Category Archives: Environment

Nudging behaviour

Nudge – and similar books of behavioural economics are getting a lot of attention at the moment.  I’m particularly interested to see if they can provide any help to the work of the Communications Team of Winchester Action on Climate …

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Green power for our Winchester office

We’ve decided to switch our office to using electricity from Ecotricity – so the press turned up yesterday to take some pictures in the back garden of our office. Reassuringly, it doesn’t cost any more than the standard tariff from …

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Whizzgo comes to Winchester

I popped along to the launch of the new Whizzgo car-club scheme at the Guildhall this morning. As the Council’s press release says: Car Club members will have access to a brand new Citroen car, for less than £5 an …

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Local Green Websites

Conversations at various WinACC meetings, while out campaigning with Winchester Friends of the Earth for aircraft emissions to be included in the climate change bill (see above) and in Green’s after the monthly Winchester Friends of the Earth meeting have …

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Micheldever Station Eco Town Success

One piece of good news today. The Government has made it clear that Micheldever Station is not going to be one of its new eco-towns.

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