Climate Action North East
An event celebrating World Environment Day was the first official activity for Climate Action North East, a new community interest company. The theme of this year’s World Environment Day is...
Category: News + Comment
Has the ‘Biomass Fix’ gone up in flames?
Burning wood biomass for heat and power may not be as good for the climate as we thought. Lynemouth Power Station has been a landmark on the Northumbrian coastline since...
Top Posts of 2016
As Tracing Green reaches it’s 2nd birthday, we bring you the Top 5 posts of 2016. As 2016 draws to a close, we’re celebrating Tracing Green’s 2nd birthday. This year...
What is the North East countryside for?
Brexit, Natural Capital and Climate Change were under the microscope last week as a panel of landscape professionals debated the thorny question, ‘What is the North East countryside for?’ Last...
EcoFest 2016
The region’s first EcoFest celebrated the best of low-impact living in the North East. Last Sunday saw the region’s largest Vegan Festival bring a new flavour to the Metro Radio...
Fossil Fuels Future
A public debate about the future of fossil fuels brought together an engaging panel of experts in Durham. Last Monday evening, the Durham Energy Institute teamed up with the Durham...
A Postcard from Barbados
Notes from the tropical island paradise of Barbados: architecture, environment and progress towards sustainability. Regular readers will have noticed that a month has passed since my last post. I’ve been...
New Puritans and the Circular Economy
Musings on coffee, consumer culture and a circular economy. I was saddened to read the report on Treehugger that Renato Bialetti died earlier this month. Bialetti brought his father’s iconic...
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