Environmental stories tagged with: food
London's food 'carbon footprint' revealed in report
Thursday, 26th February 2009, 9:24 am
Londoners eat a staggering eight billion meals a year and produce nearly 19 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, a report reveals.
 Can counting food miles do more harm than good?Friday, 20th February 2009, 1:21 pm
For those of us trying to make more sustainable choices within our daily lives, the decision to buy local produce appears to be an obvious next step.
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 Growing food on London's canalsThursday, 19th February 2009, 5:44 pm
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson and Rosie Boycott, chair of London Food, have today welcomed British Waterways as a major new sign-up to the Capital Growth project to find 2,012 new food growing spaces in London by 2012.
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 America's ethanol industry begins PR offensiveThursday, 13th November 2008, 6:19 pm
Over the past few years ethanol producers have had a rough ride from environmentalists over concerns about fuel crops competing against food crops, to redress the situation a new campaign organisation called Growth Energy has been established.
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 Mayor launches 'Capital Growth' to boost locally grown food in LondonTuesday, 4th November 2008, 6:19 pm
Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Rosie Boycott, Chair of London Food, today launched an innovative scheme to turn 2,012 pieces of land into thriving green spaces to grow food by 2012.
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PM Urges Us To Stop Wasting Food
Monday, 7th July 2008, 4:29 pm
As the G8 gather in Japan to discuss the world economy, African development and the environment, the Prime Minister urged Britons to waste less food.
London Aware 08
Monday, 12th May 2008, 6:46 pm
Great ideas and passion were green and sustainable at last weekend's London Aware event in London's Barbican centre.
Wasted Food Now Costs UK Homes £10 Billion
Thursday, 8th May 2008, 4:27 pm
The cost of needlessly wasted food to UK households is £10 billion a year, £2 billion higher than previously estimated according to new research published today by WRAP.
M&S to Charge for Food Carrier Bags Across UK
Friday, 29th February 2008, 12:56 pm
Marks & Spencer is to roll-out a 5p charge for food carrier bags in all of its UK stores from the beginning of May to encourage customers to reduce the number of bags they use and to raise money for environmental projects.
Food Waste is Environmental Sleeping Giant Says WRAP
Monday, 19th November 2007, 2:56 pm
A new Government backed campaign that reveals we are throwing away a staggering third of the food we buy in the UK – most of which could have been eaten – has been launched.
Food Waste Recycling is a Hit!
Monday, 8th October 2007, 4:10 pm
A pioneering new kitchen waste recycling scheme is gathering momentum in Rhondda Cynon Taf with even more environmentally-friendly residents taking part.
Buying Local in Dorset
Monday, 24th September 2007, 5:27 pm
It's not always easy to find out how far your food has travelled to get to your plate, but in Dorset things have become a little easier with the help of the 'Direct from Dorset' campaign.
Princess Royal Opens Anaerobic Digestion Plant
Thursday, 20th September 2007, 4:13 pm
Biogen's Twinwoods Integrated Anaerobic Digestion plant, in Bedfordshire has been officially opened by HRH The Princess Royal.
Green Party Calls for Moratorium on Agrofuels
Wednesday, 19th September 2007, 2:23 pm
At its Party conference in Liverpool, the Green Party delivered near unanimous support for a halt in the use of large scale biofuels.
New Covent Garden Market Aspires to Send Zero Waste to Landfill
Wednesday, 5th September 2007, 5:46 pm
The Enhance business support programme is working with the Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) to identify new opportunities to divert their waste from landfill.
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