Sparking a response
In returning the results of the audits back to the companies I waited with apprehension for some response to their carbon audit however no one questioned the results at all to my surprise. World...
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Author: Intern Claire
What’s offputting about offsetting?
Talk to environmental professionals about offsetting and they usually reach for a metaphorical crucifix (or equivalent in other faiths). Of course it would be nice to take action to reduce emissions...
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Working Paper
We’ve reached a project milestone at the end of July and celebrated with a short working paper. This can be found here LCD Working Paper 1. Comments welcome....
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As we pick up the stragglers – what will be learnt?
As we reach the point of all the 8 audits being completed soon, I reflect on how easy it has been to gather the information needed to complete them. Those companies who were sat down and data was gath...
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We like a good theory. See what you reckon to this one.
We are just looking at Suffolk SMEs for now but hopefully in the future this model of reducing small businesses carbon footprint could be scaled up and functioning all over the UK, the world even! But...
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Private Policy or Public Promise?
What is worth more? Which will actually be achieved within a acceptable time frame? A Private Policy or a Public Promise? After meeting with two very different companies today I have begun to consider...
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Grants to help you prepare for a changing market
Been searching for some grants so our cohort of businesses can fund the suggested work, one that looks very good but I hadn’t really considered is to help reduce water usage. The Grant is called Aqu...
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Keeping virtual
Discovered this website, which is designed so that the community helps you learn a language, by marking your assignments and allowing you to talk to people who speak the language you want to learn. It...
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Why are they not listening?
All the Champions have been contacted by Ned Harrison and information has been put on Twitter and LinkedIn yet still no one has taken the bait, I think we need a bigger hook. So what will get these wi...
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The mould for a forum to fit
Good forums seem to take a distinctive shape a main page with sections for easy navigation to the topic you are looking for. Examples of section we could use are the steps within the scheme so Audit, ...
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Different learner’s different techniques
After strumming through more sites of advice I came across this video which has given me a lot of food for thought. Firstly the design of the video with 3 guys sat around a table just isn’t very eng...
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What will it all mean in the end?
So my original plan of doing an online audit making some changes waiting 6 months/ a year and doing the same online audit got totally blown out the water by Will on Wednesday, when he pointed out that...
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Educate Educate Educate – Hopefully change some behaviour!
Meeting with Will Sambrook today we covered how to best to engage people to change their behaviour! Will has a lot of experience in the field not just environmentally related so his experience and kno...
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Are you really listening?
Distant learning, ELearning however it is referred to loses that face to face time which is what generally engage people. So in my quest not to put information online to gather virtual dust as no one ...
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To name or not to name!
As the Claydon Court website comes closer and closer to being completed setting up for the transferal to LCD has begun the alteration to make the website so it will function smoothly and provide peopl...
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Can 30mins active time lead to more productive work time?
Having recently started exercising more myself, I am beginning to see the benefits in my work, not suffering from after lunch sleepiness being the most evident. Katie Langley’s article in business...
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How do make the unwise wise?
How wise is the crowd? The wisest on reducing businesses CO2 is surely the current carbon champions but it seems there is a very uneven spread of which sector these champions are in 62% being within e...
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The top 5 things when building an online commuinty
Community is in everything we do and the links and friendship that we have, are built through communities that we belong to be it our family, school or work place are generally stronger and deeper due...
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3 Things Ned taught us – there is more but this will do for now
Met with Ned Harrison from Suffolk County Council today and went through the research proposal for LCD learnt a lot from this. Sounds like there should be a strong force of expertise who will be inter...
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Online Carbon Audits, how good are they?
So the first week working with Neutral Territory has ended. It has been busy and lots of ideas and plans bumbling about just as any good action research project should be! A lot of time has been sp...
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