Voltaic Solar Bags

The Voltaic solar bags are solar chargers designed to charge virtually all handheld electronics.

Voltaic bags use fabrics made from recycled PET i.e. soda bottles. Voltaic worked extensively with suppliers to develop these fabrics, since they were not previously available. Recycled PET fabric is light weight, extremely durable, UV resistant and water resistant. It even looks better than the nylon it replaced. Most importantly, it uses significantly less energy to produce and creates demand for recycled materials.

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In 2010 the UK government will set up a
Feed-in Tariff to help promote solar power
and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

The Feed-in Tariff will help reduce global
warming, boost UK clean-tech jobs and
reward people for installing solar power...

A Feed-in Tariff (FIT) provides a long-term financial incentive for people to invest in renewable energy. Under a FIT system electricity companies are obligated by governments to buy renewable electricity at above market rates.

We Support Solar is a network of companies, NGOs and individuals who want solar power to be an important part of the renewable energy mix in the UK.

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MP's expenses

MPs' expenses: The Telegraph's investigation, The Expenses Files, into how politicians - from Gordon Brown and his Cabinet to backbenchers of all parties - exploit the system of parliamentary allowances to subsidise their lifestyles and multiple homes.

If they cannot afford to get into parliament maybe they should use Skype!

Solar Botanic

SolarBotanic will introduce artificial trees that make use of renewable energy from the sun and wind, they are an efficient clean and environmentally sound means of collecting solar radiation and wind energy.

Using cutting edge materials and proven technology to harvest energy from the sun and wind, the company has been granted patents and has patents pending covering Biomimicry, Nanoleaf Technology,Energy transfer materials and process, and has moved past proof of concept criteria as required by investor groups. Solar Botanic has received approaches from different Government bodies who will provide advanced Research and Development facilities and interested investor groups. The company is now looking to select final business partners for investment, R&D, manufacturing, distribution and marketing from organisations with relevant specialist knowledge and sector understanding.

World Environment Day 5th June 2009

World Environment Day (WED) was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.

Commemorated yearly on 5 June, WED is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. The day's agenda is to:

1. Give a human face to environmental issues;
2. Empower people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development;
3. Promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues;
4. Advocate partnership which will ensure all nations and peoples enjoy a safer and more prosperous future.

The theme for WED 2009 is 'Your Planet Needs You-UNite to Combat Climate Change'. It reflects the urgency for nations to agree on a new deal at the crucial climate convention meeting in Copenhagen some 180 days later in the year, and the links with overcoming poverty and improved management of forests.

Great British Refurb Campaign

Check out Grand Designs great British Refurb Campaign web site.

Great British Refurb Campaign

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Biowaste

Biowaste plans get £300m Government cash boost

Food and garden waste will be dealt with in a more sustainable manner in three parts of England after Government agreed to plough over £300m into the projects. Defra will provide Private Finance Initiative (PFI) credits for three projects that will all divert biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) from landfill.

The projects are:
Hertfordshire County Council: £115.3 to divert up to 170,000 tonnes of biodegradable waste per year;

Norfolk County Council: £91 to divert up to 70,000 tonnes per year by 2020;

The South London Waste Partnership: £112.9 to divert up to 102,600 tonnes per year.