10:10 inspires and supports people and organisations to cut their carbon emissions by 10% in a year.
Any individual, family, business or organisation can make the cuts - and by working together we can make a real difference.
Working as the Information and Resources Co-ordinator for the British Council Trinidad and Tobago, I took on the hefty task of knocking 10% off our emissions in one year. With some big changes, a couple of hiccups, and the co-operation of all those involved, we ended up with something to shout about: a 21% cut in carbon. Maybe it wasn't as hard as I first thought ...
De Gemeente Nijmegen presenteert in haar Duurzaamheidsagenda 2011-2015 een ambitieus energiebeleid voor zowel de gemeentelijke organisatie als de stad Nijmegen. In samenwerking met bedrijven, organisaties en burgers wordt er door de gemeente flink ingezet op energiebesparing en duurzame energie.
An unprecedented coalition came together last year with to reduce the environmental impact of the UK’s favourite summer past time; the great British music festival. And the results from last year have just come in...
To be or not to be - At være eller ikke at være. De fleste danskere ved, at disse linjer er hovedpersonens centrale replik i Shakespeares berømte tragedie Hamlet, som foregår på Kronborg i Helsingør. Lars Romann Engel er direktør og kunstnerisk leder for teatret HamletScenen, som siden 2008 har videreført traditionen med de berømte Shakespeare-opførelser i Kronborgs slotsgård hvert år i august under navnet Shakespeare at Hamlet's Castle. Ifølge ham er Hamlet
Oslo, the first capital to sign up to 10:10, is racing against the clock to phase out oil heating in schools and all other municipal buildings across the city, and turn their sewage into fuel for buses...
Lam Rim Buddhist Centre, Islamic Aid, London Jewish Community Centre and Reading Quakers are just a sample of the diverse faith groups throwing their energy into the 10:10 challenge. Find out how...
En samlet besparelse på CO2-forbruget på hele 27 %! Det er, hvad den britiske ambassade i Danmark opnåede sidste år. Viceambassadør Simon Wood fortæller med stolthed og entusiasme om, hvordan ambassadens ansatte gjorde det til et fælles mål at nå op på den 10 % besparelse i 2010, som oprindeligt var målet for 10:10-kampagnen. "Og då vi så var nået derop, gik der sport i det. Man kunne måske have forestillet sig, at når målet var nået, begyndte folk at slappe af. Men det var ikke tilfældet. Tværtimod fik vi mere blod på tanden. Nu gjaldt det om at komme så langt op som muligt".
Nu kan vi endelig begynde at se de første små forårstegn, men der skal stadig godt gang i radiatorerne, selv når man husker sweateren og den gode varme kop te. Det er her i vintermånederne, at der virkelig er noget at spare på varmeregnskabet ved at få isoleret boligen - og dermed meget at hente, når man stræber efter at reducere sit CO2-udslip...
The green team at the British embassy in Montevideo knew that 10:10 success would be a challenge. The post had already made substantial energy savings and carbon footprint reductions thanks to the foreign office's previous green initiatives, so 10:10 meant an extra effort from all.
From suspended ceilings to patchwork quilts, from home grown salads to condensing boilers, swap shops to solar panels, the Christians from all walks of life are finding innovative ways to shrink their footprint...
Tottenham Hotspur FC are one of our earliest and best-known signups, and they have been working hard to cut their carbon. We took a camera down to White Hart Lane to find out more...