The Eden Project has been shortlisted for the Living Landmarks Award, and stands to win up to £50-million in National Lottery funding for a new global climate change biome. The planned biome will be called The Edge, and will focus on the challenges of water and energy use in the future. This is a great …
Do you live in New York State? Have you heard about Malachy McCourt, 74-year old author and activist who wants to be the next governor of New York State? If you haven’t, you may want to know that Malachy is part of a slate of candidates nominated by the Green Party. One of Malachys key …
Greenpeace have offered Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) the use of the Rainbow Warrior to transport 100 tonnes of urgent medical and other relief supplies from Cyprus to Beirut. The Rainbow Warrior was already in the Mediterranean and has now docked in Larnaca, Cyprus for loading supplies.
The Environment Agency claims that businesses that adopt green practices are saving UK industry upwards of £5 million every year. And while going green can save £££s, it also serves to enhance reputations with customers and investors, drives innovation and creates markets. In it’s Spotlight on Business report, the Environment Agency looks at what is …
From the ever vigilant news harvesters at The Onion: Bush Grants Self Permission To Grant More Power To Self In a decisive 10 decision Monday, President Bush voted to grant the president the constitutional power to grant himself additional powers. “As president, I strongly believe that my first duty as president is to support and …
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It was back in the 1940’s when dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane, or DDT as it is more commonly known, was labelled a miracle pesticide, and won Swiss chemist Paul Müller a Nobel Prize in Medicine. Now experts are saying that this widely banned pesticide is the best bet to save millions of lives threatened with malaria, a disease …
British electrical retailer Currys has launched an off-the-shelf solar energy product in three of its stores, namely West Thurrock, Fulham and Croydon. The panels, manufactured by Sharp, are priced at £1000 each, making a solar heating system for an average 3-bedroomed family home around the £9000 mark, including installation. A system like this will cut …
Cape Town’s oldest and most famous hotel, The Mount Nelson, is tackling climate change by feeding its restaurant leftovers to thousands of worms in South Africa’s biggest worm farm yet. The hotel has reduced its food waste by 70% and its gardens are enjoying the “worm tea” treats and vermi-compost that the new hotel employees …
The Hayes fire station in West London is the first in the UK to install a wind turbine, which will supply around 8% of the station’s annual electricity needs. The way that the rooftop wind turbine can be connected to the local electricity grid means that each unit of electricity generated from the turbine displaces …