Energy

I was lucky enough to spend yesterday afternoon with the Kariboe School in Heemskirk, just outside of Amsterdam. The school's Director, Henk Schweitzer, is one of the most inspirational people I've met recently so a blog seemed the least I could do...

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NO to the conservatory tax! NO to ugly, bird-killing wind turbines! NO to outlandishly expensive renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency programmes and infrastructure upgrades! It’s easy to caricature those parts of the media who seem to object by reflex to any environmentally positive policy suggestion. But it’s important in this time of coalition to find ways of working together.

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Like a long-forgotten pop group from the 1990s, cold weather has decided to make a comeback. At SE², we’ve spent much of the past winter delivering training to frontline workers from local authorities, the NHS and the voluntary sector. We’ve talked about the health impacts of cold weather, ways to spot someone who might be at risk from the cold and some of the simple, proven solutions that are available. Here are some of the things that we have learned along the way:

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Liz is speaking at Ecobuild on 21^st March, alongside Linn Rafferty of JTec Energy and Automation, about the business opportunities presented by Green Deal and how to capitalise on them through marketing and the provision of energy advice.To get ready for our Ecobuild session, we set ourselves a challenge: 10 minutes to create 30 Green Deal business ideas.

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