Make your resolutions a part of the climate solution
What kind of a year have you had? This enquiry is usually made in polite conversation, with little expectation of a significant response,...
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Zero Carbon Harrogate
- Nov 25, 2020
- 3 min
Planners, developers and house builders need to do more
Harrogate frequently tops the list of the best places to live in the UK and being joined this year by Ripon it’s perhaps not surprising...
Zero Carbon Harrogate
- Oct 30, 2020
- 2 min
Dreaming of a Low Carbon Future
Momentous global events can often pass us by here in our relatively quiet corner of the English countryside, even with twenty-four-hour...
Zero Carbon Harrogate
- Sep 27, 2020
- 3 min
Buy only what you need and stop waste
Waste is never good. It’s bad for your pocket and for the environment, and much of it is avoidable. Take food waste; according to...
Zero Carbon Harrogate
- Aug 30, 2020
- 3 min
Broaden your mind but travel sustainably
It looked like holidays might have been off the agenda this year, with all the restrictions and difficulties linked to coronavirus, but...
Zero Carbon Harrogate
- Jul 26, 2020
- 3 min
Careers prospects in a low carbon economy
As lockdown eases, we can start to see the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic is having on local businesses. Some are slowly starting to...
Zero Carbon Harrogate
- Jun 18, 2020
- 3 min
Investment is key in supporting a green economic recovery
It’s been a worrying time. For many of us Covid-19 has brought with it, not only health concerns, but financial ones as well. As lockdown...
Zero Carbon Harrogate
- May 21, 2020
- 3 min
Reallocate road space for safer travel
Image courtesy of Urban Movement I’ve had a very sociable Spring. I’ve given and received more smiles than normal and spoken to more of...
Zero Carbon Harrogate
- May 20, 2020
- 2 min
Going the extra mile to stop food waste
Resurrected Bites, the pay-as-you-feel cafés set up in Harrogate in 2018 to tackle food waste haven’t been deterred by the Covid-19...
Zero Carbon Harrogate
- Apr 16, 2020
- 2 min
Learnings from the 'lockdown'
Was it only a few short weeks ago that we had it all planned out? Watch some sport on the telly, a meal out at that new restaurant on...
Zero Carbon Harrogate
- Mar 29, 2020
- 4 min
Controlling home energy use during the Covid-19 outbreak
The restrictions being imposed to control the spread of coronavirus mean we all need to spend more time at home, to limit our social...
Zero Carbon Harrogate
- Mar 18, 2020
- 3 min
A taste of nostalgia can be good for you
Food has come a long way since the curled-up sandwich days of British Rail, becoming one of the most popular topics on our televisions...
Zero Carbon Harrogate
- Jan 16, 2020
- 2 min
Let your love shine in 2020
There are so many ways of showing love to your children and grandchildren but changing your electricity supplier might not come top of...
Zero Carbon Harrogate
- Dec 31, 2019
- 3 min
The Choice is Yours
The sales are here! Time to pick up a bargain! Or is it? Love or hate them sales have become a way of life, offering us lower prices to...
Zero Carbon Harrogate
- Dec 19, 2019
- 3 min
Dreaming of a green Christmas
It’s a challenge, isn’t it? To make sustainable choices, to buy ethically, to live out the principles we aspire to. Christmas presents us...
Zero Carbon Harrogate
- Nov 23, 2019
- 3 min
Vote to make the Harrogate District a better place
What would make Harrogate District a better place? Harrogate Borough Council want to know the answer. They have recently had an...
Zero Carbon Harrogate
- Nov 1, 2019
- 3 min
Warm homes - warm world?
The colder weather is gradually making its presence felt, with heating systems needed to keep our homes warm. Unfortunately, they also...
Zero Carbon Harrogate
- Oct 18, 2019
- 2 min
Woodlands for Life
Woodland is becoming increasingly recognised as a valuable asset in the fight against climate change, in providing habitat to encourage...
Zero Carbon Harrogate
- Sep 24, 2019
- 3 min
Why are young people revolting and what can we do about it?
Fire! Fire! What would you do if you thought a building was on fire? Raise the alarm and try to save the building and the people inside,...
Zero Carbon Harrogate
- Aug 29, 2019
- 2 min
Looking forward to a clean power future
We all want power at the flick of a switch, and as we transition to a low carbon economy, phasing out fossil fuels, we need alternative...
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