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Join the Co-operative Green Schools Revolution The Co-operative Green Schools Revolution is bringing exciting and engaging activities to classrooms across the UK, with projects that encourage........

Grants for renewable heating technologies launched by UK Government The Renewable Heat Premium Payment scheme is a government scheme that gives money to householders to help them buy renewable heating technologies........

Films of 2011 Ashden Awards winners now released Last week the winners of the 2011 Ashden Awards were announced at the annual Awards ceremony in London. Films of the activities of the UK and International........

Ashden Awards 2011: UK winners announced Pioneers of low carbon energy in the UK have been recognised at the 11th annual Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy, the world's leading green........

Ashden Awards finalists for 2011 The list of the eight International finalists and eight UK finalists for the Ashden Awards 2011 has been announced. The winners will be announced........

Ashden Awards Conference 15 June 2011, London The Ashden Awards Conference is a unique all-day event bringing together energy champions from both the UK and the developing world. These experienced,........

My 2050 How would you meet our energy demands and reduce carbon emissions by 2050? A new online simulation gives you the chance to take the big decisions........

Eneco launches name the wind park competition Eneco is giving local residents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to name the proposed offshore wind park sited off the Dorset coast. The winning........

E.ON launches Sustainable Energy Fund The energy company E.ON has launched a Sustainable Energy Fund for green-thinking community groups across the UK, offering grants and advice for........

Everyone can save energy Everyone Can Save Energy is an eight minute animated DVD for people who have learning difficulties. It is easy to understand and is aimed at tenants,........

Climate Change in Our World Millions of Google Earth users around the world will be able to see how climate change could affect the planet and its people over the next century,........

Grants for biomass projects in schools The Government has launched a new round of its Bio-Energy Capital Grants Scheme. The scheme supports the installation of biomass-fuelled heat projects........

CREATE closes in on Big Green Challenge £1m NESTA has announced the 100-strong shortlist of UK groups competing to earn a share of the million-pound Big Green Challenge prize fund. CREATE........

Community Sustainable Energy Programme opens for business The Community Sustainable Energy Programme (CSEP) is an open grants programme run by BRE as an award partner of the Big Lottery Fund as part........

B&Q 'One Planet Living' Awards B&Q has announced that its all-new ‘One Planet Living’ (OPL) Awards for 2008 are now open for applications! The Awards are open to environmental........

Greenpeace Efficiencity Greenpeace has launched a virtual town which generates its own electricity and its own heat, instead of relying on coal and nuclear power. It is........

NESTA prize fund launched for new ideas to tackle climate change A million pounds is up for grabs from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) for groups of people who can come up........

Lottery helps shrink carbon footprint A multi-million pound scheme to help communities become more energy efficient and ease the financial impact of rising energy costs has being launched........

Government launches CO2 Calculator An online calculator that enables people to work out their carbon footprint using government-recognised data and calculations has been launched........

Motivating Communities to Take Action On behalf of the Environmental Trainers Network (ETN), CREATE will be running a workshop in Sheffield on Thursday 13 July to demonstrate ways of........

Doing The Positive Thing WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has announced the biggest household battery collection trial ever carried out in the UK will start in........

Volvo Eco-Adventure Award Winners Sheffield-based Recycle Cycles Youth Group are one of 10 national winners of a £500 Volvo Eco Adventure Award. The project run by the group of........

All Aboard The Green Bus National Playbus Association have published ‘All Aboard the Green Bus’ an environmental guide for mobile community work. Volume 1 is relevant........

Seeing the light: Microgeneration brings energy to life The Sustainable Development Commission is the Government's independent advisory body on sustainable development. It has just carried out the first........

Mayor of London launches Pilot Energy Action Areas Four Energy Action Areas have been established to showcase the future for energy use in London. Mayor, Ken Livingstone, tasked the London Energy........

Greener Events - Guide to reducing environmental impacts of conferences and seminars. A guide has been developed to help organisations plan their events with a minimum of environmental impacts. CREATE is the first organisation........