Tag: Bristol
-
New Mayor Takes Entire Salary in Local Currency
There was a time when local currencies were usable only at food co-ops and yoga studios. When a city mayor elects to take his entire salary in local notes, you know things are changing.
-
Distributed Energy Generation Would Produce More Than Gigantic Tidal Barrage
The Severn Barrage could create 50,000 jobs and provide 5% of the UK's electricity needs. Critics say we can do better than that.
-
Local Currency Goes City-Wide and High-tech
The Bristol Pound is not your average local currency scheme. A new video sets out the vision for this ambitious, city-wide scheme.
-
Bristol Prints Own Money, Including Banksy-notes and Eco Themes, to Spur Local Buying
The British city of Bristol hopes to promote local business with their own high-security scrip featuring local designs
-
Community Supported Aquaponics Takes Off in the UK
Volunteers are trialling an urban fish farm allotment in Bristol, England. Could this help ensure food security in an uncertain future?
-
City's Local Currency Is Accepted for Paying Taxes
Local currencies are nothing new, but one city is allowing its businesses to pay their taxes with local money.
-
The Occupy Movement Must Think Beyond Physical Occupation
Non-violent direct action is an important part of our democratic heritage. But occupation is a tactic, not an end goal.
-
Could Annoying Your Little Brother Be a Catalyst for Solar?
Not long ago, my parents installed a sizable solar array on their home in England. Now my brother has just emailed with photos of his own installation. What's going on? Besides providing more evidence that solar feed-in
-
Want Half Your Employees to Cycle? Build a Bike Shed Like This One
We know that bike commuting saves money, and that cycling to work combats obesity too. So it's no surprise when we hear that bike commuting is on the rise in many cities. One company is stepping out way ahead
-
Can a Whole City Go Zero Waste?
We've already seen how pay-as-you-throw trash metering can cut landfill waste in half, and we've witnessed whole cities make composting mandatory. So there's little doubt that much, much
-
Monbiot: Biofuels for Electricity is "Eco Vandalism"
Image credit: pawpaw67, used under Creative Commons license. Malaysian palm oil producers may be committing to green(er) practices, but that's unlikely to appease George Monbiot. He has long been a critic of biofuels for vehicles, but he is absolutely
-
Dramatic Projections Bring Climate Change Impacts Home
Stunning Art Project Projects Impacts of Climate Change TreeHugger was founded on the idea that art and design can help solve the ecological crisis we are facing - most recently evidenced by our round up of environmental artists shaking up the art
-
The Office: Flexible, Green Office Space for All
Life can be hard for start-up companies, particularly in the current economic climate. Often the need to keep costs down means that decent office space becomes unaffordable. It can be even harder for a small company to implement a green office policy if
-
Triodos Bank Annual Meeting Tackles Food Security
Whenever we've discussed Triodos Bank, the European sustainability-oriented savings bank with branches in the UK, Spain, The Netherlands and Belgium, we've always been impressed at the number of customers who attend
-
Ecotricity's 'Global Cooling Machines': Stunning Video
We like Ecotricity, the UK-based green energy company that is busy planning and erecting urban wind turbines across the country. We’ve written about their partnership with Popeye, we’ve brought news of their collaborations with Lotus and Ben and
-
Best Renewables Project in the West - "Where's the Competition?" Ask Winners...
The UK-based renewable energy company Ecotricity recently won an award from the renewable energy agency for South West England for its development of three giant wind turbines at the industrial Avonmouth Docks site on the outskirts of Bristol (which we
-
Transition City Bristol's Big Event: Program Now Finalized
Just a reminder to our UK-based readers that Transition City Bristol's Big Event, which we posted on last week, is coming up on Sunday. Billed by Rob Hopkins, originator of the Transition Towns concept, as "Possibly the biggest Peak Oil/Climate
-
Transition City Bristol's Big Event: "Unleashing the Collective Genius of the Community"
Hailed by Rob Hopkins as "possibly the biggest peak oil/climate change/Transition event to take place in the UK", Bristol's Big Event looks set to be a huge collective exploration of the future for this city of 400,000 residents as fossil fuels
