Greenwatch

Pupils make green issues fun

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

FOUR ELMS youngsters cut their school's use of electricity by 44 per cent as part of a special green event and plan to go even further next year.

As part of Big Green Day, pupils turned off their computers and instead bagged compost.

The school's head Wendy Fox...

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New woodchip boiler helps make Hever Castle self-sufficient

OFFICIAL OPENING: The Duke of Kent chats with Megan Spacey and Henry Watts from Hever schools eco committee

Sunday, May 31, 2009

AN ENVIRONMENTALLY friendly woodchip boiler, costing £700,000 was switched on by the Duke of Kent, in Hever on Tuesday. Representatives at Hever...

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Crockham Hill residents join forces to tidy village

Saturday, May 23, 2009

CROCKHAM Hill residents have joined forces to keep every road in the village free of litter. Kev Reynolds, 65, of Froghole Lane, was "overwhelmed" by...

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Edenbridge residents urged to join community clean-up

HELP NEEDED: Amenities committee chairman Richard Davison, left, with vice chairman Vince Maynard in Edenbridge on Monday

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

EDENBRIDGE residents are being asked to join in a community clean-up to mark World Environment Day. Rubbish which has escaped routine cleaning around...

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Little green fingers help add colour to new housing estate

FLOWER POWER: Children from the Honey's Nursery and Stingers Kids' Club sow seeds at the Leavesden Development

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

GREEN-fingered youngsters have been helping with the gardening at a new housing development in Biggin Hill. The children from Honey's Nursery and...

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Transition Tunbridge Wells to celebrate first birthday

Thursday, May 14, 2009

TRANSITION Tunbridge Wells is celebrating its first birthday next week - and wants residents to come up with more ideas to help the town more...

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Oxfam campaign launched in Tunbridge Wells

Saturday, May 09, 2009

A CHARITY'S campaign for climate change has been launched in Tunbridge Wells. Oxfam's Here and Now drive aims to raise £40m over five years to fund...

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Eco classroom for Benenden Girls School

Thursday, May 07, 2009

BENENDEN Girls School is to build a detached eco-classroom in its grounds. The school, in Cranbrook Road, has been granted permission by Tunbridge...

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Children see designs built

PLAYGROUND CELEBRATION: Tonbridge Mayor Cllr Chris Smith and the children who designed the new play area in Leigh Road, Hildenborough

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

A PLAY area designed by children from three schools in Hildenborough was officially opened in the village last Friday. The West Wood play area, the...

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