The government has said that British schools must become more “carbon neutral” by 2020. To start with they will encourage children to walk to school to reduce pollution, try to reduce water and energy consumption in schools, and fit some English schools with solar panels and wind turbines. They would also like to have school meals made on site to reduce transport use.
You can read the full story at BBC News.
Read about how one school has gone green with a wind turbine.
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At last, a commercial vehicle that can carry two tonnes up to one hundred miles at fifty miles an hour with zero emissions. These quiet, pollution free Modec vans have been launched in the UK and are a sound choice for businesses, with zero congestion charges, zero road tax and zero operator licence requirements, all adding up to big savings over the life of the vehicle.
…possibly the greatest leap forward in commercial vehicles since the internal combustion engine.
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If you are an environmentally conscious traveller, this list of five eco-friendly accommodation establishments from The Guardian will help you on your way.
1 Spain
Explore Andaluci?a’s pueblos blancos from Los Castanos near Ronda whichtrains local women in hotel management. From €100 per night B&B. 0034 9521 80778, loscastanos.com.
2 UK
There’s Moet in the vending machines, movies on demand and 4,000 free digital music tracks to sample at The Zetter in Clerkenwell, London, which has its own borehole, saving on water, and where all timbers are recycled and all paints are eco-friendly. From £130 a room. 020-7324 4444, thezetter.com.
3 Italy
All rooms at the Feng-Shui-designed Villa Casanova in Venice are made with natural materials; cork, slaked lime, travertinomarbles and oil-polished wooden floors.Until the end of June, three nights in the four-poster Romantic room costs €360 with breakfast and a bottle of wine. casanovavenice.com, 0039 4 1526 2857.
4 Denmark
Hotel Alexandra is one of Copenhagen’s five designer hotels yet the only one to been given the country’s “green key” award for its eco-friendly facilities. From €195 per double. 0045 3374 4444, hotel-alexandra.dk.
5 Switzerland
Ayurvedic and shiatsu therapies complement the chic alpine ambience at Hotel Fidazerhof in the Swiss Alps. From Sfr110 per room. 0041 81 911 3503, fidazerhof.ch.
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