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A New Zealand wine has become the first in the world to display the carbon footprint of each individual glass serving on its label – laying bare to the shopper or drinker the full environmental impact of making and transporting it.
Each bottle of Mobius Marlborough sauvignon blanc – which takes its name from the highest peak of the range of hills above the town – will display its carbon emissions for a typical 125ml glass.

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Watching our leaky taps is the least of our problems when it comes to water wastage - agricultural practices and animal products are by far the greater danger
The desirability of reducing our carbon footprints is generally recognised - if not necessarily acted upon - by governments, corporations and individual consumers. Yet the related and equally urgent need to address our water footprint is often overlooked. 
About 85 per cent of humanity's water footprint is in fact related to the consumption of agricultural products, particularly animal products, which generally use much more water per calorific value than crops.

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The University of Sheffield has entered into a £3.8 million strategic partnership agreement with energy and building management specialist Schneider Electric.

Believed to be the first of its kind in the UK education sector, the performance-based agreement is set to deliver up to £500,000 annual savings – £360,000 of which is guaranteed – and releases capital for investments that will lower energy consumption, slash the University’s carbon footprint, and deliver an enhanced working environment for staff and students.

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Talk about low-hanging fruit. Ford estimates that it will save $1.2 million and reduce its carbon footprint by 16,000 to 25,000 metric tons annually--just by shutting off computers when they aren't in use

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The Guardian's commitment to the 10:10 campaign has received a welcome boost with news that it is expected to cut the carbon footprint of its paper supply by at least 10% this year.

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With cement production accounting for as much as 5 percent of global emissions of carbon dioxide — and the potential for expanded carbon caps looming — Cemex, one of the world’s largest producers of building materials, is angling to bring down its carbon dioxide emissions and perhaps wind up with some credits it can sell.

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"Emissions of greenhouse gases from next year’s FIFA World Cup in South Africa are expected to be 10 times those of the 2006 tournament in Germany"

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What's the biggest and easiest thing that supermarkets could do to cut their energy bills and reduce their carbon footprint? They all know the answer. Put doors on their fridges.

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Scotland has achieved an environmental milestone by assessing the carbon footprint of its budget.

This world first initiative is part of the country's commitment to the Climate Change Act.

The government has explained that the carbon assessment is only a start in the nation's efforts to assess the consequences to the environment of spending plans.

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The old-fashioned streetlight is the recession's latest victim. To save money, some cities and towns are turning off lights, often lots of them.\n\nThe cost-cutting moves coincide with changing attitudes about streetlights. Once viewed as helpful safety measures, the lights are increasingly seen by some public officials and researchers as an environmental issue, creating light pollution and burning excess energy.

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A New Zealand winemaker believes he has struck upon the solution to reducing the carbon footprint of wine – and the answer, which may come as no great surprise, lies in sheep. Miniature sheep, that is.

There are only 300 of them in the world and they were originally bred as cute miniature pets, but Peter Yealands believes that babydoll sheep could help him to reduce the environmental footprint of his wine.

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U2's world tour might make an enormous impression with its giant claw, but the environmental impact is reportedly just as staggering. According to an environmental group, the band's 44 concert dates this year have the equivalent carbon footprint of a return flight to Mars. And U2 have the same number of shows planned for 2010.

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Check out the carbon footprint of any country - v interesting tool.

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With Clear Standards Carbon Tracker for the iPhone, you can easily calculate the carbon footprint from your commuting, vacation, and business trips. Use the GPS feature while traveling to determine the length of each leg of your journey, so you don't have to guess the distance. Set monthly "maximum emission" goals and monitor your progress against your own personal reduction targets.

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Employees at the Volvo Group in Göteborg, Sweden have been asked to reach a new level of carbon emissions obsession with personal cell phone-based CO2 "pedometers" that calculate the emissions of their daily commutes.

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The UK Highways Agency is trying to cut its carbon footprint by turning off selected motorway lights around the country

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Still debating on whether to go real or artificial for this year's Christmas tree? According to Newswise, the winner is that old-fashioned, living, breathing, carbon-sequestering noble fir (or any living Christmas tree, for that matter).

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The rapidly growing carbon footprint associated with information and communications technologies, including laptops and PCs, data centers and computing networks, mobile phones, and