The life coaching industry in Britain could be set to get a boost according to a report in the Daily Telegraph.

According to a Telegraph source the current government is planning to give pregnant women and girls under 21 “several years” of one to one life coaching. This will be delivered by nurse practitioners via a reformed health visitor network. The plan follows a trial in some 60 areas of the country that found specialised coaching had significant positive benefits for young mothers.

There are, of course, arguments that this is the sort of thing that young people should get anyway from family, friends and society in general. However the reality is that many don’t so such a scheme has definite potential.

The 2010 Motivation Show in Chicago has announced a slew of initiatives to help it go green and reduce its carbon footprint.

The most obvious change is the choice of location: the McCormick Place West building which has received LEED Certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) from the U.S. Green Build Council. However there are other changes, in particular to reduce the amount of paper products usually generated by trade shows.

For a start all exhibitor material will be distributed online and online forms will be used for exhibitor data collection. For show attendees the most visible change is that they’ll no longer be mailed a badge. Instead they’ll be sent an email confirmation of booking which includes a barcode. They to print this out and on arrival it’s scanned and they’re given an RFID badge.

Behind the scenes the Motivation Show is working with its general services contractor GES on initiatives such as recyclable carpet padding, energy efficient lighting and biodegradable trash bags.

Putting aside the possible privacy issues over RFID name badges it sounds like a very positive green move for the show.