Page content section :
Your environment
Being green, caring for your environment
We
can all do our bit to help save energy and reduce our impact on the world
around us. The links below will help you find information to help you achieve
this.
Pages on our website :
- Allotments
- Cycling
- Drought information and hosepipe ban
- Energy conservation and grant details
- Environmental health including
:
- Air quality and pollution
- Drinking water quality
- Policies and leaflets including contaminated land strategy
- Farmers' markets
- Green checklist - 10 easy ways to reduce your carbon footprint
- Healthy walking
- Home energy generation (planning issues)
- Public transport and timetable links
- Waste and recycling section including :
- Water saving tips
External website links to other useful or interesting websites :
- WSCC : Recycle for West Sussex (www.recycleforwestsussex.org)
- WSCC : Waste prevention - for better tomorrows (www.bettertomorrows.org.uk)
- WSCC
: Waste Local Plan (www.westsussex.gov.uk/redirect/?oid=[com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.ArticleSection:{id=127079}])
- Energy
Saving Trust (EST) - generate your own energy (www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Generate-your-own-energy)
- Channel 4 - Eco Projects : Act On CO2 - All You Need To Know (Green Homes) (www.channel4.com/4homes/diy-self-build/diy-build-advice/eco-projects/act-on-co2-all-you-need-to-know-08-05-29_p_1.html)
- Eco-Friendly House (www.ecofriendlyhouse.co.uk)
- Eco-friendly Kids (www.ecofriendlykids.co.uk)
- Eco-holidaying (www.ecoholidaying.co.uk)
- Eco-travelling (www.ecotravelling.co.uk)
- Energy saving secrets (www.energysavingsecrets.co.uk)
- Envirolink (www.envirolink.org)
- Environment Agency (www.environment-agency.gov.uk)
- Environment and greener living (Directgov) (www.direct.gov.uk/en/Environmentandgreenerliving/index.htm)
- Environment Council (www.the-environment-council.org.uk)
- European Environment Agency (EEA) (www.eea.europa.eu)
- National Energy Foundation (www.nef.org.uk)
- Sustainable Development (www.defra.gov.uk/sustainable/government/)
- Sustainable build (www.sustainablebuild.co.uk)
- Sustainable
stuff (www.sustainablestuff.co.uk)
Carbon
footprint and CO2 emissions :
- Act on CO2 (http://actonco2.direct.gov.uk/actonco2/home.html)
- Carbon counted (www.carboncounted.co.uk)
- Carbon footprint (www.carbonfootprint.com)
- Carbon footprint calculator (www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx)
- DirectGov : Climate change and carbon footprint(www.direct.gov.uk/en/Environmentandgreenerliving/Thewiderenvironment/Climatechange/index.htm)
- DirectGov : CO2 carbon footprint calculator (http://actonco2.direct.gov.uk/index.html)
- Down
with CO2 (www.downwithco2.co.uk)
- Climate change :
- Met Office : Your guide to climate change (www.metoffice.gov.uk/climatechange/guide/)
- West Sussex Grid for Learning (http://wsgfl.westsussex.gov.uk:80/redirect/?oid=NewsItem-id-1503223)
- WSCC - Climate change and energy (www.westsussex.gov.uk/redirect/?oid=[com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.Article:{id=3575888}])
- www.climateforchange.org.uk
- Soil Asociation (www.soilassociation.org)
- Fruit expert (www.fruitexpert.co.uk)
- Vegetable expert (www.vegetableexpert.co.uk)
- Choose organic (www.chooseorganic.co.uk)
- See also : our allotments webpage
- Car sharing (www.westsussexcarshare.com)
- Green car buyer's guide (www.petrolprices.com/green-guide.html) (and calculate your car's annual fuel bill : www.petrolprices.com/green-cost.html)
- ACT
TravelWise (www.acttravelwise.org)
- Choose British (www.choosebritish.co.uk)
- Fairtrade Foundation (www.fairtrade.org.uk)
- Oxfam
unwrapped : A gift with a difference (www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/oxfam-unwrapped)
- 'Ecopod' eco-friendly
green coffin (www.ecopod.co.uk)
- You can also search the web for various topics using Google or another search engine, eg : green issues, environmental issues, eco-friendly, sustainability, energy saving
