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Articles about carbon neutral (0-50 of 155)
- Strenghten Your Branding Through Green Printing Do More To Reach Out To Constituents And Less To Dam
By: California Offset Printing Company | - Like most nonprofits, your organization likely produces several printed pieces a year to appeal to donors, attract new members, promote events, and report to funders. When designing this collateral, you want to create a piece that successfully represents your organization, fits within your budget, and generates positive change while advancing your cause, raising awareness, and furthering your mission.
But if your print vendor employs traditional methods to produce this using vir ...
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- What You Need To Know About Manchester Airport Parking
By: Lawrence White | - Males Garage was the first the company offering parking services at Manchester airport. Today there are several companies that offer parking facilities at the airport in Manchester. Manchester Airport parking is convenient and the authorities are working hard to make it carbon neutral by 2015.
There are about 16,000 bays, which makes it convenient for the visitors to park their car at Manchester airport. Apart from 8 public car parks there are 10 privately owned car parks, which ...
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- Why Not To Host Your Website At Home
By: Gen Wright | - Instead of signing up with a web hosting service, you may be tempted to host your website at home. With some Googling, a few guides and a teeny bit of hassle, it'll be nearly as good as the online paid service, right?
WRONG.
Why?
1.Unless you can protect your computer from viruses, spyware and hackers, you are making yourself vulnerable. Consider this - for the odd $5 a month you will end up saving, you are laying your entire computer open to the world. O ...
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- 2009 Wood Stove Tax Credits You Should Be Taking Advantage Of
By: Clay Lamb | - If you have ever entertained the idea of purchasing a woodburning stove, or even a pellet stove, now is the time to do it. For the year of 2009, the government is willing to pay 30% of the cost of the actual appliance itself, plus labor.
Having been in the business of chimneys and their appliances for a while, I would have to say that a lot of the cost of an energy efficient appliance comes hidden, in areas like ventilation, inspection to be deemed "up to code," and labor. Do not fe ...
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- Carbon Footprint: How Creating A Sustainable Business Makes You Money
By: Dr. Ken Pollock | - You dont have to wait for Cap and Trade to pass the US Congress to embrace carbon neutrality. Carbon Credits are a responsible and cost effective way to not only help produce non-oil energy projects, but reduce your corporate costs, engage your employees and gain a Green Marketing advantage over your competitors.
Reduce, Recycle and Reuse are the first part, and below Im going to give you 5 ways to do it. But if you cant, dont want to, or would rather just write a ...
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- Branded Gifts For Promotional Events
By: Michiel Van Kets | - Searching for effective promotional products, branded professionally, delivered on time and within your budget? Then look online for websites that specialize in promotional clothing, pens and key rings, headwear and bags, and corporate and business gifts. Exceptional promotional products at good value prices are guaranteed to make your marketing plan a success.
Promotional branded gifts are one of the smartest methods you can use in a marketing strategy as any quality item, pri ...
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- 5 Ways To Reduce Your Company"s Carbon Footprint While Saving Money
By: Dr. Ken Pollock | - The environmental cost of commerce has become an important part of business in America and the world as we all become increasingly aware and concerned about the impact of our actions on climate change and our environment. Many businesses are creating sustainability plans, training environmental impact officers and implementing company wide recycling and reduction programs.
For many small and medium sized businesses, the option of hiring a college degreed sustainability officer and ...
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- Branded Bags Of Fun!
By: Michiel Van Kets | - Quality promotional products are a great way to endorse your brand and get your message across to your audience; the range of branded merchandise available these days ranges from stylish and practical items to fun and novelty gifts. Promotional bags, baseball caps, headwear, key rings, clothing and sports products, even lip balm can help to boost your marketing strategy if printed with your company logo.
Branded bags can offer the perfect opportunities to get your logo seen, there a ...
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- Eco-towns Promote Green Building Techniques:
By: OBC Building | - Eco-Towns promote green building techniques:
OBCs Green Builders in Bromley and the UK
Being a building and construction company in the UK, it is important for us at OBC Building in Bromley and Tunbridge Wells to stay up to date with news and innovations that concern the building industry and environment. In order to live up to our reputation as green home builders, it is important for us at our OBC builders in Tunbridge Wells and Bromley to know about current g ...
