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The green economy: delivering the goods
According to a new report, sustainable goods and services in the UK represent a market opportunity of £200billion, while companies adopting sustainable practices themselves can stand to gain...
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Indian ingenuity takes on big energy issues
From Prime Ministerial visits to sustainable tea-making, India has made quite a few past appearances on this blog. With a booming economy and very active science and technology sectors, it isn’t much...
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Supermarkets look to take up energy challenge
In a sense, supermarkets are the ideal test bed for energy efficiency and carbon reduction. High levels of energy needed for lighting and refrigeration, plus long and complex supply chains mean...
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Solar power future taking shape
There is a heated, high-level debate going on about what low-carbon energy generation should be funded into the future, and to what extent. It’s fair to say that solar power is making itself a strong...
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Computer giants need to strive for energy improvement
Although there really is no such thing as energy efficient computing or gaming – advancement of digital technologies tends to see increased electricity consumption – you still want to see the big...
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Tackling company e-waste
In this guest blog, Mike Grindy, one of the founders of junk removal company, JunkWize, discusses the mechanics of disposing of company waste. Anyone who has visited the Eden project will have...
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Energy needs mean it’s no time to waste
Waste-to-energy is something of a holy grail. It’s an opportunity, in theory, to hit two sustainability strikes in one go. Naturally, there are various kinds of waste and various kinds of energy. So...
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Green universities, or an educated mess?
Universities are said to be the home of the highest educational standards – but could the same be said for their attitude to energy and climate issues? Well, it appears that the jury’s out. An article...
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Building using waste is far from a rubbish idea
A rubbish house in Brighton has been getting a lot of attention recently. Not a really bad one, but one made almost entirely out of waste products. From a waste timber frame to inside-out carpet tiles...
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Waste innovation shows the way forward
News that a supermarket outlet has come off the National Grid and is powering itself entirely via anaerobic digestion of its food waste should not come as too much of a surprise – the UN estimates...
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Resource efficiency, shampoo and you
In an age obsessed with economic growth, resource efficiency is set to become an emerging catchphrase of the coming decades. Signs that the ideas behind the concept are already beginning to creep onto...
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Tackling the rise of e-waste
As the world’s desire for new technologies becomes ever-more fervent, electronic waste is becoming a huge international issue. Wired says that companies are not doing nearly enough to combat the...
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