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01/02/10 Make waste your business

Liverpool Chamber of Commerce is working in partnership with the Environment Agency and Liverpool City Council to assist businesses with their trade waste issues.

01/02/10 Keep up with the green agenda

Liverpool Chamber of Commerce is helping businesses keep up to date with the latest environmental news with a green electronic newsletter, created especially for businesses.

01/02/10 New jobs make city shine

Liverpool's green collar workforce is expanding thanks to 30 new jobs created by the city council.

01/02/10 Trio of penguins revealed

Three stunning new works of ‘penguin public art’ have gone on display in a Liverpool fashion hub - ahead of this week’s eagerly anticipated Go Penguins internet charity auction.

28/01/10 Lessons in stupidity

Liverpool pupils will be getting to grips with climate change thanks to a British film which won international praise.

28/01/10 Recycling centre gets go ahead

Waste chiefs at Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority are to develop a new £1.5M Household Waste Recycling Centre at the northern end of Knowsley Industrial Park after winning approval from planners.

20/01/10 Go Penguins auction to go global

Wild in Art, the organisation behind Go Penguins, has announced that the penguin auction will now be opened up to the world via the internet - rather than taking place at St George's Hall - allowing bidders from around the planet to pick up their favourite penguin.

18/12/09 Make eco-factor Christmas No.1!

Recycling chiefs are asking residents to end Liverpool’s Year of the Environment on a high by recycling as much as they can during the festive season.

15/12/09 Penguin charity boost

Home Bargains and Go Penguins have boosted Liverpool Lord Mayor’s Charity Appeal by an astonishing £20,000 – just weeks into the public art extravaganza and months before its gala auction is due to take place.

10/12/09 Electrical recycling campaign

Merseyside waste officers are backing Recycle Now’s national campaign to get more people across the region to recycle their broken or unwanted electrical equipment in the run up to Christmas.

09/12/09 Children get arty for new woodland

Children from the West Derby area are working with an award winning community artist to create a range of sculptures for the new £600,000 Mab Lane Community Woodland.

07/12/09 Top green awards for city charity

Liverpool children’s charity KIND is delighted to announce that in the last week they have received two top environmental awards and hope that in doing so they can inspire others to become green heroes.

04/12/09 National first for green Oxton

With more than 90% of businesses in the area earning a Tidy Business Award, Oxton has proudly laid claim to the title of Britain’s first ‘Tidy Business Village’.

04/12/09 Carbon reduction begins at home

A new Wirral-wide drive to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions will be launched at Tranmere Rovers’ home game against Brentford this Saturday (5th December).

01/12/09 Worms go to school!

Schemes to recycle TVs and cut food waste in schools by introducing wormeries are among a host of projects awarded community funding by Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority.

01/12/09 Cycling Sunday in Speke

The first sunday of every monthis Cycling Sunday in Speke.

01/12/09 Wishing ewe a merry christmas!

Fancy treating yourself to unique Christmas present which is also the perfect souvenir of Liverpool’s special green year?

26/11/09 Waste DVD premiere

Teenage actors were star guests when waste chiefs premiered a unique DVD promoting recycling to young people.

26/11/09 First of 100 trees planted

The first of 100 new trees has been planted in Liverpool to mark the ‘cen-tree-nary’ of Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS).

17/11/09 Wirral's Winter Green Fayre

Make this a green Christmas and visit Wirral’s Winter Green Fayre which gives visitors the chance to buy eco-friendly gifts for the festive season.

17/11/09 Penketh's go green

Through an increasing concern for the environment and rising demand from our customers, Penketh’s – the Wirral based Office Supplies company- have identified the need for an electrical collection and recycling service.

16/11/09 Penguin Countdown !

There’s just one week to go before Go Penguins explodes onto the streets of Merseyside.

16/11/09 City's greenest Christmas tree unveiled

Liverpool will be unveiling its greenest ever Christmas tree to celebrate the city’s Year of Environment.

