Greener Boating

  • SOLAR Thermal Pyramids

    SOLAR Thermal Pyramids

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    What, you might understandably ask, has doing the weekly wash in sub-Saharan Africa got in common with having a hot shower on the UK inland waterways system? IN both instances, it’s about an affordable form of hot water… in fact, extremely affordable, given that the sun doesn’t send a bill! SolarisKit is a company established…

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  • CANOE RIVER CLEANER Jim Elliot

    CANOE RIVER CLEANER Jim Elliot

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    Lucy Wood reports… An environmental campaigner is on a one-man crusade to make his local waterways cleaner – and educate people in the process. NATURE lover James (Jim) Elliott regularly takes to his local waterways in a canoe to clear litter and fly-tipping, conduct wildlife surveys and more, all the while promoting the well-being benefits…

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  • Green boating partnership secures new funding to ‘Electrify the Broads’

    Green boating partnership secures new funding to ‘Electrify the Broads’

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    A partnership of researchers and Broads businesses has been announced as a winner of the Clean Maritime Competition, alongside 55 other projects to investigate how to decarbonise the maritime sector. As part of a range of measures to tackle climate change, the UK Government is planning to phase out the production of new fossil-fuel powered…

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