This week is Energy Saving Week – there are lots of resoruces available on the Energy Saving Trust website, including a free online home energy check, which could save you up to £250 a year on your bills: Free home energy check. The whole site is a wealth of information on energy saving for your [...]
The Transition Network reports that a recent survey of allotment waiting lists in England has found that the average waiting list has increased from 49 to 59 people waiting per 100 plots (a 20% increase) and there is no sign that the increase in demand for allotments is slowing down. An Early Day Motion has been [...]
You’ve no doubt heard all the jokes about blue and yellow making green. But just what will the new coalition government mean for the environment and climate change?
Eco-congregation is an Award scheme that recognises and encourages churches which are taking our God given mandate to care for creation seriously and are doing something about it. Could your church apply for the award?
Manage, don’t mow your churchyard and give space to endangered plant species. That is the message from Shrinking the Footprint, the CofE’s national environmental campaign, which has signed up to the United Nations’ International Year of Biodiversity (IYB). In many urban areas the churchyard is often the only ‘green lung’ for the community and the [...]
If you can’t cover your travelling entirely by public transport, cycle or on foot, you still don’t need to own a car: join a car club instead! Members get access to a fleet of cars parked in designated bays in local streets without any of the hassle or cost of ownership. Once a member, you [...]
Yesterday there was some MASSIVELY good news announced. Ed Miliband produced an incentive for householders to embrace green living, making it affordable to turn off the gas and oil and switch to solar and wind energy. It is called the Renewable Heat Incentive and is a world first. The details are here. I have been [...]
