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Ecotourism: Year of the tiger puts big cat conserv...

The Year of the Tiger has raised awareness towards the plight to protect tigers and the bi...

2

Make Holidays Greener - Been there, done that…didn...

The Travel Foundation and ABTA – The Travel Association have revealed the findings of t...

3

2009 is a year for optimistic travellers

I scanned the past travel headlines as we are reaching the twilight of 2008; there were ma...

4

Yasuni National Forest turns to tourism to develop...

Ecuadorian government's decision to conserve an oil-rich area with the highest biodiversit...

5

North Devon and Exmoor Walking Festival encourages...

Walking is British no.1 recreational activity, environmental-friendly and the best way to ...

6

Fresh Food on the Menu, Local Jobs on the Table

If you want to see at first hand how luxury tourism and sound eco practice can go hand in ...

7

Londoners to walk barefoot for peace in support of...

Saturday 24th October will see hundreds of like-minded Londoners silently crossing the cit...

8

World Travel Awards London beat New York, Cape Tow...

London beat off the likes of New York, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro and Sydney to win “Wor...

9

Green community cycling hub Bikeworks won England ...

Cycling enterprise Bikeworks have won “Best New Social Enterprise” for England in the 2009...

10

Bulgaria made honeymoon top ten spot

Bulgaria made a surprise entry as one of top ten spots for honeymoon, while romantic citie...

11

Beirut steps out of war zone into tourist trap

Taking advantage of the quiet after four years of political upheaval, assassinations and w...

12

Malcolm Levene - Power Of One Principles

Personal Branding and Your Personal Taste – A Winning Combination

13

Sustainability and Economy - Barrack Obama's Green...

Barack Obama promised a $150bn "Apollo project" to bring jobs and energy security to th...

14

Help the environment and have a Green Halloween

Even though I found this on a US orientated site, it is very relevant for all of us...<...

15

The Inspired Times Blog - an 'Alternative Lifestyl...

Inspired Times Magazine: 'A Dedication to Healing.....' The Global Nat...

16

Visa and Humanitarian Aid Organizations Partner to...

Visa Inc., the global payments technology leader, and the Cash Learning Partnership, a ...

17

Terra Leaf: Art and Science for Climate Change

Terra Leaf is a new start-up venture, with a strong foot in both the art and science wo...

18

Business Leaders Remain Focused on Sustainability ...

Despite continuing uncertainty about the world's economy, results from the "BSR/GlobeSc...

19

Kiehl’s and Brad Pitt Make It Right with JPF Eco S...

Kiehls established JPF Eco Systems as a partnership with Pitt to support global environ...

20

Green economy for Green Ireland - Irish Wind Energ...

The Irish Wind Energy Association(IWEA) launched Ireland's first major study into emplo...

21

Millions of green jobs in a green economy

A new study on the impact of an emerging global ‘green economy' on the world of work sa...

22

Workthing+ developed by Trinity Mirror Digital Rec...

A new online management service could be the answer to help the UK's highest unemployme...

23

Global GREEN AWARDS 2010 Shortlists Announced

29th October London – The global GREEN AWARDS™ 2010 is pleased to announce the shortlis...

24

CSR News - Bacardi U.S.A., Inc. and WNBA Announce ...

or the second consecutive year, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and ...

25

EuroCharity Yearbook 2011 - Leadership for Sustain...

During these extremely challenging times, when leaders are required more than ever to b...

26

Addressing the annual City Food Lecture - UK Groce...

Despite the current strain on household incomes, consumers still want products that are...

27

AT&T Deploys 4000th Alternative-Fuel Vehicle and 3...

AT&T's* 10-year commitment to a cleaner corporate fleet is rolling into new territo...

28

U.S. Green Chamber Empowers Businesses to Be Susta...

he Green Chamber of San Diego County today announced its move to become a national orga...

29

Play Online Games And Earn Donations For Your Favo...

