climate change
Changes in Earth's climate system: average global temperature, rainfall and other fundamental patterns. Naturally occurring factors, such as changes in the sun, affect the earth's temperature but most scientists believe that these are not powerful enough to explain the recent rapid warming.
The 10 years up to the end of 2009 were the hottest recorded since global surface temperature measurements began. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts a further temperature rise of between 1.1 and 6.4 ºC in the next century.
Humans boost the naturally occurring greenhouse effect by releasing extra greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). CO2 is mostly connected to energy-generation, i.e. burning fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal. Methane is mostly connected to food & farming. Both methane and carbon dioxide are released through land use change, such as drainage of peat bogs and deforestation. [source: Start's guide to climate change]
Submitted by Start on 30 May, 2011 - 04:33
His Royal Highness Prince of Wales
The 2011 Bridgestone Eco-Rally event is in collaboration with Start- a national initiative by The Prince's Charities Foundation to promote and celebrate sustainable living and to show what a more energy efficient, cleaner and healthier future could look like.
Submitted by Bridgestone UK on 19 April, 2010 - 15:11
As the world's largest tyre company, Bridgestone is committed to reducing the impact of motoring and to helping ensure a healthy environment for current and future generations.
Submitted by Zac Goldsmith on 28 January, 2009 - 15:28
In between his work with The Ecologist and the Conservative Party, Zac raises funds for groups around the world dealing with a broad range of environmental and conservation issues.
Submitted by MikeWhelan on 31 July, 2011 - 00:01
Issue 4 of Cleantech Magazine is devoted to covering the 2011 Bridgestone Eco-Rally with special interviews & features on some of the key players and hidden cleantech gems, plus profiles of every exhibitor and stats on every vehicle in the event.
Submitted by MikeWhelan on 19 July, 2011 - 01:14
The first leg of the 75 mile parade of zero emission vehicles from bikes and trikes, to sports cars, to buses and coaches. The route will travel past The Ghost Forest installation outside Oxford University - a major art installation of 10 primary rainforest tree stumps a commercially logged forest in Western Africa.
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31-7-11 Submitted by Mark Stevenson on 15 July, 2011 - 21:34
Mark combines two careers – one as a successful writer/ comedian (writing for stage, radio and print) and another as a speaker and consultant on future narratives, institutional innovation, engineered serendipity and learning.
Submitted by GENeco on 9 July, 2011 - 16:31
GENeco provides a recycling service for the production of renewable energy. Their technology can generate power from your waste, diverting it from landfill, through a process that benefits the environment and potentially reduces your business or organisation’s operating costs. GENeco also produce a nutrient-rich fertiliser which has been used by the farming community for many years.
Submitted by OxTreeGen on 8 July, 2011 - 00:17
The 2011 Bridgestone Eco-Rally will be partially carbon-offset by Fone Twigs and OxTreeGen who are working towards creating new woodlands on sites throughout the UK.
Submitted by Oxford City Council on 4 July, 2011 - 23:07
Since 2005 Oxford City council has had a Climate Change Action Plan and are committed to transforming Oxford into a sustainable city. The council has signed up to the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change and council buildings are now on a green electricity tariff. The council have also been investigating community-scale wind energy developments on council owned land.
Submitted by Oxford University on 21 June, 2011 - 00:33
The Institute for Carbon and Energy Reduction in Transport (ICERT) is an interdisciplinary programme which aims to examine the effectiveness of various technical solutions to cut the greenhouse gases emitted by cars and other road transport.
