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Rob Veck stars on Act on CO2 Facebook
Rob Veck of the Colden Common Greening Campaign explains what promped him to give up a well-paid career at IBM to concentrate on climate change at http://www.facebook.com/notes/act-on-co2/greening-colden-common-and-rob-vecks-three-levels-of-carbon-reduction/377572867462
Posted Tue, 2010-03-09 10:07
Fulflood OpenGreenhouse a Great Success
On the weekend of 27/28 February 2010, the normally peaceful streets of Fulflood were bustling with people moving from house to house to find out how their neighbours saved money and fuel, and reduced their carbon footprint. Altogether there were just under two hundred visits to eight open homes.
Posted Mon, 2010-03-08 19:08
Winchester leads the way towards a low carbon society
Major organisations in the Winchester District have pledged to reduce their carbon footprints in a pioneering local declaration on climate change.
Winchester District Strategic Partnership (WDSP) has been working with Winchester Action on Climate Change (WinACC) on 20:12, the campaign to cut the carbon footprint of Winchester by 20% by the end of 2012.
The first wave of organisations to sign up include the University of Winchester, Winchester Area Community Action, Winchester City Council and Winchester College. Winchester and Eastleigh HealthCare Trust is already working to a NHS scheme for carbon footprint reduction, but as a local public service organisation it has the same goals as the Winchester Declaration and has also signed. Since the launch, DC Leisure has also signed up. DC Leisure is the Council's partner which runs the River Park Leisure Centre.
The first wave of organisations to sign up include the University of Winchester, Winchester Area Community Action, Winchester City Council and Winchester College. Winchester and Eastleigh HealthCare Trust is already working to a NHS scheme for carbon footprint reduction, but as a local public service organisation it has the same goals as the Winchester Declaration and has also signed. Since the launch, DC Leisure has also signed up. DC Leisure is the Council's partner which runs the River Park Leisure Centre.
The Winchester Declaration on Climate Change gives organisations of all types, including businesses, charities and the public sector, the opportunity to pledge to reduce their carbon emissions by 20% between 2009 and 2012. For more information about climate change, how you can make changes, or to pledge to reduce your emissions, click HERE.
Posted Fri, 2010-03-05 14:54
Insulate your roof and save your snow from melting
The snowy weather is good for spotting who's insulated the roof - see the contrast between neigbouring roofs in our pictures of Winchester on 6 January. If you still haven't got round to topping up your roof insulation, the Energy Saving Trust explains what to do and how to get a grant.
In case you're wondering: insulating the roof means that the heat stays indoors, instead of leaking out and melting the snow.
Posted Sun, 2010-02-28 13:20
Government support for electric vehicles
A new £5000 Plug-in Car Grant will be distributed directly to the consumer at the point of purchase and will be available across the UK from January 2011. To support this, the Government will roll out a £30m trial network of electric vehicle charging points, called Plugged in Places.
Posted Thu, 2010-02-25 23:18
Government pays you for renewable energy
Households and communities who install generating technologies such as small wind turbines and solar panels will from April be entitled to claim payments for the low carbon electricity they produce. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband announced the feed-in tariff (FITs) levels on 1 February 2010.
The tariff, which is available from April 2010, will be administered by Ofgem and energy suppliers will be responsible for paying the reward to their customers.
Posted Wed, 2010-02-24 11:25
Palm Oil on Panorama tonight
Panorama |(the BBC documentary programme) is Dying for a Biscuit about some of the issues surrounding Palm Oil production - BBC One 22 February 2010 20:30. See the website for more details at:
Posted Mon, 2010-02-22 12:52
Draft economic strategy for Winchester district - consultation
Winchester City Council wants your comments on the draft economic strategy for Winchester - see press release. Please give any comments or feedback by completing the online survey, emailing
Posted Wed, 2010-02-10 15:48
Higher education commits to reducing carbon emissions
A new strategy published 28 Jan 2010 sets out the key role universities and colleges will play in tackling climate change.
Posted Wed, 2010-02-03 18:36
Lobby Ed Miliband
Thank you to everyone who took action during the Copenhagen climate talks in December. Our job now is to make it impossible for politicians to ignore the urgent need for action. Friends of the Earth invites you to ask your MP to tell Ed Miliband to show leadership, and not to settle for the weak accord that came out of the Copenhagen talks.
Posted Tue, 2010-02-02 10:19
