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A Greener Peasenhall – blog posts
blog posts are regular comments about environmental matters and the locality. What is shown on the Blog post pages are the first paragraph of each – click on the title to read the full post.
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Solar, Heat pumps?
want to know more? wed. 21st July 4pm in village [ask for address] we have rep from Clima-Tech [installers of such] giving us an intro of what we need to know, without feeling you need to buy. ask for invite
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Phone radiation – 4G, 5G
I have been reading up about the possible dangers of phone ‘radiation’. All people are prone to medical damage by phone radiation even though 80% of us don’t detect any symptoms. A few years ago there was a scare about people holding their phones to their heads for a long time when phoning. Phone experts…
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Where does the grey bin waste go?
I visited the Great Blakenham Energy from Waste incinerator operated by SUEZ and Suffolk Council. Here’s a little film I made Everything in your grey bin is sent here to be incinerated. After burning, the ash is screened for metal (sold as scrap) and the ash sold for making building blocks. Electricity is fed into…
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Twitter Feeds
‘Green’ Twitter I have included some of the many Twitter sites/handles that have a specifically green agenda. For those unfamiliar with Twitter, it is a fabulous source of information, as well as humour. Ask for support on using Twitter if you want to be introduced. General Green media – @GreenPressMedia Air Clean Air 2 Breathe…
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Cookpole Energy Action
Simon Weeks of Walpole sent me this link to their community site – CEA – Cookpole Energy action – Cookpole Energy Action (CEA) was established in July 2009, following a talk to local residents about what we could all do to save energy, energy costs and carbon emissions. A group of us felt we should…
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Blue Campaign
met Amy at the Greener Sax fair in Sax at the weekend. She drew my attention to this site (I don’t know if its her site or she’s associated with it – Amy tell me) bluecampaignhub.com REWILDING BRITAIN’S GARDENS USING BLUE HEARTS Rewilding Britain GARDEN by GARDEN A natural solution to climate change and restoring…
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Woodburners
We are learning more about the health risks associated with air pollution, and especially with that caused by wood burning stoves. Some of us are old enough to remember the smogs of the 50’s – a visual reminder of the large particles of air pollution caused by burning coal. Some us saw the woodburner as…
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No plastic waste
I found this TED talk on YouTube – A radical plan to end plastic waste An Australian businessman wants plastic companies to use recycled waste to produce new plastic items, to encourage greater recycling of plastic waste, by making it more valuable, and economically worth cleaning up waste [watch the 15min. video for the logic]…
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Green Agenda for Peasenhall area
A Green Agenda for Peasenhall and surrounding area. 1.Reduce verge cutting through the village keep a diverse biosphere 2.Increase tree and hedge planting for oxygen/carbon cycle, homes for birds, insects and mammals 3.establish charging points for Electric vehicles enourage EV with a charging infrastructure 4.establish a water refilling point for personal water bottles alternative to…
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Chasing Ice
last friday we screened the remarkable – Emmy winning (2014) – film Chasing Ice. It describes the year long task of James Balog to photograph and record the changes in the receding ice cover, and melting glaciers in Greenland, Iceland, Alaska and Montana. It contains amazing photos of how the team placed cameras in remote…