Next week, the Hay Festival in Wales kicks off with its usual big name line-up of writers. Andy Fryers, organiser of the festival's special 'Greenprint' initiative, talks about expanding green events and shrinking footprints
… Laura Sevier | 20th May 2010 Activism WasteAndRecycling Transport Car Share Bus Service Hay …
Sundance Renewables in Wales is a pioneering workers' co-operative and social enterprise converting used cooking oil into a low emissions alternative to diesel
… Recycling used cooking oil to power diesel … Wales is a pioneering workers' co-operative and social enterprise converting used cooking … is to ensure that no usable oil goes to wasteand that community-based, …
Are SUVs a crime against civilisation, or paragons of efficiency? Are they ugly, arrogant and antisocial, or bright, beautiful and mobile? And do the polar passions they arouse pit the politics of envy against the Americanisation of British culture? Paul Kingsnorth and Michael Harvey discuss
… Transport Cars Petrol Road Oil Incineration Landfills Community Climate Change … that dares speak its name. And it’s such a waste of time and effort. If you want to save … Aren’t we only learning now the truth about recycling or, for that matter, wind farms? So …
Crude oil may be running out, but Brighton's transport revolution is powering up. Jan Goodey meets Tom Druitt, the driving force behind the Big Lemon Bus
… a day with 47 million journeys a year, and you have one route, five drivers and two … My aim is to make a difference.’ Fuel from waste With that in mind, the buses run on waste vegetable oil courtesy of a growing …
Crude oil may be running out, but Brighton's transport revolution is powering up. Jan Goodey meets Tom Druitt, the driving force behind the Big Lemon Bus
… a day with 47 million journeys a year, and you have one route, five drivers and two … My aim is to make a difference.’ Fuel from waste With that in mind, the buses run on waste vegetable oil courtesy of a growing …
Every summer a team of cyclists set off across Britain stopping along the way to perform an eco-themed play to schools, festivals and communities. Welcome to the Otesha Project...
… an eco-themed play to schools, festivals and communities. Welcome to the Otesha … HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE CASE STUDY: recycling bicycles It’s the greener way to go, … DIFFERENCE CASE STUDY: running a sustainable waste service in Kenya Worldbike is using …
Richmond council has become the first in the country to run its entire vehicle fleet on 100 per cent recycled biodiesel, while Lincolnshire is using the stuff to patch roads
… Councils using chip fat as fuel and road filler Amy Dickson | 5th November … Biofuel Councils Local Authorities Energy WasteAndRecycling Transport biodiesel1.jpg Richmond …
Traveling in the US by boat and train visiting solar laboratories and environmental groups, Keith Barnham found many successful community initiatives in renewable electricity, and brings news of progress towards the ultimate renewable challenge: a solar fuel that could eventually replace gasoline in cars, trucks, buses, trains and aircraft.
… Traveling in the US by boat and train visiting solar laboratories and … Germany in exploiting the AD of farm and food waste. This might reflect the influence of the … that made the original plants grow. Hence recycling it provides a cheap fertilizer that …
With the UK capital struggling to get commuters to work on time following strike action by tube and train drivers this week, JAN GOODEY reports on a project that will bring the first solar-powered electric buses to the public in the Spring
… work on time following strike action by tube and train drivers this week, JAN GOODEY … running all its vehicles on recycled waste cooking oil from local restaurants. … estimates that over half a million tonnes of waste cooking oil has been used and that the …
Lush uses wind-powered sailboat to transport natural cork pots and sustainable ingredients from Portugal to Poole.
… sailboat to transport natural cork pots and sustainable ingredients from Portugal to … of liquid shampoo and represents a zero-waste option in each one daily hair care … message is quite simple: there is no time to waste, we absolutely all have to address the …
Aviation emissions are a major clause of climate change, writes Valerie Brown - yet they remain unregulated. The gap between the best and worst performing airlines demonstrates ample opportunities for improvement - but is the political will there to impose effective regulation?
… remain unregulated. The gap between the best and worst performing airlines demonstrates … to reducing its emissions, but technological and political constraints are hindering rapid … fermented sugars and municipal solid waste. While this type of fuel can, in …
Cars are evil, right? But what if they ran on hydrogen, did 300 miles per gallon, were leased rather than owned, and were produced under an open source business model...
… Hydrogen Electric Car Transport Science And Technology riversimple4.jpg Cars are evil, … the maintenance of the car, the fuel and the recycling of the car at the end of its life. … DIFFERENCE CASE STUDY: running a sustainable waste service in Kenya Worldbike is using …
Far from downsizing, Government transport statistics reveal a trend towards multi-car households and bigger engines as well as more children being driven to school
… Bigger engines, two-car households and school runs on rise The Ecologist | 16th … reveal a trend towards multi-car households and bigger engines as well as more children … to green your school School buildings, food, waste - even the curriculum itself should all …