16/11/09 Throwing your business away?

The Environment Agency and Liverpool City Council have today launched a campaign to advise businesses across Merseyside on the economic and environmental benefits of reducing, recycling and reusing their waste. The campaign is part of the Year of the Environment programme.

11/11/09 Inspired funding

The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) have confirmed £200,000 funding for the National Wildflower Centre “Inspire” project to enable the scheme design to be developed and submitted for planning permission by the end of March 2010.

10/11/09 Little Green Book

As a culmination to the Year of the Environment, Liverpool Chamber of Commerce is launching the Little Green Book.

10/11/09 Become a green art critic

Liverpool Chamber of Commerce want you to turn art critic and choose who you think should scoop the 2009 Environmental Art Award.

10/11/09 Green Communities Conference

On 25th November 2009, The Adelphi, Liverpool, will host the Energy Saving Trust Green Communities annual conference.

09/11/09 Paul O'Grady p-p-p pens an old lady

TV and radio star Paul O’Grady has created his first work of public art – a penguin as an old lady!

09/11/09 Ticket deal for green play

As part of 2009's NICE Festival of Nordic Art and Culture, unitytheatre brings you an early Christmas present; Greela and the 13 Yule Lads. Directed by Kolbrun Halldorsdottir Iceland's Minister for the environment.

09/11/09 Food and farming in the future

Patrick Holden, organic food expert and Director of the Soil Association, will be in West Kirby at 8pm on Wednesday 25 November to talk about how local food networks can help us meet the challenges of food security, climate change and rising energy costs.

05/11/09 New field of footballing dreams

The UK’s newest junior footballing academy will be formally opened in Liverpool on Friday (November 6).

04/11/09 LCVS Honour

Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services is to receive the Freedom of the City in recognition of its long-standing service to the city.

28/10/09 Period of grace ends for Wirral van drivers

A one month grace period for van drivers turning up at Wirral Household Waste Recycling Centres ends on Sunday November 1st.

23/10/09 Kids have say on play

Liverpool youngsters will be having their say next week on what they want to see in 12 new play areas.

23/10/09 Cycling allowance

Liverpool Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Liverpool City Council have signed a formal agreement at the Merseyside Transport Partnership’s (MTP) annual conference setting out their commitment to increasing cycling levels in the city.

23/10/09 Transport Oscars

St Charles’ RC Primary School, Arriva North West and Shop Direct Group’s Aintree site have scooped prestigious awards at the Merseyside Transport Awards, which took place last week (13th October) at FACT during the Merseyside Transport Conference 2009.

20/10/09 Green is the new black

Youngsters are demonstrating recycling is the height of fashion in a special catwalk show.

19/10/09 Cycle Speke joins RESPECT week

Cycle Speke is organising two bike rides to mark RESPECT Week 2009 in Speke/ Garston.

16/10/09 Getting Speke and Garston into work

A huge range of events to help people in Speke and Garston into work and training forms part of Liverpool's latest Respect week of action.

14/10/09 All the fun of the 'green' fayre

Hope Street will be going green on Sunday (18 October) when it plays host to a special Year of the Environment themed fayre.

13/10/09 Green goody bag giveaway

Residents of Liverpool will have the chance to win VIP ‘Eco Friendly’ Shopping bags in a Green Goody bag Giveaway launched by the FREE 08 Card.

13/10/09 Food outlets reach for the stars

Thousands of food outlets across Liverpool are more hygienic than ever - thanks to the city council’s Scores On The Doors initiative.

12/10/09 Buttons for penguins

Works of art can sometimes cost the earth, but today there’s a piece in Liverpool that will literally have cost buttons……

08/10/09 Bulky Bob's wins new Liverpool contract

Liverpool’s Bulky Bob’s has successfully retendered for Liverpool City Council’s Bulky Household Waste Collection service.

07/10/09 Recycled fashion fun at Lewis's

Enjoy a day of fashion, coffee, hair and makeup on Saturday (10 October) at FaB boutique, 1st Floor Lewis’s.

