Posted on July 27th 2008
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King has told the Observer newspaper that whilst plastic bags were ‘inconic’ in the fight against waste is the disposable society, they were not top of his green agenda. Justin King told the newspaper that” plastic bags are inconic, I accept that” but added “but they are iconic, not material. In […]
Posted on July 26th 2008
One of Britain’s most windswept schools has taken advantage of its position on an exposed Cornish headland to reduce its electricity bills by up to 90 per cent. The Times (Friday July 25th) reports that Gorran School, near St Austell, has attracted £55,000 in grants to install a 50ft (15m) wind turbine in a corner of […]
Posted on June 30th 2008
Each week millions upon millions of exuberant human beings head out of their houses and into nightclubs to expend large amounts of energy on the dance-floor. Mobilising vast social groups each and every week clubbing remains one of the few areas of society untouched by the green message. All this is about to change as […]
Posted on June 23rd 2008
John Vidal, environment editor The Guardian, Saturday June 21, 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/21/renewableenergy.carbonemissions
Revealed: UK’s blueprint for a green revolution· Massive increase in wind power planned
· One in four homes to have solar heating
· Owners may be forced to insulate homes
3,500 turbines would be built across the UK in the next 12 years under the government’s renewable energy […]
Posted on June 20th 2008
The Times, Friday June 20th 2008. Ben Webster, Transport Correspondent
£100m city hubs plan for cyclists to get Britain on two wheels
Disappearing into a broom cupboard with a sweaty red face and wearing Lycra shorts, only to reappear moments later in a suit, but still with a sweaty red face, is a daily ritual for many […]
Posted on April 21st 2008
We’re delighted to learn that Julie’s Bicycle has been short-listed for NESTA’s Big Green Challenge £1m prize fund. Competitors were asked to develop and implement new approaches that will lead towards a 60% reduction of CO2 emissions in their communities. Julie’s Bicycle’s bid is being developed in partnership with The MCPS-PRS Alliance, Pyroradio.com, […]
Posted on February 12th 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - London will adopt a bicycle hire scheme similar to a popular initiative in Paris under a $1 billion (513 million pound) cycling investment package announced by the mayor on Monday.
Under the plan, part of a series of environmental measures due in coming days, 6,000 bicycles will be available for hire from ranks […]
Posted on December 7th 2007
Join people all around the world to demand that world leaders take the urgent action we need to prevent the catastrophic destabilisation of global climate. The National Demo in London will be one of many demonstrations on climate taking place all around the world on the same day ( see here <http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org/> ), midway through […]
Posted on November 25th 2007
The National Audit Office publishes a report on the work of the Carbon Trust. It finds that organisations could achieve greater reductions in carbon emissions, as less than 40 per cent of the carbon savings identified by the Carbon Trust between 2003 and 2006 have so far been implemented. Auditor general Sir John Bourn said: […]
Posted on November 9th 2007
THE BIODIESEL ‘TIME BOMB’Indonesia has responded to the West’s demand for cheap vegetable oil - a bio-diesel fuel - by rapidly increasing production. But as palm oil plantations replace virgin rain forest, peat swamp forests and traditional agriculture, the true environmental cost of the changes is becoming clear. Greenpeace has joisted a report pointing […]