April 2008
Red Sea preservation (26 April 2008)
Egypt's Red Sea has a strong economy based on marine tourism - which brings benefits as well as threats. The UK is starting to follow the lead by extending it's marine conservation areas.
Dubai's hotel CO2 emissions are double Europe's (24 April 2008)
They may have to turn the air conditioning up higher but is there any excuse for Dubai's hotels having double the CO2 emissions of their European equivalents?
A new approach to selling solar panels (23 April 2008)
Last August, David mentioned that Currys were selling solar panels for approx £1000 and that they'd carryout a free home assessment. Well, here's an interesting approach from Sungevity in the states. Unfortunately you have to live in California, so no...
My not so green Red Sea holiday (22 April 2008)
With cheap flights and low cost hotels it's no surprise that we all love our holidays abroad. But all that sun, sea and sand comes at an environmental price.
Low carbon refit (10 April 2008)
A low-carbon refit scheme would help households reduce their energy consumption for a modest fee. But how do you get people interested?
Winchester Action on Climate Change ( 7 April 2008)
Winchester Action on Climate Change (WinACC) aims to drive carbon emissions in the city down 30% in eight years. Their open meeting was informative and useful and I'm keen to get involved.
