I was reading the news, and came across an article saying that giant supermarket Tesco are starting to trial carbon labels. The footprint label has been devised by Carbon Trust which is also working with other companies. Labels show how many grams of carbon dioxide each product emits.
Carbon Trust was set up in [...]
Today I came across a website with plenty of information on UK Mortgages. The interesting aspect of this website is that it has a news section, whereby news items related to mortgages and lending as well as other financial news are listed in this section.
An interesting news article which I read in this section is [...]
This morning, whilst reading The Guardian, I came across this article outlining a new project related to the environment. Basically it is about a £5bn solar power plan. The aim is to build a number of giant solar power stations along the Mediterranean desert shores of northern Africa and the Middle East, where generators fitted [...]
0 commentsI frequently post articles and links related to the environment. Here’s an initiative which I just heard about.
Twenty teams have been selected by the US Department of Energy and these teams, which are selected from colleges and universities worldwide, have competed in what is called the 2007 BP Solar Decathlon. This is a solar competition [...]
I just discovered that in the UK (in this case London) you can find allotments where you can rent a space and use it as your garden, known as allotment gardens.
Didn’t know that such a concept existed.
Did you know about it?
Here’s what I discovered after reading Camden Kiwi’s post here
Camden Council are organising a swapshop, which is an event where they are inviting people from the area to exchange their unwanted items for things they really need. This event, known as “Give and Take”, is being organised as a way to reduce waste.
“Give and Take” [...]
Brighton is set to become the first city in Britain to ban stores from giving out plastic bags to their customers. This initiative is being put forward to encourage the use of eco-friendly reusable bags; thus safeguarding the environment.
According to this article, annually, an estimated 17.5 billion plastics bags are given away nationally by supermarkets [...]
I just realised that today is Blog Action Day.
On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind - the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic. Our aim is to get everyone talking towards a [...]
According to an article I was reading this afternoon on The Business Week website, Wal-Mart has launched an initiative, in partnership with the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which is a non profit organisation whose aim is to create a relationship between shareholders and corporations regarding the implications for shareholder value and commercial operations presented by [...]
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