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news round up

7 Oct 11

This week, we're all about getting ready for 10 October - from kicking off the People's Project in the UK to installing a giant electricity meter in Amsterdam, the excitement is palpable.

  • 10:10 Netherlands has been busy putting up their very own electricity meters to measure the country's big effort to reduce electricity consumption on 10 October and beyond.
 
  • These lovely 10:10ers call themselves 'the tough women' and usually get together to fight for social responsibility and sustainability. On 10 October, they'll be part of the 'Wat done jij uit" campaign of 10:10 Netherlands and will be switching off everything from their hair straighteners to their TVs.
 
  • Earlier this week, we kicked off the People's Project. If you can't join us at Pitch Pledge Party on Monday at the Guardian in London, this is your chance to give your favourite project a boost. Two 10:10 supporters have just added an extra £1,010 to the pot, but there's one condition attached: the 10:10 community has to decide who gets it! Cast your vote now. 
  • Pia from Chile tells us al about "Planta Banda" and the group's efforts to turn public spaces into community gardens.
  • This group of 24 companies in the Netherlands work together to reduce their carbon footprint and recently kicked off a competition to save as much electricity as possible in six weeks starting Oct 1, check it out. Keen on more news from 10:10ers in the Netherlands? Then read their latest newsletter.
  • Huge congrats to the wonderful Tom Chute who was recently awarded The Argus' Green Person/Project of the Year for his superb work running 10:10 Brighton and Hove. Go Tom!