It took a generation for ‘green’ to become used in ‘greenwash’ – a comment on how the green agenda has developed across 20 years. I thought I’d look at how green small businesses in our own patch are – or rather how green their names are. Sound and movement of the natural world is captured in ‘Hummingbird’ and ‘Introtweet’. As always, it is good to hear your examples of nature language used in naming businesses or charities. Marcus Barrett is a researcher, writer and teacher of English linguistics and is a director of the Winchester-based educational charity The English Project.