Archive for November, 2008
Games Monitor is a network of people raising awareness about issues within the London Olympic development processes.
We want to highlight the local, London and international implications of the Olympic industry. We seek to deconstruct the ‘fantastic’ hype of Olympic boosterism and the eager complicity of the ‘urban elites’ in politics, business, the media, sport, academia and local institutional ‘community stakeholders’.
Bristol has beaten Brighton to claim the top spot in a league table of Britain’s most sustainable cities.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20081107/tuk-uk-s-most-sustainable-city-is-45dbed5_1.html
Regulations that stop strange-shaped fruit and vegetables being sold are being changed by the European Union. But are we willing to eat wonky veg?
At 10 a.m. on November 13, join millions of people throughout Southern California in the ShakeOut Drill, the largest earthquake preparedness activity in U.S. history! .The Great Southern California ShakeOut includes the ShakeOut Drill and other events to help us get ready for big earthquakes.
East London will be home to the largest urban park to be built in Europe for 150 years, organisers of the 2012 Olympic Games have announced. More than £200m has been earmarked for the Olympic Park in Stratford, being built on a former industrial site. 
We are committed to recycling and reducing our rubbish and we have set ourselves a long term goal of zero waste. We are currently recycling almost 43% of our waste and are on target to achieve even higher levels of recycling this year.
http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/BathNES/environmentandplanning/recyclingandwaste/default.htm
Staff in Bath & North East Somerset Council are participating in a ground breaking, in-house energy efficiency project.
The project aims to reduce the amount of energy that is used in our offices, thereby reducing our carbon emissions, a key factor in fighting climate change. Energy Champions, who have come forward from all over the council, are working with staff to raise awareness of energy efficiency in the workplace.
Staff are encouraged to do simple things, such as turn off lights when they are not being used, print documents double sided, and to turn off monitors and shut down computers when leaving their desks to go to meetings or leaving the office. The cumulative efforts of these small actions add up to definite savings in electricity use. Consumption monitors have been installed to the electricity supplies in our offices so that it is possible to see where and when energy is being used.
http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/BathNES/environmentandplanning/Sustainability/energyefficiency/OBEC.htm
Bath is one of the most beautiful cities in the world
Published November 3, 2008 Bath Leave a CommentBath’s outward image of beauty and elegance, world-class heritage and apparent prosperity conceals a range of economic and social problems which, if left unchecked, will lead to the long-term decline of the city
http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/future/Bath/Decline+and+Change/default.htm