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- Going Green Can Boost Hotel Occupancy
By: Henry Ashworth | - Independent and large chains of hotels alike throughout the world have come to the realisation that they must strive to be environmentally friendly. It is a responsibility they owe to their employees and investors and the multitude of guests choose their accommodation every day.
Environmental awareness has evolved from politically correct to a necessary action in order to ensure our safety and survival. More and more hotels around the world are embracing this concept and making it ...
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- San Diego Limos - Green Travel Options In A Difficult Economy
By: Virginia Konrad | - San Diego limos offer an extremely attractive and cost-effective method to enjoy all the creature comforts of managed entertainment and business travel. What's not so apparent is that using San Diego limousines more frequently, for larger groups, offers in fact very desirable and real economic and environmental benefits. A Plus San Diego limos offers many examples of this "green travel" concept, which includes reductions in gas usage, emissions and cost savings on the part of both travelers and ...
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- Maldives: The Lowest Lying Country In The World
By: Pancy | - Interesting facts about the smallest country in the largest continent.
# More commonly known as Maldives or Maldive Islands, the Republic of Maldives is an island country made up of 26 atolls covering a territory with 1,192 islets scattered across the equator in the Indian Ocean. Only 198 islands are inhabited by its 300,000 population.
# In terms of both population and area, Maldives is the smallest country in Asia and the worlds smallest predomin ...
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- Golite Hiking Gear
By: Barry Elliot | - From backpacks, hiking and trailing shoes and boots, hydration packs, apparel, sleeping bags to tents, GoLite has everything under its umbrella of hiking equipment and hiking gear catering to both the genders of the population.
The companys philosophy is to continuously innovate and provide athletes and outdoor enthusiasts with superior hiking equipment and gear that provide maximum performance at minimum weight. Undoubtedly, products like the Cave silicon-imp ...
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- What Are Carbon Offsets: Going Green And Creating Green Power Projects
By: Dr. Ken Pollock | - As we all become more aware of our collective responsibility as stewards of our planet, capitalism has produced a verifiable mechanism for reducing carbon emissions, creating clean energy and engaging us all with the ability to minimize the damage we do to our environment.
Carbon Offsets are a simple way for all of us to create a better environment for ourselves, our kids and, the big one, our grandchildren. More selfishly, we all need clean air to breathe and clean water to drink. ...
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- What's My Carbon Footprint?
By: Dr. Ken Pollock | - According to the UK Carbon Trust a carbon footprint is "the total set of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organization, event or product".
Whenever you use energy created from fossil fuels such as oil or coal, you're generating carbon emissions, which increases the level of greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere. Your carbon footprint is created by day-to-day corporate and personal activities such as driving, flying, heating or cool ...
Tags: buy carbon credits, buy carbon offsets, carbon neutral, ecocar, carbon credit, carbon exchange
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 Sustainable Sites Initiative Launches First Rating System for Sustainable Landscapes Shared By: KelarPacific - While carbon-neutral performance remains the holy grail for green buildings, sustainable landscapes move beyond a do-no-harm approach, said Nancy...
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 Global Warming - Carbon Dioxide - Environment - Climate Change - Air Pollution - New York Times Shared By: pansyfedmd - In addition to the celebrities — Leo, Brad, George — politicians like John Edwards and... at least part of the time, carbon-neutral campaigns. A...
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 Department of Climate Change - National Carbon Offset Standard - Think Change Shared By: nootrol - The National Carbon Offset Standard also provides a voluntary standard for businesses to use in becoming carbon neutral or developing carbon neutral...
 Make Seattle the first US city to be carbon neutral Shared By: stavestudio - Make Seattle the first US city to be carbon neutral: A number of the ideas already proposed (unifying transportation systems, more mass transit,...
- Engineering Consultants Go Green
By: Dominic Donaldson | - Legislations relating to low carbon technology and meeting carbon emission targets are constantly being drawn up in an attempt to tackle potentially irreversible climate change. As such, the job of engineering consultants has changed dramatically. These consultants are increasingly being asked to provide information on how projects can achieve zero carbon status or how existing projects can adhere to new policies. We take a look at the advice that engineering consultants might give in an attempt ...
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- How Environmentally Safe / Clean Is Your Home
By: Wes Hamilton | - Fresh air and clean water are undeniably the most essential elements necessary to any home environment. Builders and contractors today rely on science-based information in the selection of construction materials, and home owners have an array of products which have been designated with such terms as "environmentally or eco friendly", "green", "carbon neutral", or "waterborne non-toxic products."
