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Pete Smith @ April 22, 2008 # 5 Comments
A solution to inner city living?
How might you meet the demand for ‘grow-your-own’ within dense urban areas where available land is scarce? What-if: projects together with local residents of an inner city housing estate in Shoreditch have come up with a novel solution: grow your greens in a bag.
A formerly inaccessible and run-down [...]
Pete Smith @ January 9, 2008 # No Comment Yet
If you’re one of those people who’s prone to lightbulb moments, when a bright idea pops into your head when you least expect it, your time has come. NESTA, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, has launched the Big Green Challenge, a nationwide competition to come up with innovative ways of reducing [...]
Pete Smith @ November 23, 2007 # 5 Comments
A new community-owned hydro power project has launched a share offer today. Torrs Hydro New Mills Ltd plans to install new hydro-electric technology in the 200 year old weir at the Torrs in New Mills, Derbyshire. The company, a joint venture between Water Power Enterprises and High Peak Friends of the Earth, is an ‘Industrial [...]
Pete Smith @ October 9, 2007 # 4 Comments
My colleague Matt has recently spoken out against the doom ‘n’ gloom merchants: “Try smiling. Think positive. Get positive. Make changes. Get involved.” Five years, that’s all we’ve got …
It’s true that for every disaster that might befall us, there’s a group taking an almost pornographic delight in talking about it as if it’s inevitable. [...]
Pete Smith @ September 10, 2007 # 3 Comments
September 14-16: Clean Up the World Weekend 2007
Clean Up the World Weekend is an annual campaign supported by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The campaign encourages individuals and communities to clean up, repair and conserve the environment. Organizers estimate 35 million people from more than 120 countries will take part, in activities ranging [...]
Pete Smith @ September 3, 2007 # 4 Comments
The Landmatters Co-op, an eco-settlement in South Devon, has won its appeal against an enforcement notice served by the local district council after retrospective planning permission had been refused.
Members of the co-op moved to the 42 acre site near Allaleigh, ten miles from Totnes, two years ago. The community of ten adults and three children [...]
Pete Smith @ July 18, 2007 # One Comment
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Pete Smith @ June 16, 2007 # 19 Comments
Recently, The Coffee House has given coverage to Cool Earth, the fundraising initiative to protect the Amazon rainforest (”Cool Earth-revisited“) . While acknowledging the value of the biodiversity within the rainforest, the prime driver for this project is its function as a carbon sink. For between £70 and £100, depending on location, you can ‘buy’ [...]