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October 2008 Blog Posts (2)

Walking towards the south west of Forest Row

There was a piece in yesterday's Guardian about the fact that nearly half of the Ancient Woodland in the UK has disappeared in the last eighty years. Even having the environmental designation doesn't completely protect it either; several hundred woods are threatened by road development or housing. The Woodland Trust have a… Continue

Added by BradScott on October 23, 2008 at 7:08 — 3 Comments

Preparing for Peak Oil: Local Authorities and the Energy Crisis - a new report from ODAC

The Oil Depletion Analysis Centre (ODAC), an independent, UK-registered educational charity working to raise international public awareness and promote better understanding of the world's oil-depletion problem, has prepared a new report aimed specifically at local government in the UK.

The report says: "There are a great many things that councils must do, and policies that need to be changed, if we are to have any chance of… Continue

Added by Mike Grenville on October 9, 2008 at 13:53 — 5 Comments