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• London Schools To Go Green and Save Millions

  

  London’s draughty, energy-wasting schools will undergo huge makeovers in order cut carbon emissions and save £32million. Currently, it is thought nearly 80... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Freegle Interview Transcript

  

  The Freegle premise is simple, don’t throw it away – give it away. Freegle encourages and connects people who are looking to give their unwanted goods a new... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Hubcap Creatures Q

  

  PTOLEMY ELRINGTON has been making art from waste for the past twelve years, and has become well known for the Hubcap Creatures he sculpts in his workshop in... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• A Workshop with Satish Kumar

  

  original image source The Guardian SITTING in a crowded room with a figure like Satish Kumar is a strange feeling. Not only is he the Editor in Chief of the... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Solar Panel Prices Set to Drop

  

  RENEWABLE energy experts predict the cost of solar panels will drop a quarter by 2017. A key component of solar PV panels is crystalline-silicon and the... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Indian Food Shortages Solved By Solar Fridges

  

  A BRAND new solar fridge will help save India’s food industry billions of dollars. The SolerCool project will be used to transport and store valuable harvests... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 CHARITY, ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Fossil Fuels Kill Thousands Every Year

  

  TENS OF thousands of people die prematurely every year from pollution from Europe’s power stations. 300 of Europe’s largest coal power station are thought to... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• EU Greenhouse Gas Levels Lower Than 90s

  

  THE LATEST figures from the European Environment Agency (EEA) show EU greenhouse gas emissions in 2011 were 18.4% lower than 1990 levels. The 2011 emissions... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Chairman of Energy and Climate Change Committee Steps Aside

  TIM Yeo has made the decision to step aside from his position as Chairman of the Energy and Climate Change Committee after being embroiled in a lobbying sting. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• The Future Of Energy In The UK - It Could Look Something Like The Low Carbon Hub

  

  The Age Of Community Energy With the price of energy rising at such a merciless rate, what is there to save us but the coming together of energy efficiency,... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• £15million Pot to Fund Local Renewable Projects

  

  A MULTI MILLION pot will offer loans of up to £150,000 to local organisations for community renewable energy projects Not only will the projects supply... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Cheap Chinese Solar Panels Set to Stay

  

  EU MEMBER states have overwhelmingly voted against introducing harsh tariffs on cheap Chinese solar panels which have flooded Europe’s market. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Cheap Chinese Solar Panels To Be Tariffed

  

  THE EUROPEAN Commission has decided unanimously to impose provisional tariffs on solar panels imported from China in order to counter the dumping of these... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Nimby-ism Slashes Renewable Energy Support In Half

  

  THE ATTRACTIVENESS of renewable energy halves as soon as residents think a wind-farm could be built near them. A Department of Energy and Climate Change poll... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• First Solar Powered World Cup Stadium Opens

  

  BRAZIL'S first World Cup solar-powered football stadium has been officially opened, in what looks set to be the greenest World Cup ever. Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Solar Plane Breaks World Record

  

  A PLANE has set the record for the longest solar powered flight. Solar Impulse, the creation of adventurer Bertrand Piccard and former fighter pilot André... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Fraction of UK Households Have Solar Panels

  

  JUST 1.5% of households in the UK have solar panel installations, a new survey has shown. This is a far cry from last year’s pledge from the government that... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Solar Panels Help Ambulances Save Lives

  

  SOLAR panels are helping ambulances save lives by giving life-saving equipment vital extra power. About 36 of the rapid response unit vehicles of the South... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Anger at Moved Solar Feed-in-Tariff Drop Date

  

  Solar traders have expressed anger at the news the amount of money you can earn from solar panels will drop in July, when it was not meant to happen until... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• British Gas: Looking After Our World?

  

  ENERGY COMPANIES urge us to trust their fixed price plans but there’s no guarantee of anything. In some cases it turns out you’re damned if you do and you’re... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT