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‘Let’s Go Eco’ Interactive House
Fri, 14 May 2021
‘Let’s Go Eco’ is an interactive, animated house that’s based on the footprint and energy use of a typical three-bedroomed semi-detached house.
While you explore the house and garden, you can choose various energy efficiency improvements from insulation to low carbon heating technologies. Your money and carbon savings are added as you go along. You can also learn about easy ‘planet friendly’ lifestyle changes.
At the end, you can generate a summary report of your activity. They have developed supplementary mini-guides for further information.
Developed by Nottingham Creative Agency, Rusty Monkey, the tool was funded by Nottingham Trent University’s Enabling Innovation Fund and Nottingham Energy Partnership (NEP).
Eco Home for Sale in Nottingham
Fri, 14 May 2021
There is a unique opportunity to purchase an Eco Home next door to the Hockerton Housing Project, a world-renowned sustainable development. Nestled in the rural village of Hockerton, near Southwell, this 2 or 3 bedroom home is one of the most energy efficient homes in the UK.
More information: https://bit.ly/3bfzgHq
Brailsford's Wildlife Hotel
Fri, 14 May 2021
Brailsford Parish Council are trying to rewild a small piece of land that had become neglected. They have started by building a Brailsford's Wildlife Hotel with decaying logs. The local birds are already enjoying it so there must be someone in residence!
They hope to let most of the grass grow longer and have also planted some wildflower seeds, wild snowdrops, and added a bird box and bee a hotel.
Submit Ideas for “Together Our Planet, Together Our Future” Mural
Fri, 14 May 2021
With the aim of empowering the local community to take action against climate change, Green Meadows, the £1.5 million National Lottery Climate Action funded project, has launched the Community Mural. The mural is designed to creatively involve residents from The Meadows area in Nottingham City and further afield.
For this project, Nottingham-based residents are invited to contribute ideas, drawings, short stories, or poems under the theme “Together our planet, together our future”. Submissions can be any size, length, medium or material, and can be submitted digitally or by post. Deadline is 30th May 2021.
Mural artists can also register interest for future involvement in the project via the website.
Apple manufacturing to source 100% renewable electricity, thriving Australian reef shows what is possible, and more...
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- Climate-concerned gardeners demand UK ban on peat compost
- More than 100 of Apple’s manufacturing partners have agreed to source 100% renewable electricity for the production of Apple products
- Britain's electricity system 'greenest ever' over Easter
- Rowley Shoals: thriving Australian reef shows what’s possible when ecosystems are untouched by humans