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Stop the waste - Telephone Directories
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75 million phonebooks are produced and delivered each year, amounting to an estimated 75,000 tonnes of annual waste, enough to cover Hyde Park twice! Read more
30 Bright Ideas: 30 More Carbon and Money Saving Tips (39,675 lbs of CO2 and £5,500 ($8,280) saved per year)!
Bright IdeasHere are 30 more great tips that have the potential to save you tons of CO2 and cash at the same time!
If an individual did all 30 actions on this list then they would save an average of 39,675 lbs of CO2 each year. That is the equivilant of completely removing 30 cars from the roads in the UK every year (while saving £5,500 ($8,280) in the process)!
1. Double PaneRead more
Battery recycling made easier
Over 600 million batteries are used in Britain each year, an average of 21 per household, but the UK has a poor track record of recycling them. Currently only 3% of domestic (portable) batteries are recycled, with the overwhelmingly majority, 97% entering landfill. Across Europe battery recycling rates are generally much higher. According to 2008 figures from the European Battery Recycling Association, the Read more
What is the Shieling Dryer?
At the TES General Meeting last week the Shieling Dryer was plugged. So what is it and how does it work?
What is the Shieling Dryer?Read more
Sanyo CO2 Eco air source heat pump in operation
This video was taken in early January 2010 and shows a Sanyo CO2 Eco air source heat pump in operation.Read more
Scottish Renewable Electricity
Scottish wind farm mapToday, The Scotsman newspaper reports on a paper submitted to the Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Board that paints a very positive picture of the current and future status of renewable electricity generation capacity in Scotland.
Creative action for Climate Change
We are living in interesting times.
On Saturday, several TES members took to the streets of Glasgow to join the Wave, the biggest ever climate change march and raised awareness about the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions.
Today 56 newspapers from 45 countries took the unprecedented step of talking with one voice through a common editorial to urge the world leaders to take action about climate change. They do so because humanity faces a profound emergency.
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'The Wave' in Glasgow on Saturday 5th December
I've been speaking regularly to people in the local community recently. It's clear that many are aware of the likely implications of climate change, and a surprising number also about peak fossil fuel energy.Read more
Decarbonising Scotland
Decarbonising Scotland
It might sound a bit like an exercise in getting rid of unwanted pests and parasites but this was the topic of an interesting two day workshop programme organised by Strathclyde University on 18th. – 19th. November 2009.