07/10/09 Merseyside recycling figures up

Latest figures reveal that Merseyside has increased its recycling by almost 30% in ten years.

06/10/09 Traders receive eco-award

Forty businesses in North Liverpool have scooped green gongs for going that extra eco-mile.

06/10/09 City promotes 'recycling all over the world'

More than 1,000 people are expected to turn up to an eco-themed civic service hosted by Liverpool’s Lord Mayor – with a special musical guest.

02/10/09 Get arty for walk to school week

Pupils across Liverpool are being invited to design a TravelWise mascot, which will be used to encourage children and young people across Merseyside to walk to school.

01/10/09 Bonkers for conkers!

Are you bonkers for conkers? Liverpool City Council’s Rangers are on the look-out for the 2009 conker king or queen to take part in one of the city’s most competitive events.

01/10/09 Staff are clean and green

Cleaning staff across the city council are using the most environmentally friendly cleansing products available.

25/09/09 Low Carbon Communities Challenge

The Government has today launched a search for local authorities, charities and social enterprises to take up the challenge to help communities fight climate change.

25/09/09 Wirral signs up for 10:10

Wirral Council is the first local authority in Merseyside to sign up to the “10:10” campaign to reduce the country’s carbon emissions.

25/09/09 Recycling centre opening hours

Merseyside’s Recycling Centres are set to switch to shorter winter opening hours.

25/09/09 D-Day for Wirral van drivers

Van drivers turning up at Wirral Household Waste Recycling Centres from next Thursday (October 1st) could be turned back unless they produce a pioneering new permit.

24/09/09 Pupils pick up penguins

The biggest public art project in Britain's schools this year is to take flight on Friday.

23/09/09 Commuter challenge

Cycling is cheap, reliable and fast – and as proven in an experiment to mark TravelWise Week (19-26 September) – riding a bike can be just as quick as driving when it comes to the morning commute.

22/09/09 Tribute to eco-hero

A special tribute in honour of an eco-hero whose achievements ranked him alongside Charles Darwin, is to be held tomorrow (Wednesday 23 September).

18/09/09 Speke starts cycling

The first bike ride in a project to get Speke cycling takes place next week.

18/09/09 Meat free Mondays

Meat Free Mondays is all about helping people to have one day a week free of meat, but this does not necessarily have to be a Monday!

17/09/09 High speed rail report

HSR UK, the campaign coalition made up of 11 UK cities to support the case for a high speed rail network in the UK, today welcomed the latest report from Greengauge21, Fast Forward: A High-Speed Rail Strategy for Britain.

16/09/09 Go Penguins has designs on you

This winter, the streets and squares of Liverpool are set to be transformed into an Antarctic winter wonderland when flocks of penguins will arrive in the city.

16/09/09 Miles more for Mayor

Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Councillor Mike Storey will be taking the Smarter Driving Challenge next week with the Energy Saving Trust.

15/09/09 Search for Merseyside's transport stars

Are you a school, organisation or business in Merseyside that’s encouraging healthier, greener transport choices? As the search for this year’s transport ‘superstars’ begins, you could win an award for helping to achieve a more sustainable transport future for the region.

11/09/09 Crackdown on teen drinking

A crackdown on teenagers drinking alcohol forms part of Liverpool’s latest Respect week of action.

11/09/09 Community Payback

Offenders on community payback schemes are clearing up Liverpool’s grot-spots.

09/09/09 Hidden gems on display

Some of the city’s stunning buildings that are rarely open to the public will be opened up this week.

08/09/09 Urbanism 09

Liverpool Biennial presents Urbanism 09: five days of exhibition, exploration, discussion and celebration along the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, stretching through South Sefton and North Liverpool; a vital green/blue lung in what many mistakenly perceive as an area of urban decay.

08/09/09 Passengers can patent a penguin

Passengers on public transport are being offered the chance to patent their very own penguin.

