Cycle Diaries
- 28thJan 2009
New one day course promotes live event green skills
European festivals organisation Yourope, Bucks New University and environmental campaign groupwww.agreenerfestival.com have lauched a new certificate in sustainable event management.The course aims to meet a growing demand by festival and event organi
Read more - 26thJan 2009
Hospitals drop meat from menus to cut emissions as the UK looks to a low carbon future
Meat free menus will be promoted within NHS hospitals in a bid to radically reduce the health sector's greenhouse gas emissions. The NHS's emissions in 2004 were 18.6 million tonnes of CO2 and rising -putting the NHS as the world's 81st biggest polluter -
Read more - 24thJan 2009
Green Sky Thinking
Sky TV is hoping to promote environmental good practice to it's customers, as well reduceits owngreenouse gas emissions from it television activities. The satellite broadcaster is planning to upgrade set top boxes so they will automatically go into standb
Read more - 24thJan 2009
The Sea doesn't want the CO2
Japanese and Russian scientists have discovered that the Sea of Japan is absorbing significantly less CO2 than it was a decade ago. Professor Kitack Lee from Pohang University of Science and Technology said that "the increase in atmospheric temperature du
Read more - 21stJan 2009
Observer's 20 Big Green Ideas
The Observer have launched their Ethical Awards 2009 (see www.observer.co.uk/ethicalawards) and this year there are four categories the public can vote for in addition to the judged categories. The public vote categories are Best Local Retailer, Best Onli
Read more - 19thJan 2009
Hoon banned from Latitude for plane stupid Heathrow announcement
Geoff Hoon MP, Secretary of State for Transport, has been banned from attending the 2009 Latitude festival after Melvin Benn,MD of organisers Festival Republic said that Hoon was banned because he believed the MP's stance on the forthcoming new runway a
Read more - 18thJan 2009
Recycle that unused mobile
One positive thing we can all do is RECYCLE old mobiles: A new survey from www.fonebank.com , a trade in website, found only 20% of UK consumers recycle mobiles with 28% putting them into a drawer and 23% throwing them away (most people probaly do both ov
Read more - 18thJan 2009
Mail's bulb switch leaves us incandescent!
AsNasa scientistJim Hansen warns that the Obama administration has just four years to turn around climate change, The Daily Mail has decided to give away traditional incandescent light bulbs just a year after a high profile campaign promoting new ener
Read more - 15thJan 2009
Alison Tickell to interview Geoff Ellis at the Event Show
Julies Bicycle Director Al Tickell will be interviewing T-in-the-Park organiser Geoff Ellis at the Event Show this year between 14.00 and 15.00 on Thursday 22nd October. T-in-the-Park, a winner of both Yourope's Greenn Clean Award and The Greener Festival
Read more - 13thJan 2009
UK Government's muddle means more missed opportunites
Posted by Ben I was almost cheered whenthe new position ofSecretary of State for Energy was created and then Ed Miliband was appointed, but it doesnt seem to have done much to stem the Government's ongoing muddled approach to the problemsclimate change
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