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Rescue, recycle & revamp at crafty get-togethers in Guernsey on first Friday and Saturday of each month
January 29th, 2013 by Events
Chris Guerin of ‘My Little Shed‘ offers Crafty ‘Get-Togethers‘ at St Martin or Professor Shaw Community Centre on the first Friday and Saturday of each month. The Friday ‘Crafty Get-together’ from 7 pm to 10 pm costs £6.00. On Saturday you can book a half-day for £6.00, either from 10 am to 2 pm or [...]
Black plastic has nowhere to go in Guernsey but the Mont Cuet landfill
January 27th, 2013 by Richard Lord
At the end of November 2012 the States of Guernsey Public Services Department changed the labelling of the bring banks accepting plastic, and specified that black plastic would no longer be accepted but all other clean, food container plastic (not Styrofoam food trays, film or plastic bags) would be accepted at Guernsey’s bring banks. The [...]
Oxfam charity shop in St Peter Port seeks volunteers
January 26th, 2013 by Oxfam
The Oxfam charity shop at 24 Smith Street in St Peter Port, Guernsey seeks volunteers. The shop has vacancies on: Tuesday afternoons from 3 pm to 5 pm Wednesday afternoons from 12.30 pm to 5 pm Thursday afternoons from 12.00 pm to 5 pm Friday afternoons from 12.00 pm to 5 pm Please visit the [...]
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 [...]
Bridge2SriLanka and Bridge2Haiti Big Car Boot sale on 24 March 2013
January 17th, 2013 by Sarah Griffith
Bridge2SriLanka and Bridge2Haiti are holding their annual Big Car Boot Sale in the Specsavers car park, La Villiaze Road, St Andrew from 2 pm to 4 pm on Sunday 24 March 2013. The cost is £10 per car if you keep the proceeds of your sales, or FREE ENTRY and donate all your sales proceeds [...]
Registration opens for Guernsey’s 2013 ITEX Rotary walk
January 6th, 2013 by ITEX
Registration for the 2013 Itex Rotary Walk has opened. Organisers hope that walkers will sign up early as a way of getting fit and maintaining a healthy weight. Richard Parker, Chairman of the walk organising committee said “taking more exercise and losing weight are unsurprisingly the most common resolutions every new year.” “Walking is one [...]
Guernsey’s direct mail Delivered.GG biking, recycling & offsetting carbon
January 4th, 2013 by Richard Lord
Delivered.GG is a direct mail service company set up by Craig Martel in mid-2012. To make deliveries, Delivered.GG currently uses five branded, bright orange Pashley bicycles, which were purchased through Ian Brown’s Cycle Shop. The sturdy hand built British bicycles can carry up to 16 Kgs in the front box, and have a rear frame [...]
Charity bathtub race in St Peter Port harbour on 6 January 2013
January 4th, 2013 by Events
The annual bathtub race in aid of Channel Islands Airsearch, Guernsey Sailing Trust, and the RNLI takes place by the old lifeboat slipway by Boatworks+ and the Model Yacht Pond in St Peter Port harbour beginning at 11.30 am on Sunday 6 January 2013. There are three categories of entry, which cost £10.00 per bathtub [...]
Current atmospheric C02 level must be reduced to protect coastal cities
January 3rd, 2013 by National Oceanography Centre
By comparing reconstructions of atmospheric CO2 concentrations and sea level over the past 40 million years, researchers based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton have found that greenhouse gas concentrations similar to the present of nearly 400 parts per million (ppm) were systematically associated with sea levels at least nine metres above current levels. The [...]
Traffic pollution exposure in early life associated with autism risk
January 2nd, 2013 by University of Southern California
Exposure to traffic-related air pollution, particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide during pregnancy and during the first year of a child’s life appears to be associated with a more than two-fold risk of autism, according to research conducted by University of Southern California (USC) and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles scientists. Exposure to regional pollution consisting of [...]
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