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Registration for the Climate Week Challenge is now open!
In March 2011 the first ever Climate Week Challenge saw teams in schools and workplaces put their innovation, creativity and ingenuity to the test, coming up with green ideas to make or save money. There were 145,000 registered participants for the …
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Welcome to the new Green Suffolk website!
Green Suffolk has seen the merger of three existing websites dealing with green issues - bringing all the information you need together in one place. The three websites to be merged …
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Time is ticking for County’s greenest to apply
The deadline is looming for innovative and exciting entries to the prestigious 2012 ‘Creating the Greenest County’ awards. Sunday 29 January is the latest date that Suffolk schools, businesses and communities can register their entry by visiting …
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Funding Advice Session for Suffolk-based Community Groups
SITA Trust will be holding an advice workshop for community groups that are interested in applying to its funding programmes on the 26 January 2012. Community Clubs, groups and organisations within a three-mile radius of Great Blakenham could benefit …
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Unwanted Christmas gifts needed in Suffolk
Suffolk's waste team is urging people to stop and think before discarding undesired Christmas gifts this January. Clothes, DVDs, books, toiletries and many household items need not go anywhere near the bin - instead they could be donated to local …
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Winners of green heating competition revealed
Twenty-four social housing providers across Britain have been awarded a share of a £4 million fund to install green heating systems in the homes of their tenants. They are the first winners to be announced under the Renewable Heat Premium Payment …
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Britain's biggest climate change campaign - 12 to 18 March 2012
Climate Week is a supercharged national campaign to inspire a new wave of action on climate change. It culminates with thousands of events and activities taking place throughout the week of 12 to 18 March 2012, planned by organisations from every …
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Support now available for planners
Suffolk Climate Change Partnership and Sustainability East are offering a new support programme to help planners embrace the sustainability and climate change agenda in their day-to-day work. Running until January 2013, this programme is being …
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Energy Savings Week 2011
This years Energy Saving Week is all about taking control of your bills and there are lots of ways to make our workplace and your home more energy efficient - and when we all save energy, we save money! And its not just for one week that we need to …
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Treat yourself to a green Halloween!
Elaborately carved pumpkins are often at the centre of Halloween celebrations, but every autumn thousandsare discarded across the county as soon as the festivities are over. Suffolk County Council’s waste team is encouraging people to continue …