The key to an eco-friendly festive season,think Local!

BUY local,cook local,travel local,think local and long- term. Don’t waste.

This is the message for an environmentally friendly Christmas

Local versus further afield – at worst overseas – is all about cutting carbon emissions,Pierre- Louis Lemercier of the Renewable Energy Centre in Greenshields Park explained.

The further the distance,the worse

Continue reading The key to an eco-friendly festive season,think Local!

Pedaling to a Green Christmas

It isn’t often that a principal arrives to find a crowd of eager students in his school’s front lobby. But that is exactly what happened the other morning at Grayson County Middle School in Leitchfield.

“There were lots of kids gathered around waiting to take a turn on the exercise bike,” said principal Jim Blain.

Continue reading Pedaling to a Green Christmas

Drunk Christmas revelers handed bottles of water

BOTTLES of water are to be handed out in Bolton town centre to stop Christmas revelers getting too drunk.

Police and volunteer workers will give out 2,000 bottles over the next two weekends when festive parties are at their peak.

Student actors from The University of Bolton will also be pretending to be drunk to

Continue reading Drunk Christmas revelers handed bottles of water