From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Green is the New Black at New York Fashion Week

February 22, 2010

Last Thursday marked the end of New York City Fashion Week, which brought together the world’s best designers and brands to showcase the coming trends in Autumn and Winter clothing. Winter Fashion Week 2010 had all the usual hallmarks: big names in design like Vera Wang, Stella McCartney and Jil Sander. But one aspect of [...]

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British Airways Plans Europe’s First Green Jet Fuel Plant

February 18, 2010

British Airways is planning to establish Europe’s first green jet fuel plant that would turn rubbish into carbon-neutral aviation fuel by the year 2014. According to the Independent, British Airways would establish the plant, in collaboration with the US bioenergy company Solena. When it is up and running in 2014, the factory will turn 500,000 [...]

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New Hybrid Honda CR-Z To Make Debut At Geneva Motor Show

February 12, 2010

Perpetual innovators Honda plan to show off their all new hybrid car, the CR-Z at next months Geneva motor show. Honda hope that their new model will shake off the stigma that has been attached to hybrid cars of them being somehwhat dull, ugly and sluggish. From the photos of the CR-Z that have been [...]

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Government To Spend £60m On New Eco-Towns

February 10, 2010

LONDON, UK – The British government has announced plans to spend almost £60 million to build four carbon-neutral towns in England. The so-called eco-towns were chosen from a list of 12 finalists. They are St. Austell in Cornwall, Whitehill-Bordon in Hampshire, North West Bicester in Oxfordshire and Rackheath in Norfolk. The money will be used [...]

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We’ve Moved!

February 8, 2010

Hi, Welcome to our new blog. This blog is the number one place to keep up to date with all the major news – good and bad – about stuff that could affect our environment. So please subscribe to our feed and feel free to speak your mind in the comments section about any of [...]

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Tesco Opens World’s First Zero Carbon Supermarket

February 3, 2010

The UK’s biggest supermarket chain, Tesco this week opened what it claimed to be the first zero carbon supermarket in the world. The new store is the first step on the ladder in Tesco’s bid to be a carbon neutral company by 2050. The shop, which has been opened in the town of Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, [...]

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IPL Reveals Plans for Carbon Neutral Cricket

February 2, 2010

The Indian Premier League has teamed up with the United Nations Environment Programme to commit the league to carbon off-setting and greener practices. The 2010 Indian Premier League will start on 12th March, when the new climate-friendly programme will commence. Achim Steiner, the UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNEP, said: “Together the IPL and [...]

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