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Herm Island’s Britain In Bloom entry to be helped by Lloyds TSB staff
May 10th, 2013 by Lloyds TSB Offshore Ltd
Lloyds TSB staff will be helping Herm with its entry into Britain in Bloom’s Champion of Champions competition. In recognition of its consistently high standards in the overall Britain in Bloom competition, Herm has been nominated for the Champion of Champions category along with four other communities across the British Isles. The island’s gardening team, [...]
Guernsey’s Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards entry deadline is 28 May 2013
May 9th, 2013 by Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards
Guernsey schools and environmentally friendly islanders have until 28 May 2013 to get their entries in for this years’ Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards. The event, which is in its 23rd year, is staged to fund projects designed to protect the island’s green spaces and natural habitats. The winner of the main award could win a [...]
Guernsey Tree Warden’s lunch presentation on Chalara ash dieback disease
April 30th, 2013 by Richard Lord
Dr Terry Brokenshire, Head of Plant Protection, States of Guernsey Commerce and Employment Department, will speak about Chalara ash die-back (Chalara fraxinea) disease, and other disease and pest problems found on trees.
Beneficial to integrate sustainability into SMEs’ core business strategy
March 29th, 2013 by HW Fisher & Company
These days, the word ‘sustainability’ is ubiquitous, appearing on corporate agendas, in government policy and across current affairs. Despite this, it is a term that is still often fundamentally misunderstood and therefore often avoided as a concept. Sustainability is coming to everyday business and mainstream accountancy. It is to be embraced and not feared. Small [...]
Guernsey Tree Warden’s talk by Julia Henney about the Alderney Community Woodland project
March 13th, 2013 by Richard Lord
Julia Henney will speak about the Alderney Community Woodland Project, which she was instrumental in setting up. Julia Henney, Alderney Wildlife Trust Conservation Officer, will speak about the planting of the Alderney Community Woodland (click image to expand – ©RLLord) Andrew McCutcheon writes “there will also be time for a discussion about the recent blizzard, [...]
Insurance Corporation’s Guernsey Conservation Awards competition entry deadline 28 May 2013
February 12th, 2013 by Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards
Environmentally friendly gardeners have the chance of winning £2,000 with the launch of the 2013 Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards. The event, in its 24th year, is open to any private Bailiwick of Guernsey individual, club, company, organisation and any Guernsey educational institution. The entry deadline for Guernsey residents is Tuesday 28 May 2013 with judging [...]
Lloyds TSB Channel Islands staff in 2012 raise £43,762 for good causes
February 6th, 2013 by LLoyds TSB Foundation for the Channel Islands
More than 41 charities in Jersey and Guernsey have received a share of £43,762 – money that was raised by Lloyds TSB employees during 2012. The money was raised through staff participation as part of Lloyds TSB’s ongoing commitment to the community and supplemented by match funding from the bank. Some corporate donations were also [...]
Guernsey companies invited to participate in CSR projects on Herm
January 26th, 2013 by Herm Island
“In 2012 Herm invited Guernsey companies to the island to engage in Corporate Social Responsibility projects,” Jonathan Watson, Director of Hospitality, Herm Island Ltd, said in a presentation to the B4-8 Club. “Herm Island has a small team that look after the external areas but they cannot do everything that they would like to achieve,” [...]
2013 Tree Warden lunch meeting schedule at Guernsey Yacht Club
January 20th, 2013 by Andrew McCutcheon
2013 promises to be an important year for the Guernsey Tree Wardens as we tackle Chalara Ash dieback (Chalara fraxinea). The Tree Warden lunches have a new format. In place of the restaurant style lunch there will be a finger buffet and an earlier start of 12 pm. The agenda for the meeting will begin [...]
Burning fast growing trees as a biofuel negatively impacts human health and crop production
January 10th, 2013 by Lancaster University
Large-scale cultivation of biofuels in Europe could lead to increased human mortality and crop losses according to research from the Lancaster Environment Centre. These findings, published online in the letter ‘Impacts of biofuel cultivation on mortality and crop yields‘ in Nature Climate Change, demonstrate that the wider implications of biofuel cultivation need to be assessed [...]
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