"Dust containment", and a number of additional designations previously categorized bro ...
Tags: plumber, plumbing, construction, contracting, contractor, home improvement, remodeling, consumer awareness
- Carbon Neutral Car Insurance
By: Jason Speedie | - Everybody is aware of the threat of global warming. Increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are now known to be a major cause of global warming which could lead to disastrous climate change and rising sea levels.
The ordinary everyday decisions we make about the things we buy, the way we heat our houses and how we choose to travel all contribute to the amount of carbon fuels we each use. Sometimes, our choices indirectly affect the amount of carbon fuels that are us ...
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- Utilities In The New Carbon World
By: Hans Wagner | - Over the last several months, I have indicated that utilities will be facing significant new challenges as they adjust to the new green initiatives from the new administration and Congress. About 56% of the electricity generated in the United States is from coal, a significant contributor to carbon emissions. Natural gas generates about 27% of the electricity, wind generates about 1% and solar generates about 0.1% of the electricity used in the United States. The efforts to reduce carbon emissio ...
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- Environmentally Friendly Wedding Favors
By: Nariman Taweel | - A wedding of about 150 - 200 friends and relatives is certainly going to leave a carbon footprint. With the social conscious now trying to reduce carbon emissions and the push towards carbon neutral product we can as individuals make a difference. Even on our wedding day. Planning a green wedding is not as difficult as it seems. There are venues you can book which are carbon neutral along with alternatives for nearly everything you'll need on the day. Wedding favors or bonbonnieres are but anoth ...
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- How To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
By: Dave Sabri | - Nowadays we all know about the threat of global warming and want to try to do our bit to prevent it. However, most of us are reluctant to radically change our comfortable lifestyles. There are things you can do to help prevent global warming without having to make any major sacrifices, and the most important of these is to reduce your carbon footprint.
Our carbon footprint is the volume of carbon dioxide that we produce through the burning of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are used to ...
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- Green Electricity
By: Dave Sabri | - Over sixty per cent of the UK's electricity is produced by coal and gas powered electricity plants. These power stations generate millions of tons of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide which are known to cause climate change.
The rest of the electricity used in the UK comes mostly from nuclear power stations. These do not pollute the atmosphere, but there are hazardous waste products that are difficult to dispose of safely. With the decreasing stocks and rising prices of fossil ...
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- Modern Trends In Web Hosting
By: Peter Brittain | - There has been rapid advance in the technologies, equipment and concepts that fuel web hosting. The concept to move on to greener technologies in all spheres of business has indeed found momentum, all over the world. It is surprising that web hosting that requires a 24*7 networks up and running, consuming an enormous amount of energy that can also be done efficiently in an environment-friendly manner. These initiatives are now in early stages and are not available for a majority of web masters. ...
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- Biasi Wood Burning Boilers Boast 90% Efficiency
By: Tex | - Biasi UK has introduced a range of wood burning boilers that boast around 90% efficiency with low running costs and low carbon emissions.
Ideal for customers in off-mains gas areas and who have a ready supply of wood logs, this latest range comprises two free-standing models 3 Wood and Pirowood both of which are available in various thermal output options ranging from 21kW to 36kW to meet the hot water needs of most domestic properties. Additionally, 3 Wood models can be convert ...
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- Negative Effects Of Carbon Emissions
By: gcc | - After several years of being a passenger while terms like green living and carbon neutral were commonly uttered but rarely promoted, we decided that enough was enough. Everyone should be on a mission to communicate the message to every home and business that they can make a difference in reversing the negative effects of carbon emissions and otherwise destructive behavior. We feel that the talk was right, but the vehicle did not exist to any great degree thats where we com ...
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- A Planet For Future Generations To Enjoy!!
By: gcc | - Global Carbon Footprint is the biggest problem for environmental health. I think every one should Purchase Carbon Offsets to Reduce Co2 Footprint or say to become net zero carbon footprint (carbon neutral). Global warming is the biggest threat for wealthy planet. But many institutes are working on Carbon Reduction Projects to Carbon Dioxide Pollution which will provide better ways to tackle.
Why would one person spend their money to reduce another persons carbon emissions? The ans ...
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- Becoming Carbon Neutral.
