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A tougher and more comprehensive climate change bill is being put forward by Environment Minister Hilary Benn. The following measures are under serious consideration:·    A new Carbon Trading scheme for large and medium-sized firms.   ·    Expansion of the current Emissions Trading Scheme including UK industry and public sector organisations in addition to emissions from international aviation and [...]

Does your workplace have a luxurious feel, or the hotel you last visited make you feel like they really care about you? No to the first question; hopefully a yes to the second? For most of us it’s very important for us as customers or employees to feel like the environment we are in is [...]

Theatre’s in London are working together to make themselves cleaner and greener. Ken Livingstone announced that key players from theatreland will work with the mayor to produce a Climate Change Action Plan for London theatres to make them more energy efficient. Measures include undertaking energy audits, installing energy efficient lighting and improving building insulation. Gaia [...]

There is currently a lot of buzz around saving energy and reducing your businesses carbon footprint. Many companies, such as M&S and Toyota are taking reducing their CO2 levels very seriously. Lots of measures are taking place, such as energy monitoring and changing to energy efficient light bulbs, in order to reach targets.  Seeing all [...]

Gaia Active is very pleased to see that the Nobel Peace Prize has gone to Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This signals that climate change is now one of global society’s defining security issues. In particular Al Gore has been very prominent in raising the issue of climate change with his [...]