Did you know that office lights left on overnight use enough energy in a year to heat a home for almost five months?

Or that a 2°C increase in office temperature creates enough CO2 in a year to fill a hot air balloon?

For some simple tips on greening your workplace checkout the Peterborough Business Website.

Do the Green Thing...

Fantastic website all about being green!

Particularly love this video about using human heat instead of cranking up the radiator this winter...


Green Thing Presents Body-Shaped Insulation from Green Thing on Vimeo.

And this - it's a sucking racket...

Taking charge...

When it comes to improvements in mobile phones there is plenty to be thankful about. The days when owning a mobile phone was pretty much the same as carrying round a brick (minus the annoying ring tone) are long gone.

According to the Telegraph the latest mobile phone improvement will see the world’s biggest phone manufacturers adopt a universal standard phone charger in a bid to be more sustainable.

Most of the main manufacturers, including Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson, have signed up to the scheme where the mini-USB plug will be adopted as the standard charger for all handsets.The new chargers will use half as much energy, and will be supported by the majority of mobile phones by 2012.

A standardised charger will also mean customers won’t need a new charger with every new phone but can just reuse the one they’ve got. This means there will be fewer redundant ones going to landfill which is good news.

Now we just need to get people replacing their mobile phone less often, and recycling old ones. Apparently less than 18% of discarded phones are recycled. Find out how to raise money for charity by recycling your phone here.

The age of stupid...

Check out the trailer for The Age of Stupid

Here's the hype: "The Age of Stupid is a 90-minute film about climate change, set in the future. Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite (In The Name of the Father, Brassed Off) stars as a man living alone in the devasted world of 2055, looking back at footage from 2007 and asking: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?

We're trying to organise advance showings in Peterborough. Keep you posted.

What does the snow mean for our garden birds?

The recent snow we've had hasn't only caused problems for our transport system and schools. It can also result in a quick death for our garden birds. Find out what you can do to help...

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Raise money every time you search online...

Raise money for PETERBOROUGH ENVIRONMENT CITY TRUST with Everyclick.com http://www.everyclick.com/peterborough-environment-city-trust/259435/0

Instead of using Google as your search engine use Every Click - and raise money for charity every time you search!

Porritt returns to Peterborough!

Does marketing hold answers to the challenge of sustainable business?

With more and more businesses embracing sustainable practices, a conference in Peterborough next March will look at the role marketing can play in responding to the green agenda.

With the green agenda gathering pace, organisations are assessing their impact on the environment. They are also looking for opportunities to establish green credentials that can forge relationships, build brands and increase bottom line results.

But responding to this challenge isn’t straightforward. It demands a deep understanding of the issues and potential pitfalls, as well as the opportunities. There is a growing feeling that marketing can lead the way in meeting the challenge - but is that really the case?

To further the debate on the subject - and provide ideas and inspiration to anyone attending - this national one-day conference looks at how organisations can go beyond basic ‘eco-friendly’ claims and instead integrate sustainability policies with wider corporate social responsibility programmes.

John Luff, a former Head of Global Brand and of Global CSR at BT is speaking at the conference. John says, "If you’re looking for a lecture on CSR, don’t come to hear me speak at this conference! But if you’re looking for the ammunition to help you make sustainable marketing a reality for your own brand, I'll show you a way forward through greater understanding - a way to think multi-dimensionally about your brand.

“No hugging trees - CSR and sustainable marketing is about the economics of being in business. The most corporately irresponsible business is one that goes out of business.”

Conference highlights…
• Join the debate: does marketing really hold the key to sustainable business?
• Talk directly to people who have made green marketing work for them.
• Find out how to avoid ‘greenwash’.

Key speakers…
- Jonathon Porritt, Programme Director, Forum for the Future and Chairman, UK Sustainable Development Commission
- John Grant, Author of the Green Marketing Manifesto
- John Luff, international consultant on sustainable marketing
- Ed Gillespie from Futerra Creative Director and Co-founder, Futerra Sustainability Communications,
- Ecover, environmentally friendly cleaning products.


The conference takes place on 12 March 2009 in Peterborough. Prices for the event start from £140. More information and booking facilities can be found at www.greenmarketingconference.co.uk