green
The tiny, remote Scottish island Eigg is aiming to become the country’s first ‘green power’ island after winning a £20,000 grant for making it to the final of Nesta’s Big Green Challenge competition. Unless it’s home to a secret underground power station Greenbang can’t imagine
financial services
Adding a bit of green to marketing can help financial services companies keep their heads above water even as the economy tumbles. Mintel Comperemedia has observed more US financial services companies going green in recent months and says While not only an good thing to do, green marketing and eco
australia
Our friend Mark Brown wrote us a guide to Australia’s ten ‘greenest’ hotels. They look amazing… 1. Daintree Eco Lodge & Spa When it comes to eco-friendly travel, it doesn’t get much better than Daintree Eco Lodge & Spa, a boutique hotel located deep in the tropical rainforests
ccs
Norway might be most famous for its own brand of ski-ing and whaling, and even the Northern Lights but the country is also starting to hit the headlines with its green policies. The country is about to undertake a £32m research and development programme to develop a more cost effective
energy
Greenbang has heard bakers saying their years of pastry slinging puts them off actually eating the sweet treats and burger bar workers equally saying their time spent up to their elbows in grease has convinced them that they’d rather chew on their own elbow than knock back a cheeseburger.
energy
Are you a sheet metal worker, machinist, truck driver? Roofer, insulator and electrician? There’s a whole world of green jobs just waiting for you, according to a new report. No word on if the green world wants everyone else, staring out the window into the gloom of the capital
green
If you ask Michael Jackson, he’d probably say Bubbles is a good thing. But it looks like the green energy industry isn’t prepared to trust a singer who hasn’t done anything good since Smooth Criminal and right now, says KMPG, execs are afraid there’s a green
electricity
PC box shifter Dell is now powering its HQ – a bit of a beast at 2.1 million square feet and home to 10,000 Dell types – with ‘green power’. Greenbang had rather hoped that meant the company has The Incredible Hulk down in the basement and is milking him
green
If popular wisdom is to be believed, bad things come in threes. So do good things: ask anyone who likes condoms, the Three Degrees and trilogies. Keeping that in mind, Greenbang is going to bring you the highlights of three reports looking into the growth of green tech. To kick
european union
Is Brown the new green? Aside from his nominal green efforts on this week’s budget, PM Gordon Brown, texture like sun, has promised to have a good old chat with the EU Council and put on his very best thumbscrews to get them to lower taxes on green products.
green
If you were hoping to see some hardcore greenery from tomorrow’s budget, you might be a little disappointed. According to The Independent, economic pressures will cause Chancellor Alistair Darling to put eco-friendly measures on hold. The paper says the he’ll delay a 2p a litre planned rise in
green
Remember the kid who you played football with as a kid? If he had to play in the universally unpopular goal, he’d take his ball and go home. Greenbang is reminded of that kid as a result of pronouncements from some energy companies. You see, the government is eyeing
