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The Sunshine Vitamin
Vitamin D , sometimes known as the sunshine vitamin because the body manufactures it in response to sunlight on the skin, is increasingly being thought of as important in preventing a variety of chronic illnesses. Vitamin D deficiency is now a strong suspect in Scotland's poor health record, which gives it some of the highest rates of heart disease and cancer in Europe and, overall, chronic disease in the world. Another obvious characteristic of Scotland is its weather. Its geography and the Gulf Stream combine to give it a particularly damp, overcast climate where sunlight levels can be as low as parts of the Arctic Circle.
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Cut Carbon, Cut Costs
Small and medium-sized firms are being encouraged to take advantage of a free online tutorial aimed at helping them improve their energy efficiency. Government-funded environmental agency the Carbon Trust’s new Cut Carbon, Cut Costs video tutorial offers a whole host of handy hints on slashing energy costs and saving money.
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Save money - it's your business
Defra launched a new campaign on 4 November 2009 at the WRAP annual conference aimed at encouraging business in the UK to save up to £6.4 billion through resource efficiency.
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New guidance on measuring GHG emissions
Defra and DECC have published new guidance on how to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and how to reduce emissions that are identified.
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Energy Saving Week
Energy Saving Week is launched today, 19 October 2009. An annual campaign run by the Energy Saving Trust (EST), hopefully it acts as another prod in the direction of reducing our energy demand. The theme of the week is 'Waste', which implies we still haven't learnt th elessons of the previous 12 annual weeks.
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The Story of Stuff
You may be able to buy a radio for a fiver but what did it actually cost to manufacture it and get it onto the shop floor?
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Lazy Environmentalist
In The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget, Josh Dorfman takes you inside the latest developments in green living to demonstrate how you can easily and affordably have your designer jeans and your planet too.
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Active Mediation Forum
Do you want to understand more about how mediation can work in
practice? Then join PAS for an introduction on how mediation can be
applied. In this Forum Event we will be exploring the practical use of
mediation in different stages of the planning process – development
planning, pre-application consultation and enforcement.
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Top Four Tips for Eco-Driving
Apply these eco-driving tips and encounter an overall fuel saving of around 15% - helps your pocket, helps combat climate change too..
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Business Guide to Avoiding Greenwash
There's been a fair bit in the media recently about companies applying greenwash to their products, making eco product claims that an increasingly aware, discriminatory and sceptical public are starting to doubt. Now there is a new business guide to avoiding greenwash, which may do as much reputational damage as publicity about poor environmental practice.
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Climate Change Latest Developments
The Scottish Government has announced an extra seminar on the latest development in climate change actions, following the passing of the Scottish Climate Change Bill and the publication of a Delivery Plan for meeting Scotland’s statutory climate change targets.
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Caring Capitalism
The Guardian produced a pull-out this week entitled 'Caring Capitalism: Strategies for Growth the Third Sector'. Given the range of core services now delivered through the third sector, and their importance to the quality of day-to-day life for many, strategies for survival and growth are vital.
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Funding for energy efficiency
Are you or somebody you know spending more than 10% of your income on keeping warm? If so, then you are in fuel poverty and there are grants available to help.
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The 11th Hour
It may not have acheived the same kind of coverage as Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth but Leonardo Di Caprio's film is just as good and does at least try to focus on what we can do.
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SEPA Research Strategy Wiki
SEPA has recently launched its Research Strategy for 2008 - 2012, which aims to ensure that SEPA's research and development work enables the organisation to deliver best value practices and to inform the development of effective policies and the Scottish Government's goal of sustainable economic growth.
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Communicating biodiversity
If you are stuggle to explain the context for biodiversity and its key aspects in Scotland then look no further than Scottish Natural Heritage.
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Square Foot Gardening Shoots Up
Forth Valley Food Links are pleased with their new 'Square Foot Gardening' programme following the running of a 'Taster' event in Denny at the end of November.
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Landshare
I'm sure we are all familiar with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and his
campaign for local food, but it seems that the River Cottage people
have now set up a website to help people find land to grow food on.
Log on to landshare.net to register.
A Christmas Dilemma - Real or Artificial
It's a nightmare for even the greenest of greens. Christmas, a season
of indulgence. First decision is tree...real or artificial. It's more
complicated than you think. Good advice in The Guardian . Take a look.
National Industrial Symbiosis Programme - materials exchange
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Waste Aware Business - web advice
The Waste Aware Business site operated by Keep Scotland Beautiful is a website that contains a directory of where and what business can recycle in Scotland. It's Free.
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The Business Environment Partnership
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Carbon Trust - carbon management advice
Energy Savings Trust - travel for business
Envirowise - waste and energy efficiency advice
Envirowise provides a free business audit service looking at key environmental issues.
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SEPA-Business advice
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