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SNH Online Toolkit Encourages Communities to Engage with Local Landscapes 8 Aug 2012 | 12:16 am
A new web guide, ‘Talking About Our Place’, has been launched by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) to encourage communities to get involved in the future of their landscape.
Falkirk Council’s Sustainable Timber Procurement Approach Gains WWF-UK Silver Pledge Award 8 Aug 2012 | 12:14 am
On 3 August, Falkirk Council announced that it had gained a WWF-UK silver pledge award for its work on sustainable timber procurement.
Case Studies Available from Central Scotland Green Network 8 Aug 2012 | 12:07 am
Central Scotland Green Network has a range of case studies available to access on their website. Topics covered include: community growing, incorporating greenspace into regeneration activity, woodlan...
Job Vacancy: Renewables Project Officer, West Lothian Council 8 Aug 2012 | 12:05 am
West Lothian Council is currently seeking to recruit a Renewables Project Officer to support the development of the council’s Renewables Strategy.
Councils Encouraged to Apply for UK Landscape Awards 8 Aug 2012 | 12:03 am
Local authorities and other organisations are being encouraged to enter a national award that highlights the importance of the landscape in transforming community life. Case studies of previous award ...
UK Government Agrees to be more Open About Consumption Emissions, but Won’t Set Targets 1 Aug 2012 | 01:24 am
On 25 July three government departments published a joint response to the Energy and Climate Change Committee’s inquiry on outsourced emissions. The Government agreed it was ‘important to communicate ...
Behaviour Change: Toolkit for Engaging Staff on Green Issues from Cheltenham Burgh Council 1 Aug 2012 | 01:21 am
Cheltenham Burgh Council has produced a freely available online toolkit for use by councils and other organisations to help them deliver in-house staff engagement campaigns that will inspire employees...
Defra Consults on Guidance for Organisations to Measure and Report Environmental Impacts, and on GHG Reporting for UK Quoted Companies 1 Aug 2012 | 01:19 am
On 25 July the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced the launch of two consultations. The first seeks views on revised voluntary guidance for how UK organisations should...
ICLEI Case Studies and Climate Change Lessons from Carbon Disclosure Project 1 Aug 2012 | 01:17 am
ICLEI, the international association of local governments committed to sustainable development, have recently published a case study booklet on sustainable transport. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CD...
NEF Guidance on Measuring Well-being Outcomes 1 Aug 2012 | 01:15 am
On 30 July, the new economics foundation (nef) launched ‘Measuring Well-being: A guide for practitioners’. This new handbook is designed for voluntary organisations and community groups, to assist the...
