The National Recycling Awards are back for 2008 and are calling for local community groups, charities, and companies, to enter, and be in with a chance of winning one of these prestigious accolades.

Organised by Materials Recycling Week, the Awards are widely recognised as the recycling industry’s benchmark and have been celebrating best practice in the public and private sector for over a decade…

In order to finance a number of exciting conservation, heritage and regeneration schemes, which are in-keeping with the Eco Island vision.  The Isle of Wight Council in conjunction with the West Wight Landscape Partnership have secured £1.7m from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

At our last meeting in early May on the subject of recycling. Ray Harington-Vail of the Footprint Trust was the speaker and there was discussion of the issues involved.
The meeting was less well attended than earlier meetings, some six to eight people, and it was the view of those present that, unless a particular issue [...]

As part of the Eco-Island vision of a more healthy Island, Isle of Wight Council is promoting two activities aimed at encouraging cycling for both children and adults.
During National Bike Week (14th - 22nd June), students are being encouraged to cycle to school for a week from Monday 16th June. they can do this on [...]

Last month, the Isle of Wight Big Green Picnic was hailed a huge success with over 7,000 visitors on the spring bank holiday weekend.
The first, of its kind on the Island, the event was to encourage individuals

Isle of Wight MP Andrew Turner (pictured) became a ’sociable, guerrilla bagger’ in Parliament this week when he gave a Stitch In Time For Morsbags.
Morsbags, is a national organisation aimed at recycling materials and reducing plastic bag use.
In conjunction with ‘Love London Green Festival’ and the environment agency, morsbags

With Isle of Wight Council’s Eco-Island vision, the Heights Leisure Centre in Sandown is continuing with its green credentials by further reducing its carbon emissions.

At the beginning of 2008, John Giddings, organiser and promoter of the Isle of Wight Festival, took Eco Action to make the Isle of Wight Festival a more ecologically aware and sustainable event.