Goodgames, built by Goodsearch LLC and powered by Arkadium, is the first online game pr...

30

BT and UNICEF’s 'Inspiring Young Minds’ Bridging D...

The initiative represents the third phase of BT and UNICEF's ‘Inspiring Young Minds' pr...

31

Corporate Social Responsibility - Businesses with ...

Speaking at CSR Europe's General Assembly in Brussels the European Commission President...

32

FedEx expands its hybrid vehicles fleet

Global transportation and business services company FedEx Corp. has added 92 hybrid-ele...

33

Businesses Join Together to Drive Global Climate P...

On the opening day of COP16, November 29, UN officials and multinational CEOs will disc...

34

Royal Liverpool Golf Club set to host The Open for...

The Open returned to Hoylake in 2006 after a 39-year absence and around 230,000 people,...

35

Nature Locator - The Plant Tracker Smartphone app ...

The PlantTracker app helps people to record where they have spotted Japanese Knotweed, ...

36

UK renewables industry supports 110,000 jobs, rese...

New research reveals that the UK's £12.5 billion renewables industry supports 110,000 j...

37

Cultural life of London is thriving, study reveals

London's vibrant cultural life is thriving, despite the harsh economic conditions and i...

38

Number of heroin and crack cocaine users in Englan...

The number of heroin and crack cocaine users in England has fallen below 300,000, sugge...

39

Retailers Benetton and H&M sign Bangladesh Fire an...

In the past few days over a half dozen major global and national clothing brands, rangi...

40

Thoughtful tree planting helps people breathe more...

Considered planting of trees and other vegetation can be used to significantly improve ...

41

Uniiverse: Website encourages offline sharing of s...

It's described as a platform for sharing economy globally, promoting the the environmen...

42

Engineers produce the world's smallest Christmas c...

For those who like to make a bold statement, it's not perhaps the ideal way of wishing ...

43

Good news: London theatre enjoys record breaking b...

London theatre enjoyed a record-breaking 2008 as audiences flocked to musicals, p...

44

Inspiring student Jelili Babalakin graduates from ...

Academic staff have praised the achievements of a talented student from Nigeria who's g...

45

2Tangos - Skills-sharing website brings talented p...

A new service is encouraging people in the same community to come together to teach eac...

46

Good news for lucky boy who wins use of Taiwan tro...

It's a dream prize by anyone's standards - but for a four-year-old boy it must be extra...

47

Good news: Liverpool children get free gym members...

Liverpool is to be the first city in the UK to provide free membership to fitness centr...

48

Airbags adapted to protect Japanese pensioners fro...

Airbags, found mainly behind the wheel, are now cushioning Japan's growing elderly popu...

49

Woolworths opens doors as an online retail website...

Its demise was seen, perhaps, as the biggest sign of the times- a towering High Street ...

50

Good news for UK retailers as BRC-KMPG figures sho...

In the current economic climate, good news from the high street is certainly welcome - ...

51

Britain’s visitor attractions remain popular despi...

Latest figures suggest a general upward trend in the number of people visiting the UK's...

52

Value of British fashion industry highlighted ahea...

The direct value of the fashion industry to the British economy is nearly 21 billion po...

53

Royal Wedding boosts High Street shopping sales

UK retail sales values rose in April thanks to Easter and the Royal Wedding - up 5.2% o...

54

Good news: UK employees take fewer sick days, CBI ...

UK workers are taking fewer sick days. The rate of absence from work in the UK is the l...

55

UK Film Council reports record investment in Briti...

Investment in new UK film production reached £1.155 billion across 119 films in 2010, a...

56

Cosmetic surgery defies recession with rise in mal...

The economy may have been sagging but the nation still found ways to remain uplifted du...

57

Blonde parade to cheer up Latvia in recession

It's been hit hugely by the recession and seem its economy shrink by 18% - with Europe'...

58

Good news for UK business: Kenmark creates 500 job...

