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Archive for November, 2007
‘Environment Solutions’ has a new address.
Posted in Africa, Agriculture, Architecture, Blogroll, Brazil, Business, Carbon footprint, Change agents, China, Climate change, Communication, Community Projects, Conservation, EU, Education, Energy, Food, Funding, Gardening, Health, Humour, Implementation, India, Media, Monitoring, Nature, Policy, Politics, Recycle, Reduce, Renewable energy, Reuse, Technology, Transport, UK, United States, Waste, Water, Youth on November 11, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Share your assets; the new ‘green’ revolution.
Posted in Business, Reduce, Reuse, UK, Waste on November 7, 2007 | 4 Comments »
OK, the concept of timeshare has been around for some time but now we are seeing an interesting expansion of this idea into many other assets. Cars, boats, cottages, even planes are coming into the frame.
You save money on the original purchase and maintenance costs and buy into something you may not have been able [...]
Business carbon footprint reduction.
Posted in Business, Carbon footprint, Climate change, Energy, Funding, Implementation, Renewable energy, Technology, UK on November 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »
BT is planning to develop wind farms to generate up to 25 per cent of its existing UK electricity needs by 2016.
The project will cost up to £250m and will use third party funding and renewable energy partners to help the telecoms giant reduce its carbon emissions.
The wind farms could generate a total of 250MW [...]
Harnessing ocean power – example two.
Posted in Business, Energy, Funding, Implementation, Renewable energy, Technology, UK on November 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
More video is available from Ocean Power Delivery Limited of their Pelamis Wave Power system.
The Pelamis is a semi-submerged, articulated structure composed of cylindrical sections linked by hinged joints. The wave-induced motion of these joints is resisted by hydraulic rams, which pump high-pressure oil through hydraulic motors via smoothing accumulators. [...]
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Posted in Communication, Nature, UK on November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Keeping it real.