07/09/09 TravelWise Week

Drivers across Merseyside are being urged to leave their cars at home during TravelWise Week (19-26 September) in favour of cycling, walking or catching public transport.

01/09/09 Green wedding fayre offer

GreenLeaf Press presents the North West's FIRST Green Wedding Fair in Liverpool and 08 Cardholders can claim 2 for 1 entry.

01/09/09 Got a van? Get a permit!

Merseyside waste officers are cracking down on the illegal disposing of trade waste as Wirral Recycling Centres become the first on Merseyside to introduce a permit scheme.

24/08/09 How green is the Palm House?

How green is the Palm House? A visit to Sefton Park Palm House will certainly show you that it looks very green, with its lush abundance of tropical growth and Sefton Park Palm House Preservation Trust has been digging a bit deeper.

21/08/09 Flower show success

Liverpool's Parks and Greenspaces team has struck gold at the Southport Flower Show.

21/08/09 Bala-glory!

A street in North Liverpool blighted by flytipping, graffiti and litter is getting a fantastic make over.

18/08/09 Boost for cyclists

New cycle routes and improved cycling facilities into Liverpool city centre are set to get underway in a bid to encourage more people to consider travelling by bike, thanks to a £640,000 investment from the Northwest European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

18/08/09 Wildlife King in city

Natural history documentary maker Simon King is visiting Liverpool’s Central Library tomorrow evening (Wednesday 19 August).

18/08/09 Ellen MacArthur backs green year

Yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur has showed her support for Liverpool’s Year of the Environment by signing a personal pledge to become more sustainable.

18/08/09 Major green conference launched

Property and construction sector professionals are being invited to a major green energy conference in Liverpool in October which includes six hours of CPD training.

14/08/09 Grimebusters hit city's streets

A new Environmental Enforcement Team has been set up by the city council to tackle the problems residents say they are most concerned about.

13/08/09 Mersey Basin Conference

The Mersey Basin Campaign is organising a major environment conference in Liverpool in September to celebrate our 25th and final year.

13/08/09 Urbanism 09

Urbanism 09 is five days of exhibition, exploration, discussion and celebration along
the Leeds – Liverpool Canal stretching through South Sefton and North Liverpool - a
vital green/blue lung in what many mistakenly perceive as an urban wasteland.

05/08/09 £5k grants on offer for green community projects

Local recycling groups are being encouraged to bid for grant funding under a scheme launched by waste officers next week (10th August 2009).

27/07/09 New wormery in Wirral!

Staff and youngsters at The Observatory School have swapped the classroom for the garden.

24/07/09 Community giveaway

Love Parks Week has teamed up with Fiskars Orange Thumb, a scheme which offers community groups the funds, tools, or materials they need to clean up and green up neglected community green spaces.

24/07/09 SmokeFree movies

Film ‘stars’ are launching a campaign in Liverpool to get smoking out of youth-rated movies.

24/07/09 Mini-Stern launch event

In 2006 Sir Nicolas Stern in a report to government, warned that the world had to - act now on climate change or face devastating economic consequences.

23/07/09 Cycle training research

Groundbreaking new research has shown that Merseyside’s cycle training programme – the biggest in the country – is making long term changes to the way people travel.

23/07/09 Stanley Park celebration

The £14million regeneration of Stanley Park is complete – and now it’s party time!

22/07/09 City's floral delights on display

Woolton is blooming and Gateacre is looking great.

21/07/09 Sweet sixteen!

Liverpool has been awarded a record number of Green Flags for its outstanding parks and gardens.

21/07/09 Four Corners comes full circle

The Bluecoat should be renamed ‘the Greencoat’ this week as it showcases a special environmental exhibition.

17/07/09 Get arty with Merseytravel

Merseytravel are giving you the chance to create their own drawings, illustrations or cartoons, themed around the environment to celebrate 2009 – Liverpool’s Year of the Environment.

