The world’s first hydrogen-powered ship has arrived in London as part of a six-year, zero emissions voyage around the world. The 30-metre long Energy Observer catamaran has already travelled 18,000 miles since leaving Saint Malo on the west coast of France and will remain stationed by Tower Bridge for 10 days as it finishes […]
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Sir David Attenborough has slammed Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s support for new coal mines and lack of action on climate change, in his most damning assessment yet of Australia’s environmental record. In an interview with Hack, the world’s most renowned natural historian said previous governments had been “saying all the right things” but this had
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The Office of National Statistics provides some pretty cool data. This is for average household spend across the U.K. – it may surprise you. Click the rectangles to get more granular detail. How do you you compare and where are the savings to be made? Saving waste saves money (and the environment) and switching to
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Essex’s first zero-waste shop has well and truly settled into the seaside community of Leigh-on-Sea. Coming up to ten months since it opened last December, the Refill Room, on Elm Road, is a totally zero-waste shop, meaning there is no plastic used at all. Everything they do is organic, locally sourced and is predominantly centred around
According to The New Republic magazine in June this year: “You will have to make sacrifices to save the planet,” while the U.S. newspaper Metro asks: “What would you give up to end climate change?” These headlines, read from my desk in London where I carry out research in environmental psychology, present us with stark choices: between self and society,
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The University of Suffolk and Suffolk County Council have combined to form a regional centre of excellence in the field of sustainable development and green economic growth. The Suffolk Sustainability Institute was launched at the Ipswich Waterfront Innovation Centre, which hosted the first Suffolk Sustainability and Innovation Summit. Industry and academic leaders, businesses, students and
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As the world starts to take sustainable shopping more seriously, you’ll be relieved to know that Norfolk is not lagging behind. Sustainability and ethical consumerism are complex issues, but any move to reduce waste and your carbon footprint is a move to buy better. So, if you’re trying to clean up your act in 2019, take a look at some of the best places in Norfolk
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Introducing Dragon Dreaming, a concept I came across whilst in Australia. After looking for different models that communities can work from and trying to understand how everyone can get what they want from the projects they are part of dragon dreaming seemed to tick a lot of boxes in a simple to implement way. It
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Within the last month, at least two people in the U.S. have contracted a flesh-eating infection from an ocean-dwelling bacterium — an occurrence that experts warn could become more frequent as the world’s oceans warm. Vibrio vulnificus is an “opportunistic pathogen” responsible for a majority of seafood-related deaths in the U.S., according to an article
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