef Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, eco-energy company Ecotricity and fruit and veg delivery scheme, Riverford.

The list of nominees was compiled and judged earlier this month by a panel consisting of Colin Firth and his wife Livia Giuggioli, Lily Cole and Ben Fogle, and can be seen in its full glory below.


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COLIN FIRTH MEETS PRINCE CHARLES

Caught & Social: Prince of wools

On-screen royalty encountered the real thing last night as Colin Firth met Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall. Firth, along with Vivienne Westwood and Lily Cole, were among the names at the launch of the Wool Modern exhibition at La Galleria in London. The Prince is the Patron of the Campaign forWool and described where his research had taken him. “I discovered a company that makes woollen coffins,”he told the crowd. “Coffins, ladies and gentlemen, to die for.”