Whats the cleanest way to keep fit?
Despite my pious ethical exterior, I’m not impervious to the delights of the odd celebrity spa story, such as Kate Moss’s recent ‘body overhaul’ at a reputed £30,000. But forget the money, my concern is Kate’s environmental footprint: there’s the air miles (to the Maldives), water consumption of spa treatments and excessive use of hairdryers to be considered. Almost enough concerns, in fact, to send me fleeing to a similar restorative sanctuary, something I can now do with relative eco equanimity at the UK’s first eco spa, the Titanic (titanicspa.com). Running on CHP (combined heat and power) and photovoltaic panels, this is one breakthrough in a disappointing sector. Out of the major fitness groups, none has environmental policies that go much further than stating the bleeding obvious. Some even fail on that score – Fitness First said they could provide me with their environmental policy in about a month’s time (ie when they’d got round to writing one), but that they’ll look at energy
