PECT sponsors one of the
Age Concern Christmas Trees in St John's Church, Peterborough...
(December 2007)
PECT
wants to encourage people to think about the environment
this Christmas and has decorated
its tree with decorations made from reused materials.
More.....(pdf)
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Going Green for Christmas
... (December 2007)
It's
easy to forget the environment at Christmas, but a more
sustainable festive season may not be as difficult as
you think. More.....(pdf)
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PECT receives award for
pioneering sustainable travel in the work-place (December
2007)
PECT
was one of twenty eight organisations from Cambridgeshire
and Peterborough that has been recognised for pioneering
healthy and environmentally friendly commuting initiatives.
More.....(pdf)
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Eastex
reduces business waste by 4,500 tonnes - the equivalent
of 1,500 elephants! (December 2007)
Eastex
is the Materials Exchange scheme for the East of England
which aims to reduce the amount of business waste that
is sent to landfill. More.....(pdf)
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Training to help businesses
in Peterborough reduce their carbon footprint, adhere
to environmental legislation, and cut costs (21 November)
PECT's
Business & Environment Management Scheme (BeMS) is
offering a range of training to organisations in Peterborough
to help them adhere to environmental legislation. More.....(pdf)
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BBC
'Breathing Places'
Peterborough
Environment City Trust is working closely with Greater
Peterborough Partnership, Opportunity Peterborough,
the BBC - as one of its 'Breathing Cities' - and with
the Evening Telegraph's 'Go Green' campaign to co-ordinate
a 'Year of Action' which will give a real boost to the
city's environmental aspirations.
Peterborough hosted a BBC Springwatch Festival on 10
June in Peterborough's Central Park to launch its 'Year
of Action' . This will
be followed by a year of smaller activities designed
to help people think about ways in which they could
work to improve the environment in which they live.
Keep up to date, log on to the ET website: www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/gogreen
Sign up to the Breathing Places' newsletter [ click here ]
Read the BBC's Peterborough's Springwatch Festival page [ click
here ]
View
photographs from the Springwatch Festival in Peterborough
on 10 June [ click here ]
To find out more about the BBC's 'Breathing Places'
campaign visit: www.bbc.co.uk/breathingplaces/
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Free Loft Insulation for
Peterborough Residents (November)
PECT
Consultancy Limited, the consultancy arm of Peterborough
Environment City Trust, is launching the second round
of a scheme which will allow Peterborough residents to
insulate their homes for free or at substantially reduced
rates. More.....(pdf)
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Green Support for Children
in Need (November)
PECT
staff supported Children in Need day by coming to work
in fancy dress to raise funds.
More.....(pdf)
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Peterborough householders
urged to make a difference in the Love Food, Hate Waste
campaign (November)
A
new campaign launched by WRAP (Waste & Resource Action
Programme) has revealed that we are throwing away a staggering
third of the food we buy in the UK. More.....(pdf)
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The Eastex Community
Construction Challenge is launched! (November)
Each
year businesses send thousands of tonees of materials
to landfill in the East Anglian region alone. The Eastex
Challenge aims to build for the local community using
only business waste materials that would otherwise end
up in landfill.
More.....(pdf)
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New website launched
to help teachers deliver dynamic classes on green issues
(October)
PECT launched its
new Greener Schools' website
(www.greenerschools.co.uk)
yesterday (16 October) at the Voyager School in Peterborough.
The event was attended by teachers from in and around
Peterborough along with the Mayor of Peterborough who
officially launched the website. More.....(pdf)
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Inaugural Eastex
Conference (October)
The first Eastex
Annual Conference took place a the Keystone Innovative
Centre, Thetford on Wednesday 10 October. Eastex, the
unique materials exchange scheme for the East of England,
is a free service for businesses and organisations.
The scheme uses a website (www.eastex.org.uk)
to connect those with waste with those requiring goods.
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