I was pleased to read two stories in the EDP Business section today with encouraging green news.
Maglev is a Norwich based sustainable technology firm, developing green technology for businesses. One of their products is a range of street lights powered by solar panels and wind turbines.
This is a marvelous book. Chris Goodall is a writer and broadcaster on climate change issues. In this book he considers ten separate technologies in some detail, discusses sensibly their strengths and weaknesses, the companies and individuals who are working… Continue reading
I have today discovered two eco related initiatives from Norwich City Council
1. The Norwich Independent Climate Change Commission. I have to say that I was not previously aware of this organisation. Their page on the Norwich City Council web site states as follows:
In November 2009 Norwich City Council agreed to establish… Continue reading
I mentioned the Heritage Seed Library in my post on seeds, but did not say much about it. It is a brilliant initiative, set up by Garden Organic (the trading name of the HDRA).
Due to the ridiculous European reglations under which all seeds sold need to be registered, which costs money, many of the old gardening seed… Continue reading
Exciting news recently about offshore windfarms. Huge windfarms in the shallow seas in various sites around Britain have been announced (with the second largest being off the coast of Norfolk). They say that it could generate up to a third of the UK power.
However that is a long way… Continue reading
An interesting article in the Guardian on 1 January shows how business is gearing up to develop green technology. The article describes a ‘groundbreaking partnership’ between 25 businesses including GE (the world’s biggest company, according to Forbes). HSBC, French energy firm EDF, Thames Water, Marks & Spencer and waste management… Continue reading
We are fortunate in Norwich. The Green Party are currently the second largest party on the City Council, and look set to take over after the next election.
Graeme and I braved the weather today to attend the opening of the new Green Party shop. It was very cold and snowy in the city, but beautiful.
There were lots of people at the shop plus cameras and the BBC and we had to… Continue reading
The depths of the winter is the traditional time for placing the seed order for the garden. I love looking through the catalogues and am a bit of a sucker for pictures of lush vegetables.
For several years I have kept all my seeds in a… Continue reading
As you may or may not be aware, the leader of the Greens in Norwich, Adrian Ramsay, is standing for Parliament in the Norwich South constituency. The Greens believe that they can defeat Charles Clarke (the present MP) – take a look at this video to see why (its pretty good..):
If you support the Greens, please promote this video and pass the link on. You can… Continue reading
