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Win Bestival Tickets!

31 Aug 10


What's that you say? You're feeling sad because the festival season's nearly over and you couldn't get yourself tickets to its stupendous showpiece conclusion, Bestival?

NatMag's bees have been busy

27 Aug 10

There's a real buzz down at the National Magazine Company. As well as being a 10:10 media partner and doing some amazing work to cut its emissions, the company behind top magazines including Cosmopolitan and Esquire is also home to a colony of bees. And last week we were lucky enough to go behind the scenes as it jarred their first batch of honey.

Friendly bees

Case study: Gateshead council

27 Aug 10

Gateshead Council has been taking part in 10:10, and is on track for significant emissions savings this year. The climate change team has produced this video to spread the word about the 10:10 campaign.

Hey! Wanna be in the movies?

26 Aug 10

 

Here at 10:10 we're working on a top-secret film project that'll promote carbon cutting in a completely new, exciting, and eyebrow-raising way, for release in the run-up to 10:10:10. It's going to be a very special project with some very, very big names involved, and it's been written by the legend behind flicks like Notting Hill and Four Weddings, Richard Curtis. That's right. THE Richard Curtis. We'd love to tell you more but we're completely sworn to secrecy right now.

Shop till your carbon drops

26 Aug 10


Eco-driving Simulator

Local resident tests her road efficiency on the eco-driving simulator

A bicycle-powered smoothie maker churning out drinks for residents, an 'Eco-driving Simulator Challenge' and the opportunity to meet players from Grimsby Town Football Club are among the activities on offer as North East Lincolnshire Council take over the Renaissance Shop in Grimsby to tell local residents about 10:10.