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Leisure Team Hopes To Make Waves On Isle Of Wight

Leisure Team Hopes To Make Waves On Isle Of Wight

Plans to create a a potential new inland surfing facility on the Isle of Wight have been unveiled by the team behind The Wave: Bristol. Following a market review carried out by Colliers International, the team behind The Wave were approached last year by Wightlink and the Isle of Wight Council about the possibility of creating a site on the island.

Eco-friendly Island Meal Deal At Rapanui

Eco-friendly Island Meal Deal At Rapanui

Hovertravel has teamed up with eco-friendly clothes brand, Rapanui, to offer customers a lunch time meal deal and 20% off Rapanui clothing when travelling on the hovercraft.

Double Boost For Green Energy Schemes

Double Boost For Green Energy Schemes

The Isle of Wight Council has received a double boost in its efforts to support the green economy. The council has secured nearly £700,000 of European money to help finance the necessary preparatory works for its Solent Offshore Energy Centre (SOEC)

Free Training to Save Money and Help the Environment

Free Training to Save Money and Help the Environment

Learn how your household can be more environmentally responsible, and how you can encourage friends and neighbours to get involved with going green too.

Ecoisland Team Green Leader Needs Your Votes

Ecoisland Team Green Leader Needs Your Votes

As seen on Facebook…Having been nominated as Team Green Britain Heroes, we really want to be crowned as Champions and bring sustainability home to the Isle of Wight.”

Ecoisland First to Secure HTP Apprentice with Government Grant

Ecoisland First to Secure HTP Apprentice with Government Grant

Ecoisland, the organisation working to make the Isle of Wight a fully sustainable island within the British Isles, is one of the first organisations to secure an HTP apprentice under the government’s new Employer Incentive scheme.

Plans For Vectis Wind Farm Refused

Plans For Vectis Wind Farm Refused

Major set back for Eco Island ambitions as Councillors refuse development of one of the Island’s only feasible wind energy sites. Tonight Isle of Wight Councillors refused planning consent for the Vectis Wind Farm proposal south of Wellow, turning the Eco Island Vision into a mirage.

Island MP Launched First Waitrose Energy Centre

Island MP Launched First Waitrose Energy Centre

Isle of Wight MP, Andrew Turner, unveiled Waitrose’s first energy centre on Friday 30 March 2012. This sees Waitrose East Cowes become the first UK supermarket to receive most of its heating, cooling and power from sustainably-sourced local woodchip.

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