Sustainable Development

As much as 50% of all food produced globally goes to waste

Submitted by editor on Thu, 10/01/2013 - 13:51

50% of all food produced globally ends wasted

A new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has found that as much as 50% of all food produced around the world never reaches a human stomach due to issues as varied as inadequate infrastructure and storage facilities through to overly strict sell-by dates, buy-one-get-one free offers and consumers demanding cosmetically perfect food. Read more »

The Last Fishermen: catching local & eating local will help preserve our oceans and fish

Submitted by editor on Wed, 22/08/2012 - 09:38

This is a beautiful film from Greenpeace UK - worth watching in its own right. But it also carries a powerful message: we need to support our small-scale fishermen in the UK. Read more »

Mars Chocolate to purchase nearly 90,000 tonnes of certified cocoa this year

Submitted by editor on Thu, 31/05/2012 - 09:41

Mars Chocolate, one of the world's leading chocolate manufacturers, has announced that it has made progress towards fulfilling its 2009 pledge to purchase its entire cocoa supply from certified sustainable sources by 2020. Read more »

No sustainable development without hunger eradication, says FAO report ahead of Rio+20 Summit

Submitted by editor on Wed, 30/05/2012 - 10:14

Sustainable development cannot be realised unless hunger and malnutrition are eradicated, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a policy document prepared for the Rio+20 Summit to be held in June in Rio de Janeiro. Read more »

Thames Water donates riverside property worth up to £10million in backing crowdfunders' bid to rescue Olympic dock

Submitted by editor on Fri, 25/05/2012 - 09:55

Visualisation of the new bridge, footpath and community gardens

Thames Water has donated 2.5 acres of property in a bid to help raise thousands of pounds to transform a neglected London dock ahead of the Olympics.

East London charity the Gasworks Dock Partnership is aiming to open Cody Dock on the River Lea, located between Canary Wharf and the Olympic Park, before the Games start this summer. Read more »

WWF launches Earth Book to celebrate publication of Living Planet Report 2012

Submitted by editor on Tue, 22/05/2012 - 11:44

WWF’s Earth Book was launched from the International Space Centre by WWF Ambassador and Dutch Astronaut, André Kuipers

WWF is asking people to share their experiences of the natural world and collaborate in Earth Book 2012, an online storybook which has been created to coincide with the publication of the Living Planet Report 2012 Read more »

Bournemouth's Green House Hotel certified Gold by Green Tourism Business Scheme

Submitted by editor on Thu, 24/11/2011 - 12:41

Green House Hotel certified Gold by Green Tourism

The Green House Hotel is the only hotel in Bournemouth to be awarded the highest gold level by the Green Tourism Business Scheme (GTBS) for its outstanding performance as a sustainable tourism busi Read more »

Launch of the Green Build Cornwall Foundation

Submitted by editor on Thu, 24/11/2011 - 11:25

The space is being designed and built as a cutting edge sustainable building exercise

Cornwall Sustainable Building Trust launched their Green Build Cornwall Foundation recently with over 100 green build specialists and community members coming together to celebrate the start of the Read more »

Vilnius becomes the first European city to introduce an electric bike hire scheme

Submitted by editor on Thu, 18/08/2011 - 19:48

A built in GPS system monitors the whereabouts of the bikes at any given time

Vilnius has just become the first European city to introduce an electric bike hire system. Read more »

State of the Environment Report for Wales published

Submitted by editor on Thu, 21/07/2011 - 16:11

Progress is being made in improving the environment in Wales, show new statistics published on Thursday 21st July 2011. Read more »

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