Eskimo- Kalaallit Elder brings Inuit Climate Teachings to London School23rd April 2010As part of becoming the world’s first Planet Positive School, Crampton Primary School, Camberwell, London, has invited Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq, an Eskimo-Kalaallit Elder, to deliver the ‘Melting the Ic...... Read more >Ford save tonnes of carbon and almost a million pounds just by shutting down employees' computers26th March 2010Being green and using less energy in a lot of instances is just a matter of being smarter and more efficient.This is definitely the case for computer usage at Ford offices. Ford found that 60% of thei...... Read more >“Kolahoi is our everything. Without her, we are lost”25th March 2010Meet the Kolahio glacier in the Western Himalaya. Millions of Indians and Pakistanis depend on the Kolahio glacier’s yearly run-off; they call her Gwash Brani – “goddess of light”. “Kolahoi is our eve...... Read more >UK government to launch a £2 billion green investment bank24th March 2010On Mach 21st, the labour government released plans that in todays budget there will be £2 billion set aside for a green investment bank to help us to move towards a low-carbon economy. Investing in gr...... Read more >Sainsbury’s recruiting bees.23rd March 2010Sainsbury’s eco store in Dursley has introduced eight bee hotels of several hundred bees onto their land.The Sainsbury’s store is located in an area in Gloucestershire which is one of the UK’s main fr...... Read more >New funds to divert 300,000 tonnes of food from the landfill and feed disadvantaged groups.23rd March 2010Through a fund set up last year by the government to encourage new waste management approaches, FareShare Community Food Network has been granted £362,000 to achieve a two tiered goal – to relieve foo...... Read more >Green consumer does not necessarily mean good person.17th March 2010You would think that buying green and ethical would reflect a ‘better’ or higher social ground, just as using a computer with an apple icon has proven to increase creativity. This is what Nina Mazar a...... Read more >Report says recycling is almost always the best way to get rid of waste.16th March 2010Addressing worries that recycling is inefficient and a waste of time, a report published by Wrap, the government’s waste and packaging agency, concludes that recycling is better than composting, reusi...... Read more >IBM & Stanford report breakthrough in biodegradable plastics15th March 2010IMB researchers and Stanford University have reported a huge breakthrough in finding a way to make plastics more environmentally friendly – both in their creation and their end-life.They have come up ...... Read more >Small-scale, family operated farms best method for sustainable development and feeding the world.12th March 2010Two researchers from the University of Michigan, Perfecto and Vandermeer, have published a paper that concludes that the findings of recent publications that the forest transition model (where massive...... Read more >A new way to wash clothes without using water.12th March 2010Xeros has claimed that it should have a new washing machine on the market by the end of 2011 that substitutes 90% of the water with plastic beads. A conventional washer uses 15-20 gallons of water fo...... Read more >EU expected to exceed 2020 goal of 20% use of renewable energy12th March 2010A recent report by the European commission has concluded that the EU is expected to exceed its goal of 20% of its energy from renewable sources by the year 2020. Total share of renewable energy resour...... Read more >Over a third of our carbon emissions outsourced to developing countries10th March 2010A study recently published by Carnegie Institute, an organisation for scientific discovery, has found that over a third of our carbon emissions are released in developing countries. This measurement l...... Read more >Whales important carbon storages8th March 2010A new report has stated that a century of whaling may have released more than 100 million tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere. According to BBC, Dr. Pershing from University of Maine has reported tha...... Read more >Sister zoos plan to use elephants' dung to help power zoo8th March 2010According to the Guardian sister zoos Paignton Zoo in Devon and Newquay Zoo in Cornwall have declared plans to use elephants’ dung to create biogas that can be turned into electricity to help run the ...... Read more >Humans driving plants and animals to extinction faster than they can evolve8th March 2010According to an article by The Guardian, for the first time since the dinosaurs disappeared humans are driving plants and animals to extinction faster than they can evolve. The rate of loss hasn’t bee...... Read more >Centrica Planet Positive Shuttle service helps staff cut carbon23rd February 2010Centrica has made their Minibus Scheme Planet Positive. They worked with Enviros, Environmental Consultants, to measure and improve their environmental impact.By measuring, reducing, acting on their f...... Read more >US Climate Envoy urge that nations pledge carbon cuts ahead of January 31st deadline15th January 2010Todd Stern, the top U.S. climate envoy, advocated that countries pledge carbon reduction targets ahead of the January 31st deadline set by the Copenhagen Accord. The Copenhagen Accord, which was agre...... Read more >Could last minute agreement at Copenhagen renew hope following the climate summit?14th January 2010The Copenhagen accord, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, a last minute agreement between leaders of the Copenhagen 5: Brazil, China, India, South Africa and the United S...... Read more >Countries meeting before carbon emission reduction deadline12th January 2010Environment ministers from Brazil, South Africa, India and China are meeting on January 25-28 to synchronize and set their formal carbon emission reduction targets ahead of the January 31 deadline fo...... Read more >UK launching £100 billion program for offshore wind power8th January 