September 2008
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Looking for corporate sponsors
We are looking for corporate sponsors to fund our Carbon Busters ‘town by town youth project’; The program educates young people about climate change and with your full sponsorship and support, you can help us bring a reduction in carbon emissions and a green award for every local school in your town!
While we work with your company to reduce emissions on the one hand, we will use...
June 2008
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May 2008
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Carbon Charity to Benefit from Holiday Bookings!
Travel2Give has been launched by Scottish Travel Company, The Travel Division, who are based in Ayrshire. Its aim is simple - to create substantial donation funding for Charities throughout the UK from the holiday bookings of their competitors. A surprising aspect of the programme is a launch partnership struck with the ‘c-change trust’ whereby every Charity affiliate who books a holiday can...
April 2008
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GLH cut their carbon footprint 22%
Greater London Hire ( GLH ) are the c-change trust’s best success story this year with a dramatic 22% cut in their carbon footprint! Within the last year they have achieved an accredited ISO 14001 and they were highly commended in the prestigious Greenfleet awards. GLH have achieved the cut in their footprint with a vehicle purchasing policy based on green criteria – They have increased their...
March 2008
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the c-change trust
http://www.thec-changetrust.org acknowledge your carbon emissions and help support our projects
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Balfour Beatty Scottish and Southern Ltd work with...
Balfour Beatty Socttish and Southern Ltd are reducing the number of carbon costly business flights they take within the UK. Their initiative is to hold more meetings via video conferencing and have pledged to further reduce their carbon footprint in the coming year. They chose to acknowledge the remaining emissions from the flights they had taken and this is contributing to fund more carbon...
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What will climate change actually do to the... →
In a Times article, climate expert Mark Lynas runs through the various real world scenarios as the globe warms up this century and asks how prepared we are to face this. ”” Chance of avoiding two degrees of global warming: 93%, but only if emissions of greenhouse gases are reduced by 60% over the next 10 years. “”
February 2008
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Gold Hill
Young friends of the woodland The new community woodland project at Shepton Mallet’s Goldhill is well underway – thanks to the efforts of some of the town’s youngest residents. Pupils from Shepton Mallet Infant School and St Paul’s Junior School helped to plant trees on the three-acre site last week. The project has been funded by Somerset County Council and the Duchy of Cornwall, owners of the...
Greater London Hire - London's green award winning...
A family owned taxi and vehicle hire company in London. Aware of their impact on the environment they called in the c-change trust as part of their sustainability drive. They have purchased a fleet of 50 Toyota Prius hybrid cars and are currently testing electric vans to replace their diesel vehicles. They have also changed their electricity supplier to Ecotricity. As a result of their activity,...
December 2007
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Hemp is the way forward for sustainable building...
http://hempglobalsolutions.com/climatechange.php HGS and The C-Change Trust have partnered to develop a system for offsetting and retiring carbon emissions through UK hemp cultivation. Check out the science page to see our calculations for hemp carbon absorption. The C-Change Trust gives business and individuals the opportunity to acknowledge and offset their carbon emissions through charitable...
November 2007
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the c-change trust's 'Carbon Gym' voted pick of...
As part of our first emissions reduction project we thought we’d create an online tool to help householders to not only measure their carbon emissions, but give detailed advice and links to help reduce them by making a series of pledges. The carbon footprint is seen in relation to future government CO2 reduction targets. http://nef.org.uk/actonCO2/carboncalculator.htm We embarked on the...
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the c-change trust's 'Carbon Gym' story →
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Woodland partners in Wales are a sustainable...
Coed Marros Cooperative – Carmarthenshire, Wales ‘The cooperative was founded in 2006 by four core members who have brought together a wide range of expertise on woodland management, green woodworking, ecology and permaculture’. In 2007 the c-change trust planted 3000 native broadleaf trees including ash, oak, beech and hazel. The c-change trust, the UK’s first registered charity...
Global hit band 'The Scissor Sisters' donate to...
Scissor Sisters show their support for green projects The Scissor Sisters, in acknowledgement of the impact their tours have on the environment, have donated £6,500 to the c change trust. The funds will be used to plant broadleaf woodland and invested into the c-change trust’s education programme, “carbon busters”, spear headed by Melanie Merrill, who featured in ITN’s...