Portugal Verde

This weekend saw the Portugal Verde exhibition at the Cordoaria Nacional in Belém, Lisbon.

Unfortunately, I can find little positive to say about it. The location is bad - badly signposted, cold and dark. The exhibitors had very little to offer - mostly big corporate names showing off their green credentials, such as Refer, Delta Cafés, the Port of Lisbon, ANA Airports.

The offer of green goods was also rather weak - Junkers and Vulcano only had solar panels for water heating, which have been around for years. Honda was there, of course, though it's hybrids are hardly emissions champions, if you look at the new car emissions tables.

I liked the big exhibition of recycled materials for contruction from Matrec and the environmentally friendly house sponsored by Philips. It's a shame the rest was so feeble, including its website.