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<title><![CDATA[ We’re going to need a bigger bike shed: Cumbria bicycle recycler outgrows home ]]></title>
<link>http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/news/going-green/we-re-going-to-need-a-bigger-bike-shed-cumbria-bicycle-recycler-outgrows-home-1.919083?referrerPath=/cumbrian-green-news-1.512313</link>
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<img alt='Geoff Tunstall, director of Rebike' src='http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/polopoly_fs/bike-recycling-photo-1.919268!image/3844531406.jpg_gen/derivatives/smallTeaser/3844531406.jpg' />A social enterprise helping to make the greenest form of transport even greener has proved so popular that it’s having to move to a new home three times the size of its current one. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Innovation roll-out to see more rivers spruced up ]]></title>
<link>http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/news/going-green/innovation-roll-out-to-see-more-rivers-spruced-up-1.919106?referrerPath=/cumbrian-green-news-1.512313</link>
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A new, greener way of helping to prevent Cumbria’s rivers and streams from eroding and bursting their banks has been judged a success and is   to be tried in more local waterways. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Stronger together for natural environment ]]></title>
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The best way to protect our natural surroundings is for different bodies to work together – and a local wildlife charity has just been awarded Government cash to mobilise all the interested parties. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Rolling out  recycling bin for your cards will create new woodland ]]></title>
<link>http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/news/going-green/rolling-out-recycling-bin-for-your-cards-will-create-new-woodland-1.907498?referrerPath=/cumbrian-green-news-1.512313</link>
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<img alt='Tree time:  For every 1,000 cards recycled Marks & Spencer  has promised to plant a  tree. It hopes to grow 10,000  trees' src='http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/polopoly_fs/mbcardy1-1.907499!image/2914110200.jpg_gen/derivatives/smallTeaser/2914110200.jpg' />Shoppers can bring a double benefit to the environment by recycling their Christmas cards at Marks & Spencer this year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Shoppers learn how to give green   ]]></title>
<link>http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/news/going-green/shoppers-learn-how-to-give-green-1.907500?referrerPath=/cumbrian-green-news-1.512313</link>
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<img alt='Top tips: Judith Bradshaw, left, and Lisa Heathcote at the  stall' src='http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/polopoly_fs/mbgreenx-1.907501!image/1595831949.jpg_gen/derivatives/smallTeaser/1595831949.jpg' />Staff at two different councils teamed up to spread the green message to Christmas shoppers in Carlisle city centre. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Could a tiny village be the UK solar power capital?    ]]></title>
<link>http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/news/going-green/could-a-tiny-village-be-the-uk-solar-power-capital-1.907510?referrerPath=/cumbrian-green-news-1.512313</link>
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<img alt='People power:   Fiona Gifford and Janette Thorley, who both have solar panels installed,  outside Fiona&#39;s Garrigill home ' src='http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/polopoly_fs/mbsolar1-1.907511!image/709892854.jpg_gen/derivatives/smallTeaser/709892854.jpg' />A tiny village in Cumbria is laying claim to be Britain’s solar panel capital, as more and more of its residents install panels on their roofs. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Six-foot fruit to take a bite out of waste ]]></title>
<link>http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/news/going-green/six-foot-fruit-to-take-a-bite-out-of-waste-1.900825?referrerPath=/cumbrian-green-news-1.512313</link>
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<img alt='Three of your five? From left, Hel Lawrie, waste reduction advisor for WRAP, Judith Bradshaw and Mark Buchanan, both Waste reduction campaigners dress as fruit and vegetables during a previous Love Food Hate Waste event in Penrith town centre. Next month’s events will be in Penrith and Whitehaven' src='http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/polopoly_fs/luvfudmw-1.900826!image/2592467266.jpg_gen/derivatives/smallTeaser/2592467266.jpg' />Man-size fruit and veg will be arriving in two town centres next month, urging us to throw out less food and showing us how to make the most of leftovers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ New  bridge is helping to boost  rare fish numbers in Lake District valley ]]></title>
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<img alt='We’ll cross that bridge .... Ennerdale and Kinniside Primary School pupils helped at the official opening of the new wooden bridge over the River Liza in the Ennerdale valley   aimed at helping rare fish to spawn' src='http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/polopoly_fs/honbridge1mw-1.900730!image/3109858463.jpg_gen/derivatives/smallTeaser/3109858463.jpg' />Rare fish are being helped to spawn in a Lake District valley thanks to help from a nearby tourist attraction. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Unique £1.6m project to make jobs greener   ]]></title>
<link>http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/news/going-green/unique-1-6m-project-to-make-jobs-greener-1.900726?referrerPath=/cumbrian-green-news-1.512313</link>
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<img alt=' GREEN TRAINING. Training in installing solar panels at Lakes College. S558528.jpg' src='http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/polopoly_fs/gtrain1mw-1.900728!image/44627841.jpg_gen/derivatives/smallTeaser/44627841.jpg' />More than 1,000 people across Cumbria are receiving training in ways to make their jobs greener, in a £1.6m project which is the first of its kind in the county. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Keepers of the  past pioneer ways of  future ]]></title>
<link>http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/news/going-green/keepers-of-the-past-pioneer-ways-of-future-1.892172?referrerPath=/cumbrian-green-news-1.512313</link>
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<img alt='Sue Palmer:  ‘Reduced use of lights by two hours per day saves us about five tonnes of carbon and £1,000 per year, which was useful’' src='http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/polopoly_fs/newbeaconmw-1.892174!image/3534772977.jpg_gen/derivatives/smallTeaser/3534772977.jpg' />Museums are dedicated to showcasing the past – but now they are pointing the way to a more eco-friendly future. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:15:25 +0100</pubDate>
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