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  Nature deficit disorder 'damaging Britain's children' - BBC news – 30th March 2012

  With the closing plenary speech from Satish Kumar at the EAUC Conference causing such discussion, it's great to see his messages being reiterated so clearly in a recent BBC news item over the weekend. We're also pleased to see Dr David Pencheon commenting on these findings as our day 2 keynote speak...

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  UK Government loses Feed-in Tariff appeal – 26th March 2012

  The UK Government has failed in its attempt to appeal to the Supreme Court over its plan to cut subsidies for solar panels on homes. In it's judgement, the Supreme Court said it could not challenge a High Court ruling that blocked the halving of payments to households generating solar energy. ...

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  2012 Budget Report – 26th March 2012

  George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, set the tone for the budget when he said: "Environmentally sustainable must always be fiscally sustainable." As well as all the controversy surrounding George Osborne’s so-called ‘Granny Tax’, this budget has also been hailed as ...

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  EAUC endorses the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative for Rio+20 – 19th March 2012

  The EAUC is delighted to announce that it has joined a number of other international organisations to officially endorse the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative for Rio+20. As part of the EAUC's involvement with similar bodies worldwide, including AASHE in North America, ACTS in Australasi...

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  Why not take part in Earth Hour 2012? – 19th March 2012

  This year, the EAUC is encouraging all its Members to support the WWF's Earth Hour 2012. Earth Hour is a simple message with a big punch. It started in one city but is now a global phenomenon - last year millions of people from 138 countries got involved by switching off their lights for one hour...

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  Permitted development rights for small scale renewable & low carbon energy technologies – 19th March 2012

  This report sets out the Government's response to the consultation, 'Permitted development rights for small scale renewable and low carbon energy technologies, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure.' The consultation was undertaken by the previous administration, between November 2009 and...

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  £20million prize for innovations in Carbon Capture and Storage technology – 14th March 2012

  Below is a press release from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on the launch of its new Carbon Capture and Storage innovation competition. "Energy secretary Edward Davey is launching a competition worth up to £20 million to fund the development of innovations in Carbon Capture a...

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  Climate Week 2012 - what difference have EAUC Members made? – 13th March 2012

  Climate Week is a national celebration of all the positive steps workplaces and communities are taking to protect our environment and hopefully inspire people.  We thought, during Climate Week, that we might pass on some figures showing the impact of our relationship with Better World Books. The...

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  Universities record healthy financial results – 12th March 2012

  HEFCE www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2012/financial.htm The higher education sector is facing a period of significant change over the next few years, as new arrangements for teaching funding are introduced. However, it does so from a position of financial strength, according to the HEFCE, which has t...

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  Four universities join elite Russell Group – 12th March 2012

  BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17341478 There will now be 24 universities in the Russell Group Four more universities are joining the Russell Group of leading universities - Durham, Exeter, Queen Mary, University of London, and York who are the host venue of our 16th Annual Conference fro...

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  Climate Week - Britain's Biggest Climate Change Campaign – 12th March 2012

  Climate week: 12 - 18 March 2012 Climate Week is a supercharged national campaign to inspire a new wave of action on climate change. It culminates with thousands of events and activities taking place throughout the week of 12 to 18 March 2012, planned by organisations from every part of society. Sh...

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  Ecocide Trial - The Sentence – 12th March 2012

  CEOs Robert Bannerman and John Tench has been adjourned for a Restorative Justice Hearing following their convictions for Ecocide in the UK Supreme Court that took place 30 September 2011. The Hearing for the Sentence will take place at the Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution (IDCR) at t...

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  Live chat today! Social responsibility in HE: could we be doing it better? – 9th March 2012

  Live chat - Guardian Higher Education Network   CSR policies are expected in business but what about in higher education? How should universities be satisfying they diverse stakeholders? And how do you measure the success of a university's CSR initiatives? On Friday 9 March, the Guardian Hig...

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  New structure proposed for ISO 14001 – 5th March 2012

  The revised 14001 will be one of the first international management systems standards to adopt a new format, confirms International Standards Organisation (ISO). At the first meeting of the working group established to revise 14001, the environment management systems standard, it was agreed to st...

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  Guardian Blog - The role of higher education in creating sustainable leaders – 2nd March 2012

  This Guardian blog discusses the role of higher education in incorporating the elements of corporate social responsibility into undergraduate core modules to create executive education programmes dedicated to responsible leadership. It argues that the role of future leaders should be to lead, guide ...

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  Sustainable Amidst Austerity, Resource Scarcity and a Limited Growth World – 2nd March 2012

  The event "Sustainable Amidst Austerity, Resource Scarcity and a Limited Growth World" organised by These Young Minds took place at the London School of Economics on Tuesday 28th of February. It had an impressive array of speakers at hand who addressed topical issues affecting the society such as un...

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  Important tax and financial changes impacting CHP operators – 1st March 2012

  In relation with the EMR (Electric Market Reform) it is proposed to introduce the CPS (Carbon Price Support). The current status is that although the government recognise the role of CHP, the Treasury (HMT) does not recognise that CHP generate heat in addition of electricity. As a result HMT is aimi...

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  Tips to save water – 28th February 2012

  On Monday 20 February, the Environment Secretary announced that the South East of England has officially moved into drought status. This is due to the combination of persistent dry weather and the continuing decline in groundwater levels and river flows and increasing the risk to public water suppli...

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  Scotland on course to be a Fairtrade nation – 28th February 2012

  Across the country, 62 towns have either achieved Fairtrade status or have active steering groups. Almost two-thirds of higher education institutions and 171 schools have achieved the standard. Fairtrade products are said to offer a better deal to workers in developing countries. Over 4,500 items...

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  Feed-in-Tariff appeal: Application to the supreme court – 28th February 2012

  Explosive growth in solar panel installations on homes, schools and fields in the UK over the past 22 months saw the green energy source pass the symbolic milestone of 1,000MW on Wednesday. Since the feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme was launched by the Labour administration in April 2010 to pay homeow...

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