16/07/09 Feeding the 5,000

Fancy meeting for lunch? This Sunday (19 July), the city's biggest ever tea party will be held in Toxteth - and everyone is invited.

16/07/09 Pedal-power pictures

FACT will host the UK’s ONLY cycle-powered cinema in a special day-long participatory film screening and event.

15/07/09 Young photographers' competition

The Environment Agency is searching for talented young photographers to highlight one of the most important environmental issues: the vital resource that is our water.

15/07/09 Lawn and order

Liverpool is helping to keep its neighbourhoods in tip top condition.

09/07/09 Join team Green Britain

London 2012 Sustainability Partner EDF Energy has launched an annual 'Green Britain Day', aiming to show the world how Britain can lead the world in the race against climate change.

06/07/09 'Pool to be penguin paradise

This Christmas, one of the country’s top shopping destinations will be magically transformed into an Antarctic wonderland.

24/06/09 Name that Conservatory!

As restoration of Stanley Park’s Isla Gladstone Conservatory picks up steam, attention turns to the planned events venue and café the conservatory will eventually house.

22/06/09 Another year of Respect

Liverpool's crime and grime busting Respect programme is back for a third successive year.

19/06/09 Recycle Week

Recycle Week runs from Monday 22 to Sunday 28 June and this year the Recycle Now campaign is encouraging us all to think about the many, easy ways we can waste less and make more of the resources we have.

18/06/09 Gardening without boundaries

Derelict plots of land beware… the guerrilla gardener is on the loose in Liverpool.

16/06/09 City pioneers trolley squad

Liverpool is helping to clean up the city by making abandoned shopping trolleys a thing of the past.

15/06/09 Get a six-park!

If the thought of lycra, blaring TVs or muscle-bound posers mean you will never cross the threshold of a gym - Liverpool has the solution.

08/06/09 Bananas over the environment

Superlambananas are back – and this time they’ve gone green!

05/06/09 Exhibition success

FACT's experimental Climate for Change exhibition drew to a close on Sunday, 31 May. The 11 week-long exhibition featured an estimated 120 events, with more than 100 networks and groups involved, reaching more than 15,000 participants.

03/06/09 Green King and Queen

Two eco-friendly youngsters are taking centre stage at one of Liverpool's cultural highlights.

03/06/09 Lord Mayor's Pageant

Liverpool's all new Lord Mayor’s Pageant will be a riot of colour and creativity when it starts from Pall Mall at 12noon this Saturday (June 6th).

01/06/09 Cycle challenge

People across Merseyside are being invited to take part in the first TravelWise Cycle Challenge, which is being launched during National Bike Week on 13 June and runs throughout the summer. As part of the TravelWise Cycle Challenge, people in Merseyside are being urged to join with family, friends and colleagues to get out on their bikes and enjoy more cycling.

27/05/09 Green art cornered

Scarecrows will be coming to life in North Liverpool as part of a unique arts project.

27/05/09 Gardening guru gives tips to tots

A group of Liverpool four year-olds will be getting some top green fingered tips from a TV expert today.

26/05/09 Eco venues share best practice

Liverpool’s award-winning BT Convention Centre at Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool played host to officials from eco-friendly counterpart convention centres in Cape Town and Vancouver, as they visited the city to debate green developments and share industry best practice. Rashid Toefy and Dirk Elzinga of Cape Town and Ken Cretney and Claire Smith of Vancouver joined BT Convention Centre General Manager Jacquie Rogers for a tour of the convention centre and to discuss ideas for venue development that support global environmental targets in the meetings industry.

26/05/09 Liverpool's parks for the people

In the run up to the opening of the new Museum of Liverpool in 2010, National Museums Liverpool (NML) is inviting the public to take part in a number of community activities to learn about their city, its history and development.

22/05/09 Pimp your pumps!

Young people in South Liverpool can come along to a day-long fun-packed event and pimp a pair of pumps for free.

21/05/09 Get hooked on fishing!

