Expect to hear more about the Danish island of Samsø which, thanks to a massive community effort over the past decade, is now self-sufficient in renewable energy. The 4,000 inhabitants spent €54 million (raised in local taxes and investment), to install nearly a dozen wind turbines on land, and the same again offshore, plus banks [...]
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What’s green, and earning money?
Posted in Carbon, Sustainable living, Tourism, electricity on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hotel towels and ‘green wash’
Posted in Sustainable living, Tourism on September 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hotels worldwide have cottoned onto the benefits of not changing guest towels every day. Usually, there is a sign inviting us to join them in doing our bit to help the environment. But are they really helping the environment? Or hoping to save money on their laundry bills? I’ve been pondering this since reading about [...]
The latest in environmental tourism?
Posted in Tourism on July 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It would take the French. A tethered gas balloon in Paris’s 15th arrondissement has been taking tourists up for aerial views of the city since 1999. Now, it has been coupled to an air quality monitoring and display system, to give real time information on air quality in the city and at major traffic junctions. [...]
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