UK's carbon footprint far too high, according to WWF
Some parts of the UK are more carbon friendly than others. For instance people living
in Plymouth and Newport are having the least impact on the UK environment while
people in those living in Winchester are having the most, according to a new green
league table of mainland UK cities. According to a World Wildlife Fund
report, the main factors affecting an individual’s ecological footprint are: housing,
transport, food, consumer goods and public and private services. The ecological
footprint is made up of the land and sea area required to feed, provide resources,
produce energy and to absorb their waste and pollution.
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Clean, Eco Friendly. The future is under your feet!
Those who support it see geothermal energy as a near-perfect source
of clean energy with virtually no carbon emissions. The resource is abundant, renewable
and environment friendly. Still, geothermal energy has its own unknowns and limitations.
Experts say that within the next decade, Colorado in the USA is likely to become
the site of electric power plants that use geothermal steam, effectively harnessing
the energy of underground water which gets its heat from the earths core.
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Its that time of year again... Beat the Winter Chills... and reduce
your carbon output!
Every year our national energy consumption rockets as soon as the first frosts
arrive. Its early November and right on queue here they come! The natural first
reaction is to turn on the central heating (if you haven't already) turn up the
thermostat, spend more time indoors (with the heating on!) hunker down for the big
chill. BUT... is it all really necessary?
The most immediate side effect of ramping up the heating is that we all notice that
our winter fuel consumption goes through the roof, and sometimes literally! But
advice is at hand to help us to reduce the fuel consumption spike and thereby to
help reduce our carbon footprint. In this day and age where we understand the issues
and more importantly where we feel the pain of those bills perhaps a more enlightened
approach to coping with the winter freeze is in order. To help us get started lets
look at some of the options available.
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Carbon Managers visit "Business Start Up" show In Association
with Lloyds TSB
Taking the message to the public is part of the challenge faced
by Carbon Managers. Whilst there is a vast amount of information and general awareness
of environmental issues, our objective is to increase awareness through action thereby
contributing on two fronts to the goal of reducing the carbon footprint of UK business.
Carbon Managers activities will increase awareness and help reduce any business's
carbon footprint.
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