By: Addison Deon | - Carbon Neutral , is becoming a term that is increasingly being highlighted on Environment websites, news, and business marketing material. Climatic change is a very serious problem however each individual, business and government now has many options and choices to move towards being Carbon Neutral.
Carbon Neutral refers to having a zero carbon footprint or achieving completely zero carbon emissions. This is done by maintaining a proper balance between the amounts of carbon dioxid ...
Tags: global warming, carbon credits, carbon offsets, carbon neutral.
- 24's Green Gamble May Hurt Ratings
By: Clarke Baldwin | - "24" is a television show hosted on Fox that portrays a former Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) agent Jack Bauer pursuing terrorists and other rogue operatives in the country and protecting the nation. 24's main audience is consistently made up of both an age group and a demographic that leans quite heavily to the right wing of American politics. Fox also runs news channels which, most critics contend, lean to the right wing.
Rupert Murdoch in spite of all this, donated heavily to Hil ...
Tags: 24, Green, Carbon Footprint, Jack Bauer, FOX, Cherry Jones, Rupert Murdoch, Global Warming,
- Features Of The Boiler For Gasification In Reported Trials
By: Steve D Evans | - The boiler for gasification or gasifier in this first featured case is intended for processing biomass and organic waste, such as sewage sludge. As in many trials it has been shown that the process is stable and controllable.
The gasifier consists of three sections: gasifier burner head, the gasifier reactor body with the water cooled liner, and the quench section.
A relatively small gasifier diameter is achieved with active wall cooling using water cooled metal li ...
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- Eco Friendly Web Hosting
By: Harry Skillings | - The world is experiencing a steep increase in environmental awareness, which is opening up new avenues for businesses to cater to green-centric consumers. Every business and industry has facets that can become more environmentally friendly with the right effort. Taking a business to a "greener" level is actually simpler than many would imagine.
There are a myriad of consumers out there who believe that it is vital for us to become more environmentally aware, and more eco-friendly ...
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- Is There Such A Thing As Carbon Efficient Car Leasing? Uk Holidays Could Be The Answer
By: Dominic Donaldson | - Fly-drive holidays used to be the term du jour back in the 1980's, with good ole Judith Chalmers asking us if we wished were there on Wish You Were Here? Since that decadent decade, the terms Global Warming, Carbon Neutral and Carbon Footprint have stolen pole position for over-used terms in the travel and transport industry. Travel to far flung paradises are now measured in carbon units, and it is politely bought to our notice how much recycling we'd have to do to offset our carbon consumptio ...
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- Do You Live In A Walkable"' City?
By: J.Mclean | - With gas prices on the rise, many people are rethinking their driving habits by carpooling or buying more fuel efficient cars. But the best way to save gas is not to drive at all, which is a lot easier if you live in a walkable neighborhood. WalkScore rates areas based on the proximity of common conveniences like restaurants, schools, and parks to any address you can enter.
Walking more often not only helps save gas money, but also decreases your carbon footprint. Driv ...
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- Diamonds Are Concentrated Form Of Carbon Crystal
By: brain strom | - As we know, Diamond is a form of pure Carbon which is in its most concentrated form. Diamond is composed solely of Carbon, a chemical element that is most fundamental to all life forms has a few impurities like nitrogen and boron. Diamond is chemically distinct from its other close cousins like graphite and lonsdaleite, both of which are composed of Carbon. But what makes diamond different from these close cousins is the particular arrangement of Carbon atoms in its crystal structure. A crystal ...
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- Eco Friendly Web Hosting Is The Future
By: Astrid Hermannsen | - In recent months eco friendly web hosting techniques have expanded. With so many methods employed to help reduce greenhouse emissions
then how can you know which company is the best for you to go with. Right now the main factor that seems to influence a lot of decisions is how a web
hosting company powers their data centers. If you go with a company that has a renewable energy certificate then you know they are generating their
power in an eco frie ...
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- Benefits Of Ontario Resorts Offering Carbon Offsets
By: Jeremy Fleming | - Some Ontario resorts, which already have a solid reputation for leadership in environmental responsibility, have begun partnering with Canada's premier provider of carbon offsets to offer resort guests a first-of-its-kind carbon offset opportunity by making their vacation at select Ontario resorts carbon neutral. These resorts have a Web site that has enabled guests to determine the cost associated with offsetting the amount of carbon that would be released as a result of their trip. Guests simp ...
