Last year Keep Britain Tidy produced a report showing that most litter (by volume) is caused by people discarding empty…
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Category: Climate Care
UK to speed up emission cutting targets
Carbon emissions to be cut 78% by 2035. We await announcement as to how this will be achieved. For the…
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Repair Café Coming to Church Stretton!
Do you have a particular skill such as carpentry, metal work, PAT testing, needlework, jewellery making? Do you get enormous…
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PRESS NOTICE: Government abandonment of Green Homes Grant slammed
Government abandonment of Green Homes Grant slammed Stretton Climate Care considers the government’s cancellation of the Green Homes Grant which…
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US study shows cost savings for electric trucks
This US study suggests that an electric truck with 375-mile range and operated 300 miles per day when compared to a…
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Lawn growers throw in the trowel as meadows replace perfect stripes
… once a status symbol for the rich, and later the pride and joy of suburbia [… ] the immaculately…
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Growing back better: putting nature and net zero at the heart of the economic recovery
Latest Environmental Audit Committee report of the Environmental Audit Committee, chaired by Philip Dunne, MP for South Shropshire, published 10…
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Sustainable Valentines Day!
Sustainable Valentines Day! Some thoughts about giving for Valentines Day, including a link to the Discover the nation’s best leftover…
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A new carbon footprint calculator
We’d be really interested to know what you think about this carbon footprint calculator. In addition to giving the user…
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP)
We are seeing much more published about ASHPs on the news and in the press, and accordingly have revised the…
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Nativity tableaux – made from recycled plastic
Using an old Council recycling box for a stable, a Stretton Climate Care colleague made this beautiful nativity scene: Nativity The…
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The Tan House, Little Stretton
The Tan House, Little Stretton illustrates how it is possible to adapt a truly challenging domestic building dating back to…
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Green Homes Voucher scheme
There has always been concern that vouchers issued (which are time limited), may expire before installers who have because of…
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The race is on to find a steady source of lithium, a key component in rechargeable electric car batteries. But while the EU focuses on emissions, the lithium gold rush threatens environmental damage on an industrial scale
The Guardian Long read by Oliver Balch, 8 December 2020 The curse of ‘white oil’: electric vehicles’ dirty secret. The…
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ELM and Common Land: What does the Future Hold?
Following on from the release of Defra’s Agricultural Transition Plan the Foundation for Common Land (FCL) is hosting the first…
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Sixth Carbon Budget report published 9 December 2020
Today The UK Climate Change committee presents the first ever detailed route map for a fully decarbonised nation. The Sixth…
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The Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution
The full text.
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Video – There is no Planet B with Mike Berners Lee
This YouTube video is well worth thirty minutes of your time There is No Planet B.
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How Bad are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything, 2020 edition, reviewed
Review of the updated edition. How Bad Are Bananas? was a groundbreaking book when first published in 2009, when most…
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Today is Fuel poverty awareness day
Today is Fuel poverty awareness day – Shropshire has many excellent sources of support. Stretton Climate Care https://strettonclimatecare.org.uk Marches Energy…
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