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To carbon offset, or not?

7:06 pm in Climate change, Co2 emissions, Good things to do, Travel by Nigel

Christmas is fast approaching and I am looking back at 2009, at whether I can be more planet friendly, reduce my carbon footprint and be more sustainable in my living. This year I've been pretty good: shopping locally, cutting back on things like meat, walking more, and switching off as much as possible at home and at work. The odd holiday splurge is the one thing that leaves a nasty

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Green Web Awards 2009: get nominating!

3:34 am in Eco bloggers, Good things to do, Green heros, Media, Nigel's Green Web Awards, Nigel's five tips by Nigel

Green Web Awards 2009 We've just launched our second Green Web Awards, celebrating the best green websites, blogs and social media. This year, following some great feedback on this blog, we’ve made the awards a tad more democratic! You asked for it. You'll be deciding. So start nominating!

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It’s Energy Saving Week…

6:46 pm in Co2 emissions, Energy saving tips, Good things to do by Nigel

5 Things It's Energy Saving Week - one of the biggest UK energy awareness campaigns. This year, the theme is Waste. Melting ice caps and polar bears aside, wasting

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10:10 to cut carbon footprint by 10% in 2010

1:39 am in Uncategorized by Nigel



In the run up to the crucial climate change conference in Copenhagen in December, the 10:10 campaign caught my eye.

The brainchild of Franny Armstrong, whose film…

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Wind power coming to the south coast?

11:08 pm in 未分类 by Nigel

wind turbine

Many’s a time I’ve sat on Brighton beach, watching the starlings swoop over the wreck of the West Pier. The view may be about to change though as I hear plans are afoot to develop an offshore wind farm on a large scale.

According to Brighton Council, the coast from Eastbourne going west has been earmarked for wind turbines every kilometer…

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Video conferencing: Green Business Travel

8:42 pm in 未分类 by Nigel

Videoconferencing

Continuing on the green travel theme, if you travel for business to meet clients and suppliers, you could save money and cut carbon emissions by video conferencing instead….

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Join in the Food Harvest

12:34 am in 未分类 by Nigel

There are plans afoot. Real plans aimed at tackling climate change by getting us to become more local. Which means in the future we could all be taking local holidays, growing our own food, and generating our own energy.