Category Archives: International News

SupaSwap Starts Recycling At A Young Age

July 20, 2010 – 11:48 pm

In this use it up and throw away society it’s good to know that recycling can be fun and taught from a young age. SupaSwap the leading online trading website for 8 to 18 year olds is showing that there is a market for almost new toys, games and much more.
Social media is the thing [...]

Cumbria wind farms ready in 2011

February 11, 2010 – 4:34 pm

After years of discussion, two large offshore wind farms have been given the green light for Cumbria and should be producing enough power to run 445,000 homes by the end of 2011.
The farms will feature 130 of the latest turbines, and are being backed by major players in the alternative energy field, work will start [...]

Solar power boosts the Vatican

October 16, 2008 – 3:18 am

These days even the Pope is turning green, and the installation of 2,700 solar panels at the Vatican is a signal that the environmental decline of our planet is causing concern at the highest levels. Pope Benedict XV1 made it known soon after taking office in 2005, that he saw the environment as an important [...]

Eye in the sky on climate change

October 6, 2008 – 12:38 am

As technology advances, so does our knowledge of our planet. The GOCE satellite is on the launch pad awaiting a October 27 launch for its mission to research new high definition maps of the earths surface and the changes made to the climate by global warming.
The European Space Agency is behind the project  for the [...]

All the fun of saving the planet

June 3, 2008 – 1:18 pm

There seems to be a feeling among some people that green policies are very negative and all about what we can’t do. With apologies to an old television advert – good old environmental awareness, it’s not just there for the bad things in life! That has just been proved at a fun fair in Santa [...]

Alexandra Cousteau’s message to Tenerife Aguaviva

April 11, 2008 – 10:42 am

One World, one family, one legacy, that was the personal and environmental message to Tenerife from environmental advocate, Alexandra Cousteau, just as a Greenpeace report slammed Spain for over development and pollution of it’s coasts. Who better to warn of the dangers, and suggest a few remedies, than a lady whose family were born with [...]

Blue skies, black sand, green hopes in the Canary Islands

April 9, 2008 – 3:59 am

The 7 Canary Islands sum up all our thoughts about holiday islands, relaxing, laid back and welcoming, but a delicate balancing act is going on. The very qualities that attract so many visitors, are also in danger of being over exploited and destroyed by too much development. But there are plenty of forward looking business’s [...]