The Eco Technology Show, the London and South East event for trade, building owners, occupiers, and the general public covering sustainable build, energy, transport and technology, returns this June with an even bigger and better event for 2013! read more...

Several major food retailers will test ways to improve the environmental performance of some of their products, following new research by the Product Sustainability Forum* (PSF), which looked at the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, product waste, and water, energy and resource use of traditional grocery products through their life cycles. read more...

Rebecca Golding was window shopping amidst an array of solar panels and a display of drains at last week's Ecobuild 2013 exhibition in London. She looked bewildered, like a tourist lost in a foreign city, scared she might get ripped off, trying to interpret the green babble being spoken around her. read more...

Green-minded Chesterfield residents are opening up their eco-friendly homes as part of a week long event to encourage more people to adopt environmentally-friendly lifestyles. read more...

Worldwide solar power potential now exceeds 100 gigawatts of electrical generating capacity, according to new industry figures released by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association. This is more than the overall rating of the whole UK power plant system (which totals about 85 GW), and represents an estimated saving of around 53 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year. read more...

A green investment initiative designed to develop low carbon energy projects is inviting people to become members of the Society by investing between £500 and £20,000 into the share offer. The initiative will help to alleviate fuel poverty in 240 homes of the highest areas of fuel poverty in the UK – Newport, Wales. read more...

A small village in Germany is producing 3 times more energy than it uses which is perhaps not so surprising considering that Germany has won the Solar Decathlon competition (to produce energy positive solar houses) year after year. read more...

Government plans to undertake preliminary work on an underground storage dump for nuclear waste were rejected by Cumbria county council on Wednesday, adding a major roadblock to plans for a long term solution to the problem of nuclear waste, says The Guardian. read more...