Tag Archive: eco

The cost of poor housing – a report from Wales

bad housing

Last week I did a post called poor housing = poor health.  This looked at a report out which showed that poor housing conditions are believed to cost the NHS at least £600 million per year. I now learn of another new report – this one is a bit more detailed (and costs £30) . …

Greenpeace UK – Charity of the Month (September)

This is the UK section of Greenpeace – the environmental organisation.  To quote the web-site: We defend the natural world and promote peace by investigating, exposing and confronting environmental abuse, and championing environmentally responsible solutions. To find out more, see the web-site, you can donate here. Tweet

How being a green landlord can save, and even ‘earn’ you more money!

Energy efficiency

Another excellent article from our regular guest blogger, Ben Reeve-Lewis, this time on the advantages of green landlording. Energy efficiency and grants for landlords So with Grant Shapps announcing the end of HIPs and the increased importance of EPCs, it is a timely opportunity to look at landlords and the environment. Do you consider yourself…

Ecoweek at My Property Mentor Blog – Guest blog by Roberta Ward

Guest post

This is another blog post from Roberta Ward of My Property Mentor.  This is a roundup post listing a week of Eco related posts on her blog.  Roberta has kindly allowed me to reproduce this here, as I thought it would be of interest to you. ***** We kicked off last week prior to the…

Great articles in the current issue of Roof – the housing magazine from Shelter

Roof Magazine

Two years ago I did a review of Roof Magazine on my Landlord Law site, where I said how good it was. I have just finished reading the January / February 2010 issue, and have decided I need to write about it again. It really is excellent, this issue in particular. For example articles I…

The Woodland Trust – Charity of the Month (June 2009)

Founded in 1972, the Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. It has four main aims and objectives: Preventing further loss of ancient woodland Restoring and improving woodland biodiversity Expanding the area of new native woods Increasing people’s understanding and enjoyment of woods At present it is trying to raise sufficient money to…

How safe are you from serious flooding??

I was fascinated to see this map indicating which areas will be flooded if the sea rises, showing the incremental increase in land loss at different levels of sea rise (obtained via a report on The Times web-site). The grey areas show the predicted flooded areas according to the flood level selected by a drop…