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• The Co-operative’s Clean Energy Revolution

  

  The Co-operative have launched yet another fantastic campaign – this time calling for a Clean Energy Revolution! Did you know that 7 out of 10 people would... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• The Story of Stuff Movie

  You must watch this great video on The Story of Stuff! From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at hom... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• WWF’s Earth Hour is Coming – Switch off Your Lights for the Future of Our Planet

  WWF’s Earth Hour - 23rd March 2013, 8:30pm Here’s a nice simple concept! WWF’s Earth Hour is a unique annual phenomenon that focuses the world’s attention on ou... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Top Tips for Climate Week at Home

  

  As we continue to celebrate Climate Week, the Climate Week at Home campaign asks you to take some small steps to live more sustainably. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Climate Week in Your Community

  

  Climate Week is a supercharged national occasion that offers an annual renewal of the ambition and confidence to combat climate change. Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Climate Week Energy Switch Challenge 2013

  

  Climate Week – 4th to 10th March 2013 This week at Dorset Energized we are celebrating Climate Week so look out for lots more posts about tackling climate chang... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• FREE Fuel Poverty & Energy Awareness Training in Blandford on 4th March 2013

  

  Dorset Energy Advice Centre (DEAC) and North Dorset District Council (NDDC) are working together to deliver a FREE half day session on Fuel Poverty next Monday... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Spinning Blue Cones Could Be The Solar Panels Of The Future!

  

  A company called V3Solar has announced a brand new solar panel design called the CoolSpin – that it says will make power 34% cheaper than the cheapest existing... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Another Auto Giant Alliance to Market Fuel Cell Cars

  After an apparent loss of interest by the car industry in Fuel Cell powered vehicles, there has suddenly been a flurry of announcements by a number of... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• New ‘Frack Free Dorset’ Action Group

  Our contacts at West Dorset Friends of the Earth have told us about a new community group called Frack Free Dorset which has been set-up to protect the Dorset... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• West Coast Energy Submits Plans for 9 Wind Turbines in West Dorset

  West Coast Energy told us that last week their plans for nine wind turbines for the West Dorset Wind Farm have been formally submitted. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• North Dorset Renewable Energy Exhibition – A Great Success

  On Saturday the 16th of February 2013 I went with a friend to the Sturminster Newton Renewable Energy Exhibition and Forum and I’m glad I went! Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• This Weekend’s Sturminster Newton Renewable Energy Exhibition & Forum – 16th...

  We just want to remind you of the Renewable Energy Exhibition THIS weekend, which has been planned to show off the latest technology from established local... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• 8 out of 10 Brits Prefer Renewable Energy

  According to Sustainable Green – a survey has suggested that 79 per cent of our UK public support renewable energy. Almost four out of five people support the U... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Green Deal Or No Green Deal

  You may have heard on the news about Green Deal – a new scheme for funding a wide range of energy efficiency and renewable energy measures in order to... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• The New EZ-EV Self-Build Electric Car

  

  Here’s something I thought you might find interesting – an American designed self-build Electric Car – it looks like fun! The ETA writes: “Engineer Gary... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• PlanLoCal Green Deal for Community Energy Projects

  The Centre of Sustainable Energy have launched a new resource ‘PlanLoCaL: energy efficiency and community Green Deal’ which is now available on their new... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Windy Weekend (A Report on the Tolpuddle WindFarm Meeting)

  Last weekend was spent gaining a direct insight into the rather polarizing and fractious debate around Wind Turbines in Swanage and Tolpuddle [at the WindFarm... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Test Drive a Nissan LEAF at A.P. Chant’s Renewable Energy Event in Bridport –...

  

  Join the FJ Chalke team at A.P. Chant’s Centre of Renewable Energy, The Core, Bridport Dorset, on Saturday 26th January to learn all about the 100% electric... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Thermal Images; Seeing the Heat

  Earlier in the year we borrowed a thermal imaging camera to view the digester while the heating was being tested. While the amount of gas used to maintain the... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT