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Isle of Wight: Sustainability

If you want to find out more about sustainability and the issues that affect our environment, you’re in the right place.

Whether it’s details of changes you can make at home, or at your business or work, we lay out the facts and let you share your opinion.

Below are articles relating to sustainability and green issues on the Isle of Wight.

23, September 2021·1 min read

Claim your £10,000 worth of energy-related home improvements

If your annual household income is less than £30,000 you could be eligible for these home improvements that will save you money in the future

Electric vehicles parking spaces at Tesco Ryde

21, September 2021·1 min read

Isle of Wight gets free EV car charging at ‘Big Tesco’ in Ryde

Big Tesco (Ryde) has four new electric car chargers - and they’re free to use!

Making a green roof work better for wildlife, the ARC team and centre manager Mark Haynes

20, September 2021·4 min read

Hat trick of environmental awards for Isle of Wight companies

Congratulations to Arc Consulting and Artecology for their innovative thinking and execution of rewilding urban retail centres and for bringing biodiversity to marine infrastructure

Recycle week graphic showing cars driving into plastic bottles

20, September 2021·2 min read

How you can help improve Isle of Wight recycling rates even more

The Isle of Wight council is now in the top 15 per cent of local authorities for recycling and composting in the country, with 99 per cent of waste diverted from landfill

Fake oil on the bank's walls was washed off after the direct action

19, September 2021·3 min read

Isle of Wight campaigner takes direct action and calls on banks to ‘stop funding climate crisis’

With Jimi Hendrix's ‘House Burning Down’ blaring out, fake oil hidden in a cardboard guitar was smashed against the wall of Barclays Bank, as this climate campaigner called on banks to stop investing in fossil fuels

climate emergency march - sign reading no planet b

16, September 2021·2 min read

‘Mission Zero’: Isle of Wight council’s climate and environmental strategy approved

Cllr Bacon said, "Apart from the most blinkered people, we recognise there is a problem and it needs to be dealt with"

13, September 2021·2 min read

Solent’s Maritime Sector gets on board with Green Recovery plans

The event was part of a national programme, designed to support Maritime UK's bid to Government for £1 billion investment to stimulate maritime decarbonisation

Surfers against sewage beach clean notice on balckboard by © Chris-McClean

10, September 2021·1 min read

A week of Isle of Wight beach cleans as part of the Million Mile Clean

There are plenty of opportunities to get involved with a beach clean on the Island over the next week. All details within the article

9, September 2021·1 min read

PTEC caught up in sale being investigated after Gov Minister’s Notice citing ‘national security’ (Updated)

PTEC, the company hoping to build a tidal energy centre off the South of the Isle of Wight, are caught up in a sale being officially examined after a government Minister issued an ‘intervention notice’ on grounds of national security.

9, September 2021·3 min read

Letter: Too many unknowns about tidal energy project to alter the coast forever

This reader believes there are too many unknowns around the PTEC project and that the development application should be put to one side

24, August 2021·1 min read

World record for around Isle of Wight swim smashed by environmental campaigner

He absolutely smashed it! Oly was attempting to swim around the Isle of Wight in 24 hours, but he made it round in much less time. Full details within

The Green Trike Gardener's e-cargo trike

12, August 2021·3 min read

Switch from van to e-cargo trike saves two tonnes of CO2 emissions

In the last year, the e-cargo bike has replaced over 500 diesel van journeys, saving nearly two tonnes of carbon (CO2) emissions

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