Creating the Future Awards 2008
November 30, 2007 Posted by Kevin in : Bristol , add a commentThe Academy for Sustainable Communities is asking for entrants to its 2008 award scheme. This awards scheme succeeds the Deputy Prime Minister’s Award for Sustainable Communities, which since 2003 has recognised projects and initiatives that contribute to making better places in which to live and work. The awards celebrate achievement in the public, private and third sectors, they promote organisations, partnerships and invididuals helping to transform our cities, towns or villages.
The seven award categories are;
- Bringing People Together
- Innovative Engagement
- Inspiring Young People
- Low Carbon Development
- Mixed Communities
- Schools and the Community
- Vision for Place
Greenpeace Rank Green Electronics Companies
Posted by Kevin in : Bristol , 1 comment so farThe Greenpeace ‘Guide to Greener Electronics’ aims to clean up the electronics sector and get manufacturers to take responsibility for the full life cycle of their products, including the electronic waste that their products generate.
The guide ranks the 18 top manufacturers of personal computers, mobile phones, TV’s and games consoles according to their policies on toxic chemicals and recycling. Greenpeace are aiming to encourage companies to clean up their products by eliminating hazardous substances, and to take back and recycle their products responsibly once they become obsolete.
An overview of the results can be found on the Greenpeace website.
e-vote or sms your Support for Sustrans Big Lottery Bid
November 23, 2007 Posted by Kevin in : Bristol , add a commentOnline voting is due to start on Monday 26th November for a Sustrans and Bristol City Council project to create a brand new cycling and walking link between Bristol and Nailsea.
“Connect2″ is one of four projects competing in the Big Lottery Fund’s: The People’s £50 million contest on ITV in December. Online voting opens on Monday 26 November at www.thepeoples50million.org.uk. Lorraine Kelly will be championing Sustrans’ Connect2 on an ITV1 show on Tuesday 4 December. Telephone voting will begin on Friday 7 December.
The “Festival Way” route will link central Bristol to Ashton Court Estate and then continue to Long Ashton, through Flax Bourton, Backwell and ending at Nailsea. A key part of the route is around the Cumberland Basin which is notoriously difficult for pedestrians and cyclists and it will see the reopening of Brunel’s lesser known Swivel Bridge, closed since the late 1960s.
If Sustrans wins the £50 million award Bristol City Council will receive £600,000 of it to develop the Festival Way, in partnership with North Somerset Council. Design work would start immediately and the project would be completed within five years.
To find out more about Connect2 and to register support visit www.sustransconnect2.org.uk or text Connect2 to 80010.
You can play your part in winning the bid by voting and spreading the word that Connect2 will deliver changes to Bristol. Please give it your
support.
Local councils can play major role in preventing climate change
November 22, 2007 Posted by Kevin in : Bristol , add a commentClimate Change Minister Phil Woolas has identified a vital role for local authorities cutting carbon dioxide emissions both through their own actions and by setting an example to the wider community they serve.
Local authorities are increasingly taking up the challenge to reduce emissions and more than 270 local authorities, including Bristol, have now signed up to the Nottingham Declaration, a voluntary pledge to address climate change that any council can make to its own community. The Nottingham Declaration Action Pack can be found at http://www.est.org.uk/housingbuildings/localauthorities/NottinghamDeclaration/online_action_pack/
