James McBride gains Green support in the TT Zero race
James McBride, 34 from Kettering, East Midlands, has gained backing from The Green Insurance Company in the TT Zero race at this year’s Isle of Man event.
McBride, is an international road-race star and is one of the UK’s most experienced racers, having taken part in the North West 200, Ulster GP, Macau GP and numerous [...]
Dirty Oil: Do you really know what you’re putting in your car?
Next time you fill up your car, stop and think, because you might just be using Dirty Oil.
Canadian Tar Sands and forests are being dug up in the search for oil, and its not very ‘green’.
As well as containing tar, sand and other residue that require a massive amount of processing; the massive amount of [...]
The Green Insurance Company teams up with Express Insurance
The Green Insurance Company has teamed up with Birmingham based broker Express Insurance Services Ltd.
Express provide car, van and bike insurance to customers across the country and have recently signed The Green Insurance Company as one of their insurers in a bid to improve their customers’ carbon footprints.
The Green Insurance Company provides motorbike insurance to [...]
Proud of Pride’s Green Credentials?
Birmingham Gay Pride 2010 flew off with the usual flurry of sequins and feathers this Bank Holiday weekend with a parade starting at Victoria Square in the City Centre.
With a weekend of fun and frolics now over, the Mardi Gras themed on ‘Equality over the Decades’ was enjoyed by an estimated 80,000 people who visited [...]
Perry Barr Shoppers Support ASDA Bags for Life
In a recent poll of ASDA shoppers at Perry Barr’s One Stop shopping centre, we found that the ASDA bag for life scheme was going down quite well.
The scheme has been running for the past few months and is part of the ASDA pledge to send zero wast to landfill by 2010. It means that [...]
BCU students take on National Vegetarian Week 2010
Media and Communications students Jessica Dutton and Natalie Eccleshall took on the challenge of being vegetarian for a week in aid of National Vegetarian Week 2010 which ran from 24th-30th May.
Sponsored by Cauldron who are joining in the week for a fourth year, National Vegetarian Week encourages individuals, community groups, schools, businesses and organizations to [...]
UK’s best loved brands to be ranked on their energy efficency credentials
The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme is now well under way, with organisations being encouraged to get involved. The scheme encourages supermarkets, hotels, manufacturers and public bodies to cut their CO2 Emissions and tackle the widely debated issue of climate change.
For the first time large non-energy intensive organisations, which account for about 10% of UK CO2 [...]
WRAP and AWM; a programme for a greener future in the West Midlands
WRAP and AWM (Advantage West Midlands) are working in partnership to develop the commercial and industrial waste recycling sector in the West Midlands.
The WRAP – AWM Programme gives recycling businesses in the region an opportunity to benefit from funding and practical support.
The programme is an exclusive package of support worth £4.97 million, including grants, practical advice [...]