STEPNELL SECURES £26M REFINANCING FOR TWO LARGE-SCALE SOLAR PARKS – Contractor repaid after funding construction of 5MW solar PV parks in the Midlands – Construction and civil engineering company Stepnell, in partnership with photovoltaics specialist services company Wirsol Solar UK, has built 20 per cent of the UK’s capacity in solar parks, and has secured …
LARKFLEET TO CONSTRUCT SUSTAINABLE ‘HEMCRETE’ ACTIVITY ROOM FOR SALVATION ARMY Bourne-based Larkfleet Homes (www.larkfleethomes.co.uk), part of the Larkfleet Group (www.larkfleetgroup.co.uk), is to give The Salvation Army in Bourne some much needed additional space by constructing a new activity room using ‘hemcrete’ and other sustainable building methods. The Salvation Army initially approached Larkfleet to ask whether …
WWF is proud to announce that Ecoverare the official sponsors of this year’s Blue Mile event. Aiming to raise vital funds to help protect the world’s marine and freshwater environments, the Blue Mile is an exciting sponsored activity asking people to cover one mile, either in or next to water. Ecover, who have been producing ecological products …
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Destinations Around the World Ready To Embrace Sustainability as Market Driver Sept. 19-21, 2011 Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference Will Gather Destination Organizations to Strengthen Leadership in Sustainability, Drive Positive Change in the Industry WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 8, 2011 – The organizers of the Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference (ESTC), an annual industry …
Olympic-inspired bra recycling charity challenge! Birmingham’s Olympic-inspired bra recycling charity challenge has recorded a new personal best after 245kg of bras were collected in June. The figure – the most collected in a single month since the scheme launched in August 2010 – was reached thanks to the city council’s recent expansion of the project …
From Green Frogs to Blue Footed Boobies Widness & Wiggins Public Relations is delighted to announce that green travel visionary Irene Lane has asked us to work with her highly innovative company, Greenloons (http://www.greenloons.com/) that guides families to travel experiences managed by certified third-party suppliers engaged in eco- and sustainable tourism. Irene founded Greenloons in …
LED ECO LIGHTS WINS EXCLUSIVE NATIONWIDE CONTRACT WITH PETS CORNER LED Eco Lights has clinched a deal to supply LED lighting in all new and existing Pets Corner stores throughout the UK. The various different types of LED lights specified for the stores are all included in the company’s recently-launched GoodlightTM range. Pets Corner is …
For a decade researchers in Seattle have worked to solve the mystery of why adult coho salmon are dying prematurely in urban streams when they return from the ocean to mate and spawn. In a study published in Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management the team use models to estimate the potential impact of urban land …
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Marine researchers in New Zealand have identified the direct impact of fishing as the largest known human factor in the decline of the endangered native sea lion population. The team’s findings, published in Mammal Review, discount non-human factors, such as disease and identifies resource competition and by-catch incidents as the most likely causes. The New Zealand …
