Posted: 13 May 2008
Green Grants Machine
The UK’s first green funding website exclusively for businesses has been launched featuring more than £1.2 billion-worth of funding programmes on its free online searchable database.
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Posted: 13 May 2008
Sheffield Is My Planet Hothouse, 6th June 2008
This free full day event will explore the challenges of climate change and how Sheffield looks to a future as a low carbon, climate-ready city.
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Posted: 09 May 2008
Habitat Network Mapping Project Sub-Regional Workshop - 24th June
This workshop, hosted by Natural England at the Leeds Lawnswood offices, will inform the review of the Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS), and further develop the habitat enhancement maps.
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Posted: 05 March 2008
Yorkshire & Europe - Updated 07 May 2008
Everything from our colleagues in Brussels. Currently includes the latest info note and a Policy update on EU Renewable Directive and Emissions Trading Directive.
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Posted: 07 May 2008
Wood Energy Trail as part of Yorkshire’s Biomass Week
As part of Future Energy Yorkshire’s Biomass Week - (22nd to 27th June 08)-South Yorkshire Forest Partnership is hosting another Wood Energy Trail – a small part of the ongoing International effort to reduce Carbon emissions and tackle Climate Change.
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Posted: 15 April 2008
One Region Living - Date Announced for Workshop 3 - 28th May
Environmental Limits and Rural Areas will be the subject of the next seminar in the popular WWF / YHREF co-production. The date is now confirmed for Wednesday 28th May so please reserve your spot now as places are limited.
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Posted: 29 April 2008
Watch and Listen with Yorkshire Forward
The region's first live scrutiny interview with Yorkshire Forward is currently available on the Yorkshire and Humber Assembly website.
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Posted: 29 April 2008
Envirowise Publications Wizard
To help local businesses embrace resource efficiency and take action on the environment when they have little time to spare, Envirowise has launched a new online tool; The Envirowise Publications Wizard.
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Posted: 29 April 2008
Two new EU consultations published - Closing date 20th June
1) The development of offshore wind 2) The Revision of the energy efficiency in buildings directive.
Read on if you are interested in taking part in the consultation...
Posted: 28 April 2008
Reducing carbon emissions from housing
This report recently cropped up in YHREF discussions so we thought it only right to share. It was commissioned by Friends of the Earth and the Cooperative Bank from Brenda Boardman at the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University and describes how we can reduce emissions from the housing sector by 80% by 2050.
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Posted: 28 April 2008
Warning to policy makers – don’t overlook trees and woods!
People across England are in danger of missing out on wide-ranging benefits offered by woods and trees unless regional policy makers do more to protect and enhance them as a precious resource.
Read more on this from the Woodland Trust...
Posted: 24 April 2008
Yorkshire & Humber May Day Summit 2008
Last chance to get your toe in the door. On 1 May 2008, companies are invited to attend HRH The Prince of Wales's May Day Business Summit on Climate Change. Twelve Summit events will be held across the country, one of which is taking place in Yorkshire and Humber.
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Posted: 19 November 2007
Regional Planning Applications - Last updated 07 May 2008
Check here for the latest planning applications sent to the Yorkshire & Humber Assembly. If you have comments regarding these applications then please forward to the YHREF reps.
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Posted: 24 April 2008
Forward Work Programme for the Leeds City Region
Published on 7th April 2008 the Leeds City region leaders’ board work programme 2008/09.
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Posted: 17 April 2008
People and Places Workshops at Sheffield Hallam University
The Faculty of Development and Society at Sheffield Hallam University would like to invite you to two professional workshops:
(1) Green Infrastructure - Benefits and Best Practice: Thursday 15 May 2008 (2)Sustainable Regeneration through Urban Design?: Tuesday 17 June 2008.
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Posted: 16 April 2008
Reduction Film Festival
The Reduction Festival is managed by Sheffield-based companies ‘Sort Of…Films Ltd’ and ‘Environment Room’ and is dedicated to film and video content with a green/environmental theme or agenda. Sponsorship opportunities are still available so read on if your organisation would like to be involved.
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Posted: 16 April 2008
Residents of UK cities ranked in eco-debt index
The residents of UK cities will plunge into ecological debt over the next month having exceeded their fair share of the Earth's natural resources for 2008, new research from WWF-UK shows.
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Posted: 07 April 2008
Prosperous Places Consultation - 7th April to 20 June 2008
In July 2007 the Government published the Review of Sub-National Economic Development and Regeneration (SNR). This provided the framework that will enable central and local government and other partners to work together to help maximise prosperity in all parts of England and tackle social deprivation and inequality. This consultation sets out and seeks views on the proposals contained in the SNR.
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Posted: 16 January 2008
Regional Transport Board Notes – Updated 09 April 2008
YHREF Regional Transport Board reps: John Hoare, Anthony Rae.
Regional Transport deputy reps: Chris Marshall
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Posted: 20 February 2008
New Environmental Strategy for the Region
This is the thoroughly-updated Regional Environmental Enhancement Strategy. It contains a 5 year Manifesto and Action Plan for the Region's Environment - which is quite exciting.
Read to download the final draft...
Posted: 04 April 2007
JOIN US!
This intriguing line worked well for Danny Wallace so YHREF have decided to give it a try. Are you feeling isolated as an organisation? Do you want colleagues that think like you? Have you been scanning the small ads for an environmental collective to no avail? Or maybe you are a member already but have lost track of why you joined in the first place...
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