Starwood Capital Group has begun development of a chain of hotels deliberately built to be “eco-friendly” at every step. The chain, called “1” Hotel and Residences, will begin with the launching of the pilot property in Seattle, with five other properties opening later around the United States and in Paris. Slated to open in late [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Cool it - The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide To Global Warming
Cool it - The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming, written by Bjorn Lomborg is on my reading list.
Described on Bjorn Lomborg’s website as “A groundbreaking book that transforms the debate about global warming by offering a fresh perspective based on human needs as well as environmental concerns.
Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate [...]
Eco Friendly/Family Holiday to Washington State
Washington State is forward thinking and concerned about its environment. It is well supported by its residents and industries for the education and protection of its natural environment.
As an example Earth Share of Washington celebrates its 20th anniversary. Back in the 1980s 10 local non-profit organisations decided to pool their resources to advance environmental philanthropy. [...]
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Mesmear, St Minver
Mesmear is a luxury holiday experience which based upon two 18th Century converted Cornish barns. The Mill sleeps 10 and The Barn 4 guests where guests have their meals prepared by an onsite cook – many of the ingredients are sourced from the owner’s 160 acre farm. Guests also have use of a [...]
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Climate change and politics
The Guardian has published a short overview of the different climate change policies of the Labour, Conservatives and Liberal parties.
Labour - cut CO2 by 60% by 2050
Conservatives cut CO2 by 80% by 2050
Liberals - cut CO2 by 60% by 2050 (though maybe more)
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Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
Some of the new words appearing in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary:
Green audit
Carbon-neutral
Carbon-footprint
Carbon trading
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East Midlands Airport
East Midlands Airport is planning to reduce its carbon footprint - by 2012 they hope that their operation will be carbon neutral.
They have recently submitted a proposed to install four wind turbines which could provide 10% of their power and they use a ground source heat pump to heat part an extension.
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Emsworth Allotment
Just our little bit to reducing food miles - Pumpkins and Yellow Courgettes from our allotment.
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National Trust - the environment
The National Trust has recently launched a new strategy ‘Our Future - Join In‘ (opens as a PDF) which promotes the Trust’s wish to develop closer engagement with visitors and members. The National Trust has over 3.5 million members and approximately 49,000 people carry out volunteer work with the Trust.
The National Trust manages:
28 castles
707 [...]
Franche-Comte
Eco Friendly Franche-Comte – Where You Can See The Wood From The Trees
Nestled between Burgundy and the Swiss border, Franche-Comté is known as the French region with the most forest making it an ideal destination for environmentally conscious travellers. With only one easy train change at Lille Europe station, visitors can try out the region’s [...]
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