Archived articles from 2007
Recycling Appeal
30 Sep 2007
The Recycling Appeal collects mobile phones, PDAs and printer cartridges for reuse and recycling, raising funds and helping the environment.
The Next Great Transformation
30 Sep 2007
24-26 October Business leaders back search for new economy. The Next Great Transformation: Sustainable Enterprises'
Disarmament Week
30 Sep 2007
24-30 October Worldwide
The annual observance of Disarmament Week, which begins on the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations
What is United Nations Day?
30 Sep 2007
24 October - Worldwide
Simply put, it is celebration of the birthday of the United Nations. Find out more about what is going on.
Sowing the Seeds for a Brighter Future
19 Sep 2007
To tackle some of the anti-social behaviour within the village, theParish Council has invested cash into community facilities and itsrural youth projects.
School Farm is Top Notch
19 Sep 2007
During the Second World War, Thomas Alleyne's High School, inUttoxeter, started a farm as part of the Dig for Victory' campaign.Thanks to all the hard work from students and staff alike, it is stilla thriving working farm, extremely popular with students.
Peace One Day Concert
19 Sep 2007
Peace One Day is delighted to announce Yusuf Islam as the latest artist to perform at the Royal Albert Hall concert promoting Peace Day on Friday 21 September 2007.
Running for Clean Water
19 Sep 2007
Ryan Hreljac learnt about the lack of safe drinking water in someAfrican villages when he was six. He started doing errands and was soonable to buy a well. Bryony Thomas reports on his progress a decade onand looks at another water charity that he is now working with
Kids Race to Save Energy
19 Sep 2007
School children as young as 11 gathered from all over the UK to competein the Shell Eco-marathon Schools Initiative' at Rockingham Circuit,in Northamptonshire. The aim was to design and build a car that can /could run on the least' amount of fuel.
Junior 8 Address the World
17 Sep 2007
Imagine having an audience with some of the most powerful leaders inthe World, where you have the opportunity to tell them what you thinkabout the future of our planet. This is exactly what happens at theJunior 8 Summit each year!
Climate Kids Smash for Change
17 Sep 2007
Whittington and Fisherwick Parish is aiming to be Staffordshire's firstlow carbon community'. Their war on global warming has been given anexplosive start by eight-year-old Ellie Kendric and 11-year-old BeciHydon from Whittington Primary school.
We’re Here!
17 Sep 2007
Monkey lovers will be delighted to hear that a large troop of an endangered breed has recently been discovered in Vietnam.
Thousands Blow the Whistle’ on Poverty
17 Sep 2007
housands of campaigners from a range of organisations came together onthe banks of the Thames to blow their whistles. The aim was to remindG8 leaders of the promise they made at the United Nations MillenniumSummit in 2000 ñ to halve poverty by 2015.
The Green Machine
17 Sep 2007
Spitalfields Market in London recently hosted the launch of the World'sfirst high performance, zero-emission, electric motorcycle. It offersall the benefits of a gas-powered scooter but without the noise,pollution, frequent oil changes, expensive maintenance and regulartrips to fill it up.
The Eagle will Fly with the Condor
17 Sep 2007
Eve Wright reports on a conference in Bolivia where Indigenous Leadersfrom across the Americas come together to preserve and share ancestralwisdom.
The Duck Effect
17 Sep 2007
Photographer Kwok Chan went to a pilot eco-farm in a remote part of Guangdong on the south coast of China to witness their very first crop of duck-rice.
The Coldest Swim on Earth
17 Sep 2007
Lawyer, environmentalist and endurance swimmer, Lewis Gordon Pugh has highlighed the effects of climate change in a one kilometre swim at the North Pole in waters measuring minus 1.8 centigrade.