The announcement of five hundred new jobs to be created by a Taiwanese company in the E...

59

Good news: Revenue of UK universities grows by 25 ...

Universities now generate £59 billion for the UK economy - an increase of 25 per cent. ...

60

Yoko Ono thanks students from Chester University f...

John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, has thanked five history students for their help in pres...

61

Happiness should shape economic policy, says Harva...

Levels of happiness could help shape economic policy in the industriali...

62

Green infrastructure - Parks, gardens and trees ha...

Putting green infrastructure such as parks, gardens and trees at the heart of neighbour...

63

Student rewarded for research into how tea can blo...

A Cardiff student's research into how tea can block a hospital superbug has won him a t...

64

Study to cut car fuel usage could decrease running...

Researchers from the University of Bath are embarking on a new project to achieve a gro...

65

Men in Chile urged by government to remove their t...

Chile's government wants men in the South American country to take off their ties to he...

66

UK economy boosted by £3 billion from British love...

Cycling contributes almost £3 billion to the UK economy shows a new report from the Lon...

67

UK economy shows progress and business confidence ...

The British Chambers of Commerce's Quarterly Economic Survey released today shows that ...

68

Wombat droppings used by an Australian paper manuf...

Here's the brightest story to emerge from the credit crunch, so far. Extraordinary as i...

69

200,000 people apply for 'the best job in the worl...

They're calling it 'the best Job in the world' - and plenty ofpeople seem to agree. Two...

70

Bee Cause - Friends of the Earth campaign to save ...

Friends of the Earth has unveiled a new campaign to save the bee, revealing that it wou...

71

U.S. voters 'more optimistic' about economy since ...

Americans have grown more optimistic about the economy and the direction of the country...

72

Natural England urges city dwellers to keep bees

If you live in the city, consider keeping bees - that's the advice from conservation wa...

73

Worst of recession is over says British Chambers o...

The latest British Chambers of Commerce economic survey suggests that the worst of the ...

74

Children's pocket money escapes the recession with...

The credit crunch may be affecting many of us - but children seem to be escaping the wo...

75

Irish Software Company Goshido Goes For Gold Using...

At time of doom and gloom in Ireland’s economy, Irish company, Goshido has taken the us...

76

Bulbul - Wildlife Conservation Society celebrates ...

A new breed of songbird has been discovered living in a rugged region in Laos by scient...

77

MasterCard Survey of Consumer Purchasing Prioritie...

Eat, drink and be merry - and join the majority of people in the Middle East, Africa an...

78

Natural environment boosts UK economy by billions ...

Nature is worth billions of pounds to the UK economy, according to a new report.

79

People around the world realise their priorities -...

It seems the financial crisis isn't all doom and gloom: one in four people are glad the...

80

Good news for language learning - Digital kitchen ...

An innovative kitchen that gives step-by-step cooking instructions in French could spar...

81

Greenhouse Gas Reduction - Cows that burp less hel...

Canadian scientists are breeding a special type of cow designed to burp less, a breakth...

Companies or Charities


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Joliba Trust - Working for sustainable development...

Joliba Trust supports grassroots development work with farming and cattle-raising commu...

2

International Childcare Trust - Giving children a ...

ICT partner with grassroots NGO's in Africa and Asia that protect children's rights. We...

3

Orangutan Appeal UK - safeguarding orangutans and ...

We stand to lose this great ape within our lifetime. In the past 20 years 80% of their ...

4

Central Africa’s Rights & AIDS (CARA) Society - ju...

CARA (Registered Charity No.: 1101373) is an independent charity that provides free leg...

5

Caliness Trust - Residential activity holidays afl...

Provision of residential activity holidays afloat on the Caledonian Canal for disabled ...

6

The Cedar Centre - A place in East London where pe...

A place in East London where people of different cultures and backgrounds meet to learn...

7

Computer Aid International - refurbishing unwanted...

Computer Aid International takes in donations of unwanted computers and refurbishes the...

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