For those who have seen Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, the colour code is hopefully a familiar reminder of the iconic 1990s movie. For the less avid film fans, the British Embassy is looking for 10:10 agents to act as our private eye squad and spot places/things across Romania that are energy wasters. We have just launched a competition that will award the top 10 most compelling evidence of eco-breach. There is … Read more »Agents 10:10 and Green – this is not a noir movie
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We did it Romania!
This Saturday was a special day for the city of Bucharest and for other places around the country that joined the “Let’s do it Romania” eco-initiative. A great opportunity to help our hometown get a facelift, the clean-up campaign gathered an impressive number of enthusiasts, including five British Embassy staff (photo below). Check our Facebook account for more photos! Armed with sturdy rubber gloves, boots, and heavy-duty clothes, we went to … Read more »We did it Romania!
Let’s do it Romania
The British Embassy in Romania has decided to support a wonderful project, which I think will prove that Romanians do stick up for themselves and do care about the environment. I’ve been telling you about the Let’s do it Romania! project some time ago. Looking at their interactive round-the country solid waste map, I was both pleasantly surprised to learn how many people have contributed to set it up and … Read more »Let’s do it Romania
How to run a clean, lean, green Embassy machine
I chose to dedicate my first “corporate” blog entry to the Embassy green work as the subject is so closed to my heart – my academic background is a combination of Journalism and Chemical Engineering, and so I have been an avid supporter of environmental protection. It is an impressive accomplishment to see how Romania has progressed in the last decade from a place rather unaware of and distant from … Read more »How to run a clean, lean, green Embassy machine
Launch of Google Earth ’4 degree map’
The British Government has just launched an interactive map that highlights some of the possible impacts of a global temperature rise of 4 degrees Celsius. This is an interesting approach to flag up once again why the UK Government and other countries believe we must keep global warming to 2 degrees Celsius: because beyond that our livelihoods and safety will be at risk. The Google Earth layer features videos of … Read more »Launch of Google Earth ’4 degree map’
