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By Julia Hawkins, Ashden PR and Digital Media Manager
Looking at the stats on our Ashden Facebook page recently (is this the corporate equivalent of googling yourself?) I came across some interesting figures.
So far in 2012, the post that has had most follower 'engagement' – measured by people clicking on the post as well as liking, sharing or commenting on it, was this picture:
Share this storyBy Mike Pepler, Ashden UK Awards Manager
This is the second in a two-part blog that looks at the changing relationship between energy, money and food.
In my previous blog I described how until we started using fossil fuels, the amount of work that could be done was largely limited by the availability of food (ie energy). Thus the rate at which economic activity – and its environmental impact – could grow was also constrained.
Share this storyBy Sarah Butler-Sloss, Ashden Founder Director
There is no doubting the increasing urgency of cutting worldwide CO2 emissions, but at a time of global uncertainty and financial insecurity, adding to people’s anxiety by scaremongering about climate change is counter-productive. Offering positive solutions, coupled with the conviction that we can change for the better is far more likely to engage people and achieve the emissions reductions we need.
Share this storyBy Mike Pepler, Ashden UK Awards Manager
This is the first of a two-part blog that looks at the changing relationship between energy, money and food.
The cost of energy has been increasingly in the news in the UK. Rising transport fuel prices caused protests in September 2000 – though prices are now 50% higher than they were at that time. Rising gas, electricity and heating oil prices have also been a cause for complaint, especially during the cold winter of 2010/11.
So just how expensive is our energy? A few numbers…
Share this storyBy Ben Whelan
I arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica in January of this year to become a TEFL teacher. However, a few weeks after my arrival I found myself working for the communications department of the British Embassy on a groundbreaking animated climate change film called 'Odyssey 2050'.
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