Groundbreaking work is under way to establish just how big a carbon footprint is created by travel to and from airports.
The three-year study The ABC Project – Airports and Behavioural Change: Towards Environmental Surface Access Travel will receive total EPSRC funding of just under £492,000.
The idea for the study emerged, along with five other airport [...]
Saying goodbye at airports the green way
January 22nd, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: · airport, aviation, Carbon footprint, Climate change, environment, global warming, study, travel
The Tree of Life – The Practical Answer to the Fight Against Global Warming
November 18th, 2009 · No Comments
Climate change campaigners estimate that on average, each personal computer generates two tonnes of carbon every year. Millions of individuals and concerned business people want to find a practical way to reduce their own carbon footprint and contribute something positive to developing countries.
Many climate change campaigners are dismayed at the lack of progress on reaching [...]
Tags: · aid, Carbon footprint, Climate change, computer, offset, olive trees, plant trees, tree, trees
Mayor Nutter Unveils Plan for Making Philadelphia American’s Number One Green City
April 29th, 2009 · No Comments
Mayor Michael A. Nutter and the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability today announced Greenworks Philadelphia, an ambitious, comprehensive framework to make Philadelphia the greenest city in the United States of America by 2015. It sets goals in five areas — energy, environment, equity, economy and engagement — and encompasses more than 150 initiatives. Together, they will [...]
Tags: · Barack Obama, Carbon footprint, environment, Michael Nutter, Non-profit organization, Philadelphia, United States, Van Jones
Shrink Your Footprint
April 9th, 2009 · No Comments
Like fingerprints, every footprint is unique, and that’s equally true for carbon footprints. No two people produce the same amount of harmful carbon output each day, so to significantly reduce our collective emissions it’s important for each of us to understand our own impact on the environment.
Quantifying one’s personal impact is easy, but then what? [...]
Tags: · Bonneville Environmental Foundation, Carbon Cycle, Carbon footprint, Carbon Management, Carbon offset, environment, Greenhouse gas, Renewable energy
Britons want to club together to end waste
April 6th, 2009 · No Comments
Almost seven out of ten people think local communities should work together, reviving the spirit of the war to cut down on waste.
A poll of 1,570 people showed 69 per cent favoured a cooperative approach to managing resources.
The survey, commissioned by the Energy Saving Trust, also revealed that 59 per cent of respondents thought measures [...]
Tags: · Carbon Cycle, Carbon footprint, Chief executive officer, Energy, Energy Saving Trust, environment, Recycling, technology
Forget the Doom and Gloom, Light Tape® Promises a Brighter Future
March 12th, 2009 · No Comments
Light Tape® could reduce CO2 output by 100’s of 1000’s of Tons every year, save millions of pounds worth of electricity, plus it’s the most environmentally friendly lighting product on the planet…. Pity no one knows about it!…. PS: it’s also less expensive to buy, install and maintain than traditional display lighting.
Light Tape® uses less [...]
Tags: · bulb, business, Carbon footprint, Cold Cathode, eco, efficient, electrical, Energy conservation, environment, Incandescent light bulb, light, light tape, lighting, Materials and Supplies, tape
UK supermarkets fare badly in first refrigeration & global warming survey
February 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
BUDGET supermarket Iceland has come bottom in a new survey examining the global warming impact of supermarket in-store fridges and freezers.
The Chilling Facts survey, carried out by London-based campaign group, the Environmental Investigation Agency EIA) asked supermarkets about the global warming impacts of their refrigeration.
Marks & Spencer came top of the league table, mainly [...]
Tags: · aldi, asda, Carbon footprint, Climate change, Coca Cola, Efficient energy use, environment, Environmental Investigation Agency, global warming, lidl, marks and spencers, morrisons, New Green Consumer Guide, safeway, sainsburys, tesco, united kingdom, waitrose
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