OUT NOW! February edition of Sustainability Now
12/02/2010 16:26The February issue of Sustainability Now - the monthly bulletin for sustainable development news in the region and beyond - is OUT NOW!
This issue features:
• LUV sustainability? Carbon is not the only fruit! Editorial looking at how one can ‘romance’ in a 
sustainable way!
• Planting Places greenspace awards – Winners announced
• Sustainable Valentine’s Day – top tips on enjoying a sustainable Valentine’s day
• Renewed urgency on securing international treaty called for by Environment Agency chief
• National Trust to green its country houses
Plus:
• On your radar, featuring:
- Green Up! Five ways to work with your council on the environment and sustainability – free report
- The Sustainability Challenge: Implementing Change that Doesn't Cost the Earth – free report
- Green Belts: a Greener Future – free report
- Cash rewards for low carbon electricity and heating
- 2008 final UK greenhouse gas emissions figures, updated 2 February 2010
- Entries open for The Blue Mile - Race for the Environment
- South West Built Environment Awards 2010 – now open for applications
- 2010 Green Gown Awards – deadline for applications, 19 February
- Have your Say on Dorset cycle Network
- Green makeover for low carbon winners in the South West
- Promoting health and well-being: reducing inequalities – free guide
- All on one ‘plate’
• Up and Coming: Events around the region –
- Sustainable Market Towns, Market and Coastal Towns SW conference, 20 February, Devon
- Skills for the Future – South West Observatory policy seminar, 24 February, Bristol
- Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, 25 February, Weston-super-Mare
- IRIS research seminar series, 26 February and 11 March, Gloucestershire
- Sustainable Business Breakfast: Carbon Reduction Commitment, 2 March, Bristol
- Green Your Workplace with Help from the Experts...Your Staff, 17 March, Bristol
- ‘Under pressure’ – with evermore limited financial & natural resources – how can leaders embed sustainability to deliver more efficient, resilient communities?
SSW’s annual Local to Regional conference, 23 March, Bristol
- UK Public Health Association Annual Forum, 24 and 25 March, Bournemouth
- Creating Excellence conference, Getting Places Together: Local Engagement in Changing Times, 25 March, Taunton
- South West Observatory Annual Conference: 'Health, Wealth and Happiness: What Makes a Prosperous Region?’, 31 March, Bath
• Over to You
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