2010The UK is launching a £100 billion program to develop renewable energy offshore wind power to meet the EU environmental targets. Britian will develop offshore wind power on nine sites and will shortly...... Read more >Can world leaders reach a binding climate agreement in Mexico?7th January 2010It has been three weeks since the end of the Copenhagen climate talks and the general consensus among world leaders and environmental community is that the summit was a failure as world leaders were u...... Read more >UK launches boiler scrappage scheme5th January 2010The UK has launched a boiler scrappage scheme which gives households a £400 discount on new boilers. This will help reduce domestic household emissions, which account for 27% of the UK’s total emissi...... Read more >Rushlight Clean Technologies Show 201021st December 2009The Rushlight Clean Technologies Show 2010 is the leading event that brings together UK and Irish clean technology companies, investors, corporate customers and advisers to assist in the development ...... Read more >Planet Positive launches 2020 Vision: a Campaign to Inspire Action on Climate Change4th December 2009Planet Positive 2020 Launch Party Bianca Jagger, Founder and Chair, Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation “We need to achieve a Copernican Revolution to move from a fossil fuel economy to a renewabl...... Read more >Planet Positive at Copenhagen4th December 2009We’re going to Copenhagen!! Come and watch a collection of 2020 Videos at the Klimaforum at DGI Byen on December 8th from 8-9 PM, followed by a presentation and the opportunity to film your own 2020 V...... Read more >Planet Positive at The Wave3rd December 2009On Saturday 5 December 2009, ahead of the crucial UN climate summit in Copenhagen, tens of thousands of people from all walks of life will flow through the streets of London to demonstrate their suppo...... Read more >Planet Positive supports the Rushlight Awards2nd October 2009The Rushlight Awards are a celebration and promotion of the leading organizations throughout UK and Ireland which have furthered environmental consideration, technology and innovation in the fields of...... Read more >Planet Positive and the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition1st October 2009In the lead up to international talks at the UN Climate Change negotiations in Copenhagen this December, Planet Positive has joined the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition - the UK’s largest group of people ...... Read more >Latest SCN Member, Carbon Voyage, takes journey’s Planet Positive17th July 2009Carbon Voyage is the newest addition to the Supply Chain Network. Carbon Voyage was created to cut the cost of transport in terms of money, time and carbon. It provides an online platform whereby peop...... Read more >Planet Positive incorporated as a not-for-profit organization1st June 2009In May 2009, Planet Positive was incorporated as a not-for-profit organization, The Planet Positive Foundation (Limited). In light of Planet Positive’s aims to facilitate businesses, products and pe...... Read more >What is biomimicry?28th May 2009Biomimicry is a relatively new discipline that analyses nature, its models, processes, design and elements and then emulates them to solve human problems sustainably. It is ‘innovation inspired by na...... Read more >The 2020 Campaign is picking up pace with Visions from Lord Stern, Caroline Lucas and Zac Goldsmith26th May 2009The Planet Positive 2020 Vision campaign, launched at the end of April, is under way and picking up pace, with more inspiring visions being added to our collection every week! The campaign encourages ...... Read more >Water Footprinting - Managing the World's Most Precious Resource18th May 2009As the planet heats up and the human population continues to grow, the sustainable use of water is becoming one of the most important challenges of our time. All over the world water management is inc...... Read more >Planet Positive Protocol, Version 2.011th March 2009The Planet Positive Protocol, version 2.0, is released this month. Version 2.0 has seen several significant changes, although the four step process to becoming Planet Positive certified (measure, redu...... Read more >2020 Vision6th March 2009Planet Positive has created a campaign to be launched this spring called 2020 Vision. The purpose of the campaign is to show how much better our lives will be by 2020 if we take action on climate cha...... Read more >ATOMIC Renu ski boot scoops Eco Award26th February 2009ATOMIC, a world leader in developing and manufacturing ski and snowboard equipment, scooped the Eco Responsibility Award at ISPO, the world’s largest international ski exposition in Munich. ATOMIC wo...... Read more >Planet Positive Buildings Beat Merton Rule23rd February 2009A report just out by dcarbon8 shows that Planet Positive Buildings will deliver better carbon savings than The Merton Rule. The 10% Merton Rule has been adopted by many councils as the principle means...... Read more >The US President Must Act Now!12th February 2009'The US president has just four years to save the planet’ says Prof James McCarthy. McCarthy said Obama had a window of opportunity to draw up green policies'Obama 'must act now' on climate. The plane...... Read more >Atomic presenta la primera bota de esquí construida a base de materiales renovables11th February 2009Las botas ATOMIC Renu es la primera bota totalmente ecológica. Elaborada a partir de biopolímeros, algodón y fibra de bambú; reduciendo nuestro impacto ecológico, mientras obtenemos el mismo rendimie...... Read more >Planet Positive Website Updates14th January 2009Planet Positive is off to a kicking start for the New Year with a number of developments expected in the next couple of months including the final touches to the newly revamped website. We are deligh...... Read more >Planet Positive web site is Live22nd December 2008Welcome to the new Planet Positive web site....... Read more > |
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