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- Encouraging Property Development And Lowering Carbon Emissions: A Shortlist Has Been Drawn-up For 'e
By: Dietrich Elliot | - Concerns for the environment coupled with the housing shortage have witnessed a radical approach to UK land use planning, but plans for up to ten 'eco-towns' by 2020 are not universally popular, writes Alex Way.
In 2007 the Government set-out its plans for a number of 'carbon-neutral' towns of between 5 and 20,000 new homes, known as 'eco-towns'. These eco-towns were originally envisaged to be delivered on Brownfield UK land (ie industrial development land) and 'surplus' public-se ...
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- Glamour For Monaco Prince At 50
By: Monaco | - The rich and celebrities fill Monte Carlo every evening to socialise and play the tables at her fabled casino, but as Prince Albert of Monaco turns 50 he is often spending his evenings on matters of State and the wider world.
And as the prince reaches his half century, his reputation and the respect he commands is deservedly a more serious one among his fellow world leaders than that the celebrity magazines portrayed before he became Monaco's sovereign.
For far from ...
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- Carbon Neutral Homes 'come At A Cost'
By: Mark Dawson | - The average Briton looking to make their home carbon neutral could spend more than 9,000 pounds in the process, according to the latest research, leading to some needing home loans or low rate loans to realise their environmentally-friendly vision.
Alliance & Leicester has said that for a three-bedroom, semi-detached home, following the carbon neutral route can be expensive, but added that such a switch could lead to big savings on bills in the long-run. Cavity wall insulation, lo ...
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- Carbon Neutral Greenback Positive
By: Rob Parker | - Most auto makers want their cars to be flashy, or at least distinctive, but Subaru and Volkswagen are striving for something a little different. They want their cars to be neutral. Carbon neutral, that is.
Subaru has long espoused green policies, going so far as to make their facility in Lafayette, IN the first auto manufacturing facility with no landfill waste. As they put it, the average daily trash of the typical American family is more than the entire plant sends to landfills ...
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- Live Earth Made Me Cry
By: Seth Garrison | - It was New Years Eve in 2000. I was sitting in my apartment, alone, watching television. There were tears flowing down my cheeks. No, it wasn't because I was alone. It was because I was watching the broadcast of new year's celebrations from the major cities around the globe.
It wasn't sad crying, it was a happy, loving cry. I felt a love for my fellow human being like I had never experienced before. I had a realization that we truly were all the same. That there is no difference i ...
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- Super Yacht Show In Monaco 2007 Carbon Neutral
By: Monaco | - The superyacht industry has blossomed over the last ten years, with multi millionaires and billionaires buying yachts in the tens of millions of Euros price range - and when it comes to some billionaires they seem intent on buying a fleet that would put some small countries navies to shame.
Despite being the second smallest country in the world Monaco has established herself as the natural European home for many of the world's wealthiest men and women due to her tax haven status, ...
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- Monaco Shows Europe How To Go Green
By: Monte Carlo | - European tax haven Monaco has led the small countries of the world in the campaign to heighten awareness of environmental issues since Prince Albert became Sovereign in 2005, and has launched a radical plan of its own to cut carbon emissions.
One of the first acts Prince Albert took when succeeding to the throne upon his father's death was to sign the Kyoto Protocol.
Along with the USA and Australia, Monaco was one of the few countries not to sign up to the treaty i ...
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- Carbon Offsetting
By: Davinos Greeno | - This seems to be mentioned in the papers almost every day recently. When you buy a holiday or even car insurance, carbon offsetting is available. What exactly is carbon offsetting and why do we need it?
Well, basically carbon offsetting helps you to offset the carbon dioxide that you use when flying or driving etc by planting trees or installing solar panels and thereby removing your contribution to global climate change. You contribute to pollution by driving; you reduce the poll ...
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- Monaco - Luxury Yacht Show Fights Global Warming
By: Roger Munns | - The world's leading luxury yacht show in Monaco is to pay for 55 wind turbines in New Zealand - enough to generate power for 45,000 homes - making the event 'carbon neutral'.
Under the watchful eye of Prince Albert, the yacht show is part of Monaco's new stance on global warming, and comes shortly after Prince Albert himself travelled to the North Pole in April to highlight the damage he believes global warming is having on the environment.
'Since Prince Albert came ...
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