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Contact
For further information, please contact the following
staff (or click on the contact name for further details):
Sharon
Dawson, Company Administrator
Telephone: 01733 568408
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Hugh
Cripps, PECT Chief Executive, presents JNCC with 'green
award' (April 2006)
Government nature conservation advisors JNCC have
'gone green' - with an official accreditation from Peterborough
Environment City Trust. More.....
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| Environment
Minister visits two PECT projects (March 2006) |
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Environment Minister, Elliot Morley, visited the East
of England on 2 March to see how businesses and projects
are setting an example to the rest of the region when
it comes to living and working in a sustainable and 'green
way'. The Minister was shown how Norwich & Peterborough
Building Society has been using PECT's award-winning Business
& Environment Management Scheme (BeMS) to
achieve more sustainable profits whilst reducing their
environment impact. |
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Environment Minister, Elliot Morley, visited the
East of England on 2 March to see how businesses
and projects are setting an example to the rest
of the region when it comes to living and working
in a sustainable and 'green way'. The Minister was
shown how Norwich & Peterborough Building Society
has been using PECT's award-winning Business
& Environment Management Scheme (BeMS)
to achieve more sustainable profits whilst reducing
their environment impact. |
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Minister also visited the Hamptons Development and
met a new resident who recieved one of PECT's 'Sustainable
Living Welcome Pack'. The pack is part of PECT's
Seeding Sustainable Communities
project and the 'goody bag' is full of information
about environmental issues, activities in the local
community and free environmental products.
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| Hampton
residents learn how to conserve water (March 2006)
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concerns about drought looming, tips on how to conserve
water are even more important. Residents in the
Hamptons have a chance to explore this and other
water issues at a Water Efficiency Event to be held
on Sunday 2 April, from 3-5 pm in the Hampton Hargate
Community Room, Hargate Way, Hampton Hargate, Peterborough.
More.....
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Fears
for elderly as gas bills set to rocket (February
2006)
Energy efficiency and fuel switching key to
tackling problem for millions. More.....
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White
van man to become an eco-warrior (February 2006)
White van man has been offered the opportunity
to go back to driving school to reduce fuel use
and the amount of climate changing carbon dioxide
that their vans produce. More.....
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NEWS
2006
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New Environmental Education
Website Launch (December 2006)
An
exciting new environmental education website for secondary
schools will be launched on 11 December 2006 at The King's
School, Peterborough.
Greener Futures is a fun and interactive website and currently
exists for primary school children. Over the past year,
Peterborough Environment City Trust has been working with
Crystal
Presentations Ltd, a multimedia design company,
to create a section of the website for secondary schools.
Used in schools, the website is designed to demonstrate
the impact that pupils have on the environment. Pupils
at two local schools, The King's School and Hampton College,
have been involved in the design and development of the
game.
The
Key Stage 3 website includes a questionnarire and data
analysis section and also the spectacular 'Green Planet'
game.
[ click here to play the game
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To
find out more about Greener Futures
[ click here ]
www.greenerfutures.com
Picture
right: Pupils at The King's School, Peterborough
at the launch with Amanda Swinford, Greener Futures
Co-ordinator, Richard Jack, Crystal Presentations
Ltd and Chris Dunn, Teacher.
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The Future for a Sustainable
Peterborough - PECT's Annual Review,
28 November 2006
The
Trust is delighted to have secured Alan Simpson, MP (Nottingham
South) as the Review's key note speaker. Alan will give
the audience an insight into his vision of how cities
and the country can become more sustainable and live within
its means. More.....(pdf)
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| Eastex
comes up smelling of roses (September 2006) |
Businesses
and other organisations in Peterborough and surrounding
areas continue to make big gains from goods passed on
through the new Materials Exchange, Eastex. The Exchange
aims to find homes for everything from everyday items
to the more bizarre, such as three tonnes of potpourri
which was recently donated to the education and play community
group, ComPASS Re-store by Peterborough-based cosmetics
firm Potter and Moore. More.....
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For more information on Eastex [click here ] |
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Green
Festival Children's Poetry Book 2006
As
part of the Peterborough Green Festival, budding young
poets from across Peterborough who took part in an environmental
themed poetry competition had their poems published in
a special edition book. The book, published by Upfront
Publishing, was promoted at Waterstones, Peterborough
for a limited period after the Festival.
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The Green House - helping everybody create a
greener Peterborough (June 2006)
Positioned
in the heart of the City, Peterborough's 'Green House'
is home to a distinctive mix of environmental organisations
that are making positive changes to the city. More.....(pdf)
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Eco
Audit for Peterborough Family
(May 2006)
On Wednesday 31 May 2006, Seeding
Sustainable Communities joined with a number of its partner
organisations to provide the Loakes' family with an in-depth
environmental audit, giving expert advice on different
aspects of the Loakes' lifestyle. More.....(pdf)
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Reducing
Waste: A Free Regional Materials Exchange for the East
of England
(May 2006)
A region-wide materials exchange, which provides businesses
and other organisations in the East of England with an
innovative waste resource, goes live this week. More.....
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Free
Home Insulation for Peterborough Residents (May 2006)
Peterborough City Council, in partnership with Aran
Services and Peterborough Environment City Trust, has
recently launched a home insulation scheme that pays 100
per cent of the cost of the home insulation improvements
to owner- occupied properties in the Peterborough
area. More.....
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