We’re adding new pages

During the next few months we’ll be adding more pages to our website, to support & promoted new projects happening in and around Telford, including Plastic Free, Pesticide Free Awareness and new Travel & Transport pages.#transitiontogether

A seismic change in building standards is underway in Scotland.

Opinion piece by Sarah Lewis, Research & Policy Director, Passivhaus Trust All new build homes in Scotland will soon have to meet greater levels of energy efficiency after the Scottish Government agreed to progress legislation proposed by Scottish Labour MSP Alex Rowley.   In December 2022 Scottish government ministers announced plans to make all new…

Cost-effective Passivhaus

Passivhaus often requires additional costs for materials, labour and design and certification but this uplift is usually now less than 8%, when factoring in other savings through reduced heating equipment need and economies of scale. This uplift is more than repaid through long-term energy bill savings and whole life costs. In the face of escalating…

Yuck – Lets talk about Black Friday

The UK has ‘adopted' Black Friday with vigour, like most trends, often consumer trends, that swap from America to the UK, or back. Or anywhere in the world, social media (which can be a fantastic tool) and the ‘need for greed’ has led us to a place where many now avoid what is supposed to…

Can we, should we, buy less stuff?

A short question that is not easy to answer. Here I discuss if, and how, we can reduce the amount of ‘stuff’ we buy and consume and argue that we should campaign to promote a better quality of life. This is an EXERPT FROM CARBON CHOICES CLICK to read the full blog. It is relatively…