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How are Reading’s Eateries doing on the Single-use Plastics Front?

14/02/2019 by Emily Marshall Leave a Comment

We surveyed 35 food establishments in Reading to find out what they’re doing to curb plastic waste.

Filed Under: Communities, consumption and the local economy, Food, News and views, Plastic pollution, Waste Tagged With: plastic waste

The Conversation: Cities could save billions of pounds, while saving the planet – here’s how

14/11/2017 by Paul Ducker Leave a Comment

The ‘Can-do-Cities’ initiative is showing how local actions have the potential to save as much as £7 billion each year across the 50 largest cities in the UK – that’s equivalent to £300 per year for every person in each of these cities – and create more than 90,000 years of extra employment.

Filed Under: Climate change, Communities, consumption and the local economy, Spotted on the web Tagged With: adaptation, cities, local, local government, mitigation, policy

Recycling in Germany

16/02/2017 by Admin

Recycling in Germany is not just about trash. Whilst dictionary definitions captures well the concept of recycling, they fail to explain the emotional side of recycling. Is there really an emotional side to recycling? To explain Christoph describes early memories of playing the German board game ‘Ene mene Müll’ (Transl.: Eenie meenie trash) in the early 1980s.

Filed Under: Communities, consumption and the local economy, News and views, Views and comment, Waste

Take a deep breath – here’s what 2016 revealed about the deadly dangers of air pollution

17/12/2016 by Paul Ducker

This article by Gary Haq, University of York was originally published on The Conversation.  Beijing, London, Mexico City, New Delhi and Paris are among the cities that have drawn attention for their dangerously high air pollution levels in 2016 – but they’re not alone. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that 92% of the world’s […]

Filed Under: Communities, consumption and the local economy, Energy, Spotted on the web, Transport Tagged With: air quality, pollution

Bournemouth aims to become a green economy leader

01/12/2016 by Paul Ducker

Taking inspiration from cities such as Vancouver, Stockholm and Copenhagen, Bournemouth recently announced a plan to position itself at the vanguard of environmental protection.

Filed Under: Carbon reduction, Communities, consumption and the local economy, Global connections, Spotted on the web, Universities Tagged With: business, circular economy, cities, collaboration, strategy

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Reading Sustainability Centre

We are an education project linked to Transition Town Reading and Reading Hydro. Our goal is that Reading is recognised as a leader in practical action on sustainability, as well as a great place to live.

We are mostly virtual at the moment, but are working with a variety of partners to support the development of local sustainability experiments as well as ‘pop-up’ exhibitions and events. So please do keep checking back, or sign up for updates below. If you’d like to get more directly involved just drop us a line.

There is more about Reading Sustainability Centre on our Who we are page.

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