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Thursday, 28 July 2011, 4:16 PM
Not even miserable weather could spoil the enjoyment of a recent get-together by members of Towards Transition Stirling (TTS).
Wednesday, 27 July 2011, 8:46 AM
Is flytipping blighting your land or neighbourhood? Do you need some help to remove the waste and dispose of it properly, or to prevent it happening again? If so, support is now available.
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 2:01 PM
A brand new series of teacher training videos that will help schools reduce their impact on the planet are now available to access on the SSN Local Footprints Project website. The five training videos have been produced by the Local Footprints Project to support teachers to use the Schools Global Footprint resources.
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 1:41 PM
New guidance by the Scottish Government on how to ensure local services are better designed and built around people and local communities, and a new report by the new economics foundation (nef) on the benefits of co-production, were both published this month. The theme of better aligning public, private and community action on sustainable development and climate change will be central to this year's SSN Conference, taking place on 10 November.
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 1:01 PM
Applications are now being sought for a Masters in Applied Carbon Management, a programme offered as a result of a unique partnership between the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Glasgow and the Crichton Carbon Centre (Scottish Charity No SCO38915), a not for profit postgraduate teaching and research organisation, with a remit to assist in the transition to a low carbon society.
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 11:33 AM
The environmental think tank, the Green Alliance, published a briefing note on 13 July that aims to demistify and summarise the latest climate science. The briefing was produced under the Green Alliance's 'Climate Leadership Programme' for MPs, in association with the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College London.
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 10:04 AM
A report published on 19 July by the House of Lords Science and Technology Sub-Committee into the way the Government tries to influence people's behaviour using behaviour change interventions found that 'nudges' used in isolation are unlikely to be effective. The report argued that a whole range of measures - including some regulatory measures - will be needed to change behaviour in a way that will make a real difference to society's biggest problems.
Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 2:21 PM
Fife Partnership works with community to shape future of public services; Aberdeenshire Council shortlisted for green award; Highland Council publishes marine renewables action plan; Fife Council hails launch of next generation wave device at Energy Park; and South Ayrshire Council publishes Cycling Map.
Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 2:03 PM
Highland Council recently announced the launch of a ground-breaking Heat Map that was developed using a methodology that is repeatable for all other Scottish local authorities. The Heat Map, which will help to identify and define future renewable heat opportunities in the area, is a Scottish Government-funded pilot project that has been developed specifically to help deliver the Scottish Government target of 11% of all heat demand from renewable sources by 2020.
Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 1:23 PM
Foresight, the UK Government's futures think tank, published a report on 11 July which shows that the UK will be vulnerable to adverse impacts from climate change abroad. The report 'International Dimensions of Climate Change' argues that attention needs to be given to how climate change effects in other countries may have domestic impacts here.
Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 12:38 PM
Launched on 7 July, the Common Cause Handbook is designed to be a 'slimmer, lighter' version of WWF's Common Cause Report. The Common Cause Handbook argues values and 'frames' play a key role in shaping our thoughts and actions, and must be taken into account when we communicate issues such as climate change to others.
Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 10:42 AM
Key findings from the 5-year ESRC-funded RESOLVE research programme on lifestyles, values and the environment were presented at a conference held on 15 June in London. All conference presentations and audio from the day can now be accessed online. RESOLVE Director Professor Tim Jackson, American academic Professor Juliet Schor, Transition movement founder Rob Hopkins and chair of the House of Lords Behaviour Change Inquiry Baroness Neuberger were among the key speakers on the day.
Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 11:44 AM
Reaching the national final of a prestigious energy awards competition has allowed Going Carbon Neutral Stirling to offer small cash grants for community action on carbon.
Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 11:31 AM
Susan Jones won't forget the summer of 2011 in a hurry - she graduated from Stirling University and then was named as the latest GCNS Green Champion.
Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 5:17 PM
Registration is now open for Sustainable Scotland Network's annual conference, 'Local Action for a Sustainable Scotland'. SSN's tenth annual conference will be held in Edinburgh on 10 November and will focus on aligning public, private and community action to deliver on Scotland's sustainable development and climate change ambitions. Confirmed speakers include: Stewart Stevenson MSP, Sue Bruce and Dr. Andy Kerr.
Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 4:56 PM
On 5 July the European Parliament voted against the adoption of a report seeking to increase the EU target for greenhouse gas emissions reduction from 20% to 30% by 2020 from 1990 levels. The report was rejected following the adoption of a series of amendments by Conservative groupings of MEPs - including UK Conservative MEPs - that watered down the report to such an extent that the report's author, Green MEP Bas Eickhout, opted to encourage MEPs not to vote in its favour.
Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 3:04 PM
On 6 July Prime Minister David Cameron announced that the UK Government estate had cut its carbon emissions by 13.8% between May 2010-May 2011, 3.8% above the intended target of 10%. On the same day, the UK Government also announced that it was launching a series of trials, working with businesses and local authorities, aimed at making it easier for the public to adopt energy efficient behaviours. The trials are outlined in a new report from the Government's Behavioural Insights Team and will be carried out and evaluated in time for the roll out of the Green Deal in 2012.
Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 2:13 PM
Angus Council is currently recruiting for a Project Officer-Environmental Strategy post. The post-holder will assist in developing, monitoring and reviewing the council's sustainable development and environment policies and projects.
Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 1:46 PM
On Tuesday 6th July, Chief Executive of Keep Scotland Beautiful, Derek Robertson, handed over six Blue Flags to the Provost of Fife, Councillor Frances Melville at a ceremony at West Sands Beach, St Andrews.
Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 10:55 AM
The Scottish Green Awards 2011 are open for nominations until Friday 29th July 2011. The awards aim to recognise individuals, companies and organisations that promote Scotland as a country that encourages sustainability, tackles climate change and is committed to improving energy efficiency.
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 5:09 PM
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) published its third annual report to the UK Parliament, reviewing Government's efforts to meet carbon budgets and drive down emissions. The report highlights the "lack of progress" made in reducing emissions over the course of 2010, and states that the underlying emissions trend for the year was "incompatible with the need for deep emissions cuts required to meet carbon budgets".
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 4:02 PM
The Scottish Government has launched a Renewables Routemap to outline an action plan to achieve targets for 100 per cent of Scotland's electricity needs from renewables by 2020.
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 3:20 PM
Following a request from the Scottish Government in March 2011, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) issued a letter on 4 July to the Scottish Government, advising on Scottish emission targets for the years 2023-2027. The letter also advised the Scottish Government on the use of credits to meet targets in 2013-2017.
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 2:02 PM
At the recent C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group in Sao Paulo, C40 and ICLEI announced that they will jointly establish a global standard for accounting and reporting community-scale greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that can be used across multiple platforms. The two organisations hope the standard, due to be launched in November this year, will 'result in consistent, robust and comparable city inventories'.
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 12:32 PM
On 30 June the UK Government announced a set of proposals that it says will make the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme 'simpler, easier and more straightforward'. The proposals will be formally consulted on in early 2012, but the Government is encouraging comments from CRC EES participants now.
Monday, 4 July 2011, 10:49 AM
ScotRail have invited Keep Scotland Beautiful to assess and award, as necessary, a Tidy Station Standard to each of its 346 stations.
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