With the United Nations Climate Change Conference starting earlier this week (28th November 2011) in Durban, South Africa, which aims to advance efforts towards a global agreement to cut carbon emissions, I thought it would be fitting to write an … Continue reading
Author Archives: Steve Burgess
Masdar – A Sustainable City
Masdar is a sustainable city being built in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is a model for sustainable urban development, providing a high quality living and working environment with the lowest possible ecological footprint. Everything has been engineered for … Continue reading
Green Energy – Record Investments
A United Nations report released earlier this year stated that global investment in renewable energy rose by nearly a third in 2010. The Figures $211 billion was invested into green energy in 2010, a 32% rise from the $160 billion … Continue reading
Plastic Bags: Time for Legislation?
The latest figures reveal that, after a number of years of decline, plastic bag use has increased again. Although it has been avoided before, is it now time to face legislation on plastic bags in the UK? Each year millions … Continue reading
Global Warming, Biofuels and Food Waste
Food Prices World food prices have already more than doubled since 1990 and Oxfam predicts that this trend will accelerate over the next 20 years. They also predict that by 2030, the average cost of key crops could increase by … Continue reading
Bottled Water and the Environment
Bottled water is now an extremely popular choice for many people, either for convenience or as an alternative to fizzy drinks. Worldwide sales have rocketed in the last couple of decades: 2.2 billion gallons of bottled water were sold in … Continue reading
The Perfect Storm: Energy, Water, Food and Climate
In the coming decades the world will face huge challenges as the population is increasing dramatically whilst the resources needed to support them rapidly decline. Within twenty years vast changes are required in order to avoid what scientists have termed … Continue reading
The Science of Happiness
The mission statement of the Energy Saving Warehouse is to ‘Save Energy, Save Money, Save Carbon’, with the main goal being to help the UK meet their Carbon Reduction Commitments by 2020. One way that everyone can ‘Save Energy, Save … Continue reading
