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Lights, camera and carbon cutting action
7 Sep 10
Ready to roll on the 10:10 shoot, day 2
"QUIET ON SET, scene two, take four, and... ACTION."
I've lost feeling in my left foot some minutes ago. I'm squished into a crevice between a smoke machine and a camera monitor and scared beyond reason I'm going to knock something into shot and have a world famous ad director and crew of 60 drop me off the fire escape. Other than that, day two of 10:10's viral video shoot is going exceptionally well.
The time for Lighter Later discussion is now
13 Aug 10
The Daily Express and the Lighter Later crusade
When the Prime Minister speaks on an issue it carries weight, but the response to his speech yesterday on tourism and clock change has been phenomenal. Mr. Cameron has promised he and the government would consider the aims of Lighter Later - to realign UK clocks to better suit daylight hours - but first we have to show him that the people of the UK want change.
David Cameron says he'll look at Lighter Later
12 Aug 10
David Cameron talks clock change. Photo from BBC News.
Lighter Later is now firmly on the radar of David Cameron. The prime minister today said it is up to us to tell him we want more sunshine in our evenings and promised he and his government "certainly will look at it".
The 10:10 office: The DIY workplace
5 Jul 10
It is January 1st 2010 and 10:10's home is a small pokey two-room in North London. It is cold, it is small and it is grim. Boy is it grim. Think Charles Dickens with a just a dash of The Good Life for comedy self-sufficiency moments.
Flash forward six months and 10:10 is now quartered in what what I can only describe as the best looking office in the city. So how did that happen?
VIDEO: Lighter Later goes to Parliament
25 Jun 1010:10's Lighter Later campaign held a day of high-profile activity on Monday, the summer solstice, including a specially organised conference for MPs, peers and policy makers in Portcullis House, Westminster.
A big day for Lighter Later
21 Jun 10
![[graph]](/sites/default/files/uploads/31/images/graph5-summernow.jpg "Source: Brendan Cronin and Elizabeth Garnsey, \"Daylight Saving in GB; Is there evidence in favour of clock time on GMT?\", October 2007, Figure 2, p. 7/8: Daily Activity Patterns and hours of sunlight during winter and summer months, showing hours of daylight (shaded) on GMT and on GMT+1 (For Birmingham; adapted from National Office of Statistics)")
Today is the summer solstice – the longest day of the year. And for 10:10 it’s the day we take our Lighter Later campaign to the next level.
Roll over the image above to see how the Lighter Later campaign’s proposal – to move the clocks forward by one hour would help us make better use of the available daylight this summer. This timekeeping regime is known as Single Double Summer Time or SDST. Yes, we find that name confusing too!
Video: School puts 10:10 to music
8 Jun 10Schools up and down the country have been doing some amazing work as part of their 10:10 commitment. Recently the Guardian profiled some great work by Argyle primary school. Not to be outdone, a year 9 class (with one year 10 interloper) from Barking Abbey School in Barking, East London, have put the finishing touches on what I can only describe as an incredible video telling us all to "Just Cut It".
Travel Month: 10 Low Carbon Getaways
28 Apr 10Cutting your travel carbon doesn't have to mean doing without the finer things in life. Our friends at The Guardian have put together these 10 top notch holiday suggestions. Let us know what you think.
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