Posted on November 11th 2008
The Conservative party in the UK is calling on consumers to consider using European high-speed train services rather than the plane for holidays on the continent. With the travel industry coming to terms with cimate change (this week’s World Travel Market at Excel in London’s Docklands hosts the Responsible Toursim Conference) the Tories point out that train […]
Posted on November 10th 2008
Posted by Ben
Donald Trump has finally won permission to build a 800 hectare golf resort in Scotland on an ecologically sensitive stetch of special sand dunes overlooking the North Sea. The planned resort, will include two 18 hole championship golf courses, four blocks of 950 timeshare flats, 500 ‘exclusive homes’, 36 villas, a golf academy and homes […]
Posted on November 9th 2008
Its bad news for the green sector as a number of news stories point to a negative fall out from the global credit crunch. Firstly BP has ditched its ‘Beyond Petroleum’ plans at least in the UK, and has scrapped plans for investments in the UK wind sector, preferring instead to focus on renewable energy in […]
Posted on November 7th 2008
By Juliette Jowit in the Observer, 2nd November 2008
Parts of the world may have to be abandoned because severe water shortages will leave them uninhabitable, the United Nations environment chief has warned. Achim Steiner, executive director of the UN Environment Programme, said water shortages caused by over-use of rivers and aquifers were already leading to […]
Posted on November 7th 2008
Buckinghamshire New University, on of Julies Bicycles’ research partners, has teamed up with the not-for-profit charity, Commonwheels, to launch an environmentally-concerned, on-campus car club, which will help reduce carbon emissions and improve transportation options for employees and students. The Bucks New University club is the only car club of its kind in Buckinghamshire, and the University […]
Posted on November 6th 2008
The National Trust is to continue with plans to build 223 homes and flats on greenfield land in the grounds of the Erddig Estate near Wrexham despite local opposition and a challenge from Trust members who recently put forward two resolutions at the Trust’s Annual General Meeting to try and halt the development and bring those behind […]
Posted on November 4th 2008
A leading supermarket chain has been forced to ditch a healthy eating campaign after discovering individual shop staff could be prosecuted for selling ‘ugly’ fruit and vegetables which fail to pass strict EU regulations. Sainsburys had planned to sell knobbly carrots, ‘zombie brain’ cauliflowers and ‘ogre toenail’ cucumbers - and other misshapen fruit and vegetable as a fun […]
Posted on November 4th 2008
From the article by David Budworth in the Times, November 1st 2008
Households keen to cut their energy bills and save the planet are taking matters into their own hands and finding innovative ways to generate their own electricity. That’s the view of David Budworth writing in the Times who points out that giant leaps in technology […]
Posted on November 4th 2008
Here are a list of action points which might help you make some energy reducing lifestyle choices and have a positve impact in the fight against climate change - oh, and most will save you money too.
- Slash your energy bills! Energy used in homes accounts for 25% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the UK. Simple […]
Posted on November 1st 2008
The first ever UK Festivals Conference, which was also supported by Yourope, the European Festivals organisation, was a sell out success and Julies Bicycle director Alison Tickell gave the morning’s keynote speech to a packed house. The standing room only conference on the 30th October preceded the UK Festival Awards and delegates packed into the Gibson Guitar Showrooms in […]