Posts tagged UK
Cambridge UK Site of Europe’s First Eco-Mosque
Jul 12th
Image: Marks Barfield
The historic city of Cambridge, UK will soon be home to Europe’s first real eco-mosque. Designed by Marks Barfield, the same design firm known for the London Eye and the Kew Gardens Treetop Walkway, the £13 million project will be built on a 0.4 hectare brownfield that was purchased two years ago, just for the purpose of building a new structure that hopes to inspire other mosques to abide by the long-standing <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/old_roofr…Read the full story on TreeHugger
"Free" Solar For Schools: Feed-In Tarriff Funds Renewable Education
Jul 12th
Image credit: Solar4Schools
The Solar4Schools Initiative has already seen hundreds of UK schools fitted with PV panels producing clean, renewable energy. Now, with the launch of the Government’s solar feed-in tariff scheme (FIT) we should see a massive expansion of that program – with companies using the FIT funding to finance installations at little to no cost for the school in question. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Climategate Scientists Vindicated, ‘Honesty Not in Doubt’
Jul 8th
LONDON, UK, July 8, 2010 (ENS) – Climate scientists at a UK research unit whose emails were hacked and published in a scandal known as Climategate have been found to be both honest and credible after…
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Kids Cycle To School and Parents Risk Being Reported to Social Services
Jul 6th
Logo: Bike For All Photo: Sgillies on Flickr
Almost a year ago we asked the question, When Should Tykes Be On Bikes?. Now in the UK the question is being asked, When Should Kids be Allowed to Ride to School — Alone?
For one London couple, Oliver and Gillian Schönrock, they decided it was OK for their eight year daughter and five year son to ride the 1.2km (0.75 miles) to their school along th…Read the full story on TreeHugger
