Sundance Renewables in Wales is a pioneering workers' co-operative and social enterprise converting used cooking oil into a low emissions alternative to diesel
… Recycling used cooking oil to power diesel … to diesel Sundance Renewables has been recycling used cooking oil since 2004 at the … and West Wales. This contributes to community recycling and bolsters the local economy. Like …
Richmond council has become the first in the country to run its entire vehicle fleet on 100 per cent recycled biodiesel, while Lincolnshire is using the stuff to patch roads
… Councils Local Authorities Energy Waste And Recycling Transport biodiesel1.jpg Richmond …
Crude oil may be running out, but Brighton's transport revolution is powering up. Jan Goodey meets Tom Druitt, the driving force behind the Big Lemon Bus
Big Lemon Bus: Tom Druitt Jan Goodey | 25th June 2009 Activism Take Action Local Hero Chip Fat Fuel Oil Bus Transport big_lemon.jpg Crude oil may be running out, but Brighton's transport revolution …
Crude oil may be running out, but Brighton's transport revolution is powering up. Jan Goodey meets Tom Druitt, the driving force behind the Big Lemon Bus
CASE STUDY: starting a local biofuel bus service Jan Goodey | 1st October 2008 Activism Transport Case Study Chip Fat Fuel Oil Bus Biofuel big_lemon.jpg Crude oil may be running out, but Brighton's …
Next week, the Hay Festival in Wales kicks off with its usual big name line-up of writers. Andy Fryers, organiser of the festival's special 'Greenprint' initiative, talks about expanding green events and shrinking footprints
… Sevier | 20th May 2010 Activism Waste And Recycling Transport Car Share Bus Service Hay … has been on waste. We were doing very little recycling back in 2005. Last year about 55 per …
Under its minority Green administration, Brighton & Hove is an exemplar of progressive politics that is realising huge social, economic and environmental gains, writes Rob Shepherd. Maybe that's why political opponents are so desperate to brand it a failure ...
… then official strike by the city's refuse and recycling collectors and street cleaners. The … with mountains of refuse sacks and unemptied recycling boxes. The dispute also exposed … city centre is adjusting to a new communal recycling scheme that in time is expected to …
Electric cars are no longer just a 'pipe dream' claims transport minister as he announces £60 million in funds for charging points and grants for people buying new vehicles
UK announces £5,000 subsidy for electric car buyers from 2011 Tom Levitt | 14th December 2010 News Electric Cars Renewables Energy Transport electriccar.jpg Government advisors have said the UK …
With the UK capital struggling to get commuters to work on time following strike action by tube and train drivers this week, JAN GOODEY reports on a project that will bring the first solar-powered electric buses to the public in the Spring
Solar-powered electric buses ‒ a UK first Jan Goodey | 10th January 2017 Ethical Living Transport Rewewables Green Energy solar bus story.jpg With the UK capital struggling to get commuters to work …
Advanced new catalysts are poised to stimulate a clean energy revolution, writes Tim Radford. An organic replacement for the precious metal platinum would allow surplus electricity to be cheaply converted into hydrogen fuel, then burnt in low cost fuel cells to propel 'green' vehicles and generate power on demand.
… alive the hopes of the ultimate in energy recycling. In the first process, water …
Every summer a team of cyclists set off across Britain stopping along the way to perform an eco-themed play to schools, festivals and communities. Welcome to the Otesha Project...
… HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE CASE STUDY: recycling bicycles It’s the greener way to go, … of true pedal power. HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Recycling used cooking oil to power diesel …
Cars are evil, right? But what if they ran on hydrogen, did 300 miles per gallon, were leased rather than owned, and were produced under an open source business model...
… the maintenance of the car, the fuel and the recycling of the car at the end of its life. …
For today's tourists and travellers the elephant in the room is the jumbo jet which whisks us to our destinations - but pollutes the air, promotes destructive development, and isolates us from the the real world. Rose Bridger reviews 'Beyond Flying'.
… plant based diets, energy efficient homes and recycling. In recounting experiences of …
It will take decades to completely leave fossil fuels, writes Richard Heinberg. But we can do it, starting with the easy stuff: going big time for wind and solar, raising energy efficiency, replacing oil-fuelled vehicles, and moving to organic farming. But deeper changes will follow as we transition to a more enduring sustainability - consuming better, and much less.
The transition to 100% renewable energy: because we have no choice Richard Heinberg | 18th March 2016 News Energy Renewables Fossil Fuels Farming Organic Transport wind-freeway-cut.jpg It will take …
Traveling in the US by boat and train visiting solar laboratories and environmental groups, Keith Barnham found many successful community initiatives in renewable electricity, and brings news of progress towards the ultimate renewable challenge: a solar fuel that could eventually replace gasoline in cars, trucks, buses, trains and aircraft.
… that made the original plants grow. Hence recycling it provides a cheap fertilizer that …
Far from downsizing, Government transport statistics reveal a trend towards multi-car households and bigger engines as well as more children being driven to school
Bigger engines, two-car households and school runs on rise The Ecologist | 16th February 2010 News Cars Transport Health carsontheroad.jpg An increasing number of households in Great Britain now own …
Football fans around the globe have their eyes set on Curitiba, Brasil this year, the site of the 2014 World Cup. But as Brian Barth reports, eco-savvy urban planners have been studying Brasil's seventh largest city for decades ...
Curitiba: the Greenest city on Earth Brian Barth | 15th March 2014 Ethical Living Brazil Sustainability Transport Cities curitiba-bus-stop.png Football fans around the globe have their eyes set on …
Aviation emissions are a major clause of climate change, writes Valerie Brown - yet they remain unregulated. The gap between the best and worst performing airlines demonstrates ample opportunities for improvement - but is the political will there to impose effective regulation?
How much longer can the aviation industry fight off emissions controls? Valerie Brown | 3rd January 2014 News Transport Aviation Climate Change Regulation ba-747-contrail-cut.jpg Aviation emissions …
Are SUVs a crime against civilisation, or paragons of efficiency? Are they ugly, arrogant and antisocial, or bright, beautiful and mobile? And do the polar passions they arouse pit the politics of envy against the Americanisation of British culture? Paul Kingsnorth and Michael Harvey discuss
… Aren’t we only learning now the truth about recycling or, for that matter, wind farms? So …
Once you get over the fact that not even tinted windows, a subwoofer, and Snoop Dogg riding shotgun would make the Maranello IV electric car ‘cool’, you can begin to think about driving and car ownership in a whole new way.
It's electrifying... Mark Anslow | 17th May 2007 News Electric Car Cars Elettrica Maranello Future Vehicles James Tucker Transport Green Transport Cars Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change …