This initiative comes from Paul McCartney and is an easy way to help reduce CO2.
Have a look at this website
Meat Free Monday's
This initiative comes from Paul McCartney and is an easy way to help reduce CO2.
Have a look at this website
1. Pick up a free tree and help set a Guinness World Record!
There’s a good opportunity for you and your neighbours to collect a FREE tree for your garden and help set a new Guinness World Record. The nationwide challenge is to plant more than 600,000 trees within a single hour – so everyone’s help is welcome!
The world record attempt is called Tree O’Clock and it’s being organised by BBC Breathing Places to celebrate National Tree Week. This is how you can get involved…
STEP ONE: Saturday November 28th 2009
Visit us in the Arboretum between 10am and 2pm on Saturday November 28th to collect your free sapling and planting instructions. There will also be a tree carving demonstration, family activities, tree advice and a tree talk (booking for this is essential by calling 0115 915 2733).
STEP TWO: Saturday December 5th 2009
Plant the tree in your garden between 11am and 12 noon on Saturday December 5th. Don’t forget to take a photo of you planting your tree and email it to breathingplacestrees@bbc.co.uk by noon on Friday December 11th to make sure your tree is part of the record attempt!
For more details, visit www.bbc.co.uk/treeoclock
Transition West Bridgford Allotment
Today we are going to have a look at the plot that has been offered to us.
Hopefully it suits our requirements and that enough people show up to take it on and make it little haven in the middle of Urban West Bridgford
We have set up a website solely for the allotment
Get yourself ready for Green Streets
On Friday 27th November, West Bridgford is celebrating Green Streets. To help those who would like to find a safe route from their homes to their places of work on the bike as well as know how long it will take have a look at the following brilliant website.
cycleStreets.net website, which lets you plan a cycle journey from a-B anywhere in the UK.
The planner gives the fastest, quietest and balanced route, catering for your cycling preferences.
You can even see at a glance how hilly your route will be - with hills taken into account in the planner.
cycleStreets.net website, which lets you plan a cycle journey from a-B anywhere in the UK.
The planner gives the fastest, quietest and balanced route, catering for your cycling preferences.
You can even see at a glance how hilly your route will be - with hills taken into account in the planner.
Home insulation and cycling 'can save lives as well as the planet'
Telegraph News By Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent
As well as reducing meat consumption the Lancet series also recommends home improvements and extra activity as two ways to reduce emissions an premature deaths.
Upgrade insulation
Upgrading the insulation within and energy supply to every home in the country could save thousands of lives, the report warns.
However, such improvements do not come cheap.
The researchers estimate the cost of such changes to be in the region of between £3,000 and £30,000 per house.
Improvements including better insulation of walls, windows and floors and reducing the average temperature of homes could save around 5,500 premature deaths a year they estimate.
Although the costs are substantial the experts estimate that they could be offset by significant fuel cost savings.
Walk or cycle more
Walking or cycling instead of driving could save lives as well as the planet, researchers said.
They estimate that up to 7,000 lives a year could be saved in London alone if more people left their cars at home on journeys.
The main benefits were reductions in deaths from heart disease, stroke, breast cancer, colon cancer and depression.
However, the report warned that there could be more accidents and injuries on the roads if tens of thousands of people suddenly took up walking or cycling.
Despite that risk the researchers call on the Government to increase the number of pedestrian spaces and cycle paths and to restrict the rights of heavy goods vehicles in built up areas to protect cyclists.
For more information click here:
As well as reducing meat consumption the Lancet series also recommends home improvements and extra activity as two ways to reduce emissions an premature deaths.
Upgrade insulation
Upgrading the insulation within and energy supply to every home in the country could save thousands of lives, the report warns.
However, such improvements do not come cheap.
The researchers estimate the cost of such changes to be in the region of between £3,000 and £30,000 per house.
Improvements including better insulation of walls, windows and floors and reducing the average temperature of homes could save around 5,500 premature deaths a year they estimate.
Although the costs are substantial the experts estimate that they could be offset by significant fuel cost savings.
Walk or cycle more
Walking or cycling instead of driving could save lives as well as the planet, researchers said.
They estimate that up to 7,000 lives a year could be saved in London alone if more people left their cars at home on journeys.
The main benefits were reductions in deaths from heart disease, stroke, breast cancer, colon cancer and depression.
However, the report warned that there could be more accidents and injuries on the roads if tens of thousands of people suddenly took up walking or cycling.
Despite that risk the researchers call on the Government to increase the number of pedestrian spaces and cycle paths and to restrict the rights of heavy goods vehicles in built up areas to protect cyclists.
For more information click here:
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