Something fishy is going on in Calderstones Park. ‘A Cast in the Park’ gives young and old the chance to get to grips with the art of fishing and is part of a packed fortnight of half term events taking place in green spaces throughout Liverpool.

21/05/09 Flame gulper!

Ness Gardens again will step back in time on Bank Holiday Monday 25th May, and run this rare & ingenious engine, ‘The Ness Gardens Flame Gulper’.

21/05/09 Laburnam arch at Ness

Ness Botanic Gardens is delighted to let all those enthusiastic Garden lovers know the Laburnum Arch, is now in full glorious bloom!

19/05/09 City businesses get green edge

Three of the biggest businesses on Merseyside have followed the Chamber’s lead and are demonstrating their green edge by taking steps towards gaining an internationally recognised environmental accreditation.

15/05/09 Solution to noise pollution

Pubs, clubs and bars in Liverpool are being told – cut the noise!

14/05/09 Love thy neighbour

Liverpool will be the first city in the UK to celebrate European Neighbours’ Day - for a whole week!

14/05/09 Council bottles it for African aid

Thousands of African people will soon be toasting Liverpool – with a glass of clean water - thanks to a life saving scheme at the city’s leisure centres.

13/05/09 Love food hate waste

An innovative waste prevention campaign, Love Food Hate Waste, is being launched across Merseyside and Halton to reduce the massive amount of food we throw away.

11/05/09 Edge Hill given royal 'green' seal of approval

Edge Hill University’s Centre of Excellence for Teaching and Learning has been named as the winner of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors' (RICS) Award for Sustainability 2009. The BBC news presenter Nicholas Owen made the announcement during a glittering ceremony on Friday 8th May, at the City of Manchester Stadium.

30/04/09 Discover city centre havens

On Thursday 14th May, Bob Doherty, senior academic from Liverpool Business School (LJMU) and former head of marketing for Divine Chocolate will be speaking on sustainability within business and corporate social responsibility at a business-networking event held in cutting-edge venue Leaf.

28/04/09 Sustainability - a credit crunch casualty?

28/04/09 HUB to hit the heights

Europe’s largest vert ramp is to take centre stage at this year’s HUB Festival.

27/04/09 Giving business the green edge

Liverpool Chamber of Commerce is continuing its pledge to ‘Give businesses the green edge’ by supporting a Green Business Day being held in Liverpool city centre as part of Liverpool’s Year of the Environment 2009.

27/04/09 Green Mersey

We are delighted to announce the next group exhibition at dot-art, Queen Avenue, Castle Street.

27/04/09 Business week goes green

A green Business day in Liverpool is to be one of the highlights of a week to promote entrepreneurship across Europe.

27/04/09 Green Business Ambassadors

For its first new exhibition of 2009, its UNsustainable year, FACT is proud to present Climate for Change, a unique experiment in activism, engagement and networking, examining the multiple crises affecting the planet – ecological, financial, food and housing. From peak oil to peak credit, Climate for Change seizes the moment, and asks how do we respond?

24/04/09 Climate for change

23/04/09 Recycle on the go

A new scheme has been launched in Wirral that will make it much easier to recycle on the go. Wirral Council is trialling a new on-street recycling scheme in Heswall, Birkenhead, Liscard and Bromborough.

21/04/09 Funding is Child's Play

It's playtime in Liverpool as £1m is being spent creating new play areas across the city.

07/04/09 Liverpool smells the Eco friendly coffee

The Mocha Lounge has become one of the first local businesses to take on the gauntlet thrown down by Liverpool City Council’s Year of The Environment initiative.

26/03/09 Light relief for climate change

Some of Liverpool's iconic landmarks will be left in the dark on Saturday - to raise awareness about climate change.

26/03/ 09 New vision for Liverpool

Liverpool is setting out a 15 year vision to improve the lives of every man, woman and child in the city.

19/03/09 Compact agreement to benefit the city’s voluntary sector

Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) has launched an action plan for the future of the city’s third sector and is asking local voluntary and community groups to express their views.