That’s a lot of sandbags. This is straight from the government: Environment Secretary Hilary Benn today announced £500,000 will fund “up to two pilot projects” that will explore how land management can reduce the risk of flooding. Land management practices can play a vital role in managing flood
On the other hand, it looks like the price of commodities and climate change will take priority at the G8. The two go hand in hand now – especially now that biofuel has officially been linked to the fall in food supplies. Although that was pretty obvious to us…What about
Just read this by the FT’s lovely Fiona Harvey: “Poor sanitation is the biggest killer of children in the world but its effect has been underestimated and the issue looks set to be ignored by the Group of Eight this week, according to a new analysis. “A report published
Get your thinking caps on. There’s cash up for grabs for alternative energy and eco-innovation ideas. Who, how where, what, why, which and when? Here: Nobel Laureate Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri and Masdar CEO, Dr. Sultan Al Jaber today announced the official call for submissions for the Zayed Future
Trade unions are moving onto green turf as folk working in electrical engineering, electronics and IT are asking for executives’ pay to be linked to hitting environmental targets. The union Unite has published a report entitled ‘How Green Is My Workplace?’, which guides on how union representatives can raise awareness
You’ve got to love the Japanese response to their Prime Minister, Yasuo Fukuda. On the 9th of June Mr Fukuda called for a tenfold increase in solar power by 2020. Within a month Showa Shell Sekiyu, the Japanese subsidiary of Shell and the country’s fifth-largest oil refiner, announced
It’s all green of late with the telcos. The past 24 hours has seen a hub of activity from Ericsson and Telstra. First, Digicel and Ericsson have teamed up to place a solar powered GSM base station in a remote area of Surniname, increasing the network coverage to South
Growing up with a parent that worked on an old RAF airfield, Greenbang always loved air shows when young. The Red Arrows always brought a smile to her face. Sadly, she’s no longer eight and has grown an ounce of cynicism towards them and declined the tickets to Cranfield
Why do you choose a bank account, or a mortgage for that matter? Greenbang’s guessing that a bank’s reputation features a little and very few people would use a bank entitled Evil, Destructive and Violent but in reality, it goes down to the interest rates? If nothing else,
When Greenbang was on the university rowing squad she always looked enviously at universities such as Harvard or Princeton. The clubs at these prestigious universities always had a waiting list for alumni to buy brand new racing boats. Meanwhile, she was stuck in a 25 year old shell and repeatedly
The New York Times and the Guardian have both reported that the US’ Bureau of Land Management’s decision to temporarily halt all new solar development on public land in six western states is being lifted. With so many concerns from the solar industry and members of Congress that the
Do you like the advert riddled tack fest that is Piccadilly Circus or Time Square? Yes, they’re iconic. Yes, they’ve appeared in several films. But they are a bit ugly. I may only feel this because the American’s do the lit up bill boards better than us
