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2010 World Cup and 2012 Olympics Face Environmental Challenges

June 7, 2010

Two of the world’s largest sporting events — the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa which starts this week, and the 2012 Olympics in London — are facing environmental challenges particularly as they try to offset millions of tons of CO2 emissions, largely due to travel. The 2010 FIFA World Cup is expected to [...]

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Scientists Turn Algae Into Carbon Neutral Fuel

May 11, 2010

Heating and squishing microalgae in a pressure cooker may be a new and quicker method for producing bio-oil from the organism. Researchers from the University of Michigan say that the new method of processing the fuel source ‘can fast-forward the crude-oil-making process from millennia to minutes.’ University of Michigan professors are working to understand and [...]

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Puma to Become the World’s First Carbon Neutral Sportswear Company

April 26, 2010

The world’s third largest sportswear retailer, Puma, announced yesterday at ‘The Business for the Environment Summit’ held in Seoul, South Korea, that it plans to become the first carbon neutral company in their industry. ‘To be the first carbon neutral company is the next logical step in our mission to become the most desirable and [...]

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Let Us Plant a Tree for You for Earth Day

April 22, 2010

If you didn’t know already, you now have no excuses – today is ‘Earth Day’. Earth Day was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson on April 22nd 1970, making today the 40th anniversary of the very first Earth Day. The aim of Earth Day is to raise awareness of the environment, and to try and [...]

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‘Green Army’ to Stage World’s First Carbon Neutral Football Match

April 9, 2010

Plymouth Argyle – known as the ‘Green Army’ to their fans, or anybody who has seen the recent Aviva ads starring Paul Whitehouse – have today announced their plans to stage the world’s first ever carbon neutral football match. The Devon club have chosen their match against Newcastle United on 19th April to be the [...]

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East Midlands Airport to Grow Their Own Biofuel

March 30, 2010

Just over an hour down the road from us here at Doncaster Robin Hood Airport is East Midlands Airport – and they have just given a clear indication of their plans to become a carbon neutral airport by planting their very own willow farm. The willow farm will span 26 hectares – the equivalent of [...]

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US Start-Up Announce Plans for Carbon Neutral Cement

March 22, 2010

Follwing on from our story last year about professor Pal Mangat’s development of carbon neutral cement, a start-up company based in the US says it has found a way to capture the carbon dioxide emissions from coal and gas power plants and lock them into cement. Calera is trying to capture carbon in the production [...]

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The Green Weblog is Now Officially Carbon Neutral!!

March 15, 2010

Seeing as though this blog is written by us guys down at Ixpo – who manufacture carbon neutral products – it felt a bit hypocritical that the blog wasn’t officially carbon neutral. But that has changed now, after we decided to start the ‘Carbon Positive Blog’ initiative. Basically, what we at Ixpo are going to [...]

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Marks & Spencer Aims for 100% ‘Eco / Ethical’ Product Porfolio by 2020

March 1, 2010

One of the UK’s biggest retailers, Marks & Spencer are to step up their efforts to sell only products that have at least one ‘eco-friendly’ or ‘ethical’ attribute. The retailer has planned for half of their products to meet this standard by 2015, and by 2020 M&S aims to have that figure at 100%. To [...]

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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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