Going Green

Tie the knot with a clear conscience and celebrate saving the planet too

Wedding dress photo Love is in the air in February – and at this time of year more and more people find themselves with a wedding to plan.

Last updated 19 February 2010
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Efficiency drive to cut council fuel costs

More efficient motoring could save a month’s worth of petrol over a year – and county council workers across Cumbria are being offered the chance to learn how to do just that.

Last updated 19 February 2010
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Rags to riches for 999 air crew

Unwanted ties and jumpers are often donated to charity shops – but a recycling drive across Cumbria has collected more than half a tonne of other materials.

Last updated 19 February 2010
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Students put their forestry lessons into practice

If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise...

Last updated 19 February 2010
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A week left to recycle Xmas cards

There is still one week remaining to recycle this year’s batch of Christmas cards and help the Salvation Army at the same time.

Last updated 22 January 2010
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If your New Year resolution can’t help you, why not get it to help the planet?

Many of us will have made a New Year’s resolution on January 1. We’ll vow to lose weight, go to the gym more often, spend more time with friends, and so on. However, despite all of our good intentions, most of these will be forgotten within a few weeks and we’ll be back in the same old habits again.

Last updated 22 January 2010
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‘We’ve bin doing our little bit for the environment’

Three-quarters of all the rubbish bins in two Carlisle office buildings have been taken away in to encourage office workers to become greener.

Last updated 22 January 2010
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Flood town teams tackle climate change

Eight teams of green volunteers are tackling climate change in one of the Cumbrian towns worst affected by extremes of climate late last year.

Last updated 22 January 2010
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As all eyes turn to Copenhagen, Cumbria makes its own savings

This week’s news bulletins focus on the United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen.

Last updated 18 December 2009
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Deck the hall with a real tree and clear conscience

Green householders are keeping it real this Christmas – by buying natural Christmas trees rather than artificial ones.

Last updated 18 December 2009
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It’s working! We’ve helped save nearly £300m on throwaway food

The national “Love Food Hate Waste” campaign has started to show positive results – and helped lead to a nationwide saving of nearly £300 million.

Last updated 20 November 2009
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A forest of volunteers set out to break the record

Thousands of new trees will be springing up throughout Cumbria in two weeks in an attempt to set a new world record.

Last updated 20 November 2009
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‘Slash flights and cut speed limit’

Radical measures such as cutting out domestic flights and a lower speed limit will be needed if we are going to avert an environmental disaster.

Last updated 20 November 2009
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Booths puts less plastic on a pinta

A Cumbrian supermarket chain has come up with a plan to cut the amount of plastic going to landfill sites by around seven tonnes per year – by changing its own-brand milk cartons.

Last updated 20 November 2009
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Get your fashion fix by going eco

With summer now well and truly over, most of us are packing away our warm weather clothes and turning our attention to the latest “must-have” winter coat.

Last updated 23 October 2009
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Now Cumbria can beef up its food recycling efforts

Cooked and uncooked meat, fish, dairy products and other animal products cannot be added to our compost piles – but are now being recycled for the first time at one site in Cumbria.

Last updated 23 October 2009
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Group’s carbon-cutting bid for town

Environmentalists in Brampton are trying to get 500 households in their town to sign up to a national carbon-cutting campaign.

Last updated 23 October 2009
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Giving us the skills to reduce our carbon footprint

ALL the skills we need to reduce our impact on the environment will be shared at a special event in Carlisle in two weeks’ time – the first of its kind to be hosted in the city.

Last updated 25 September 2009
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More than a place to dump rubbish

WITH seven out of 10 of us now having access to a doorstep recycling collection service, and with more than 400 recycle points countywide at local supermarkets, community centres and pubs, it has never been easier to recycle in Cumbria.

Last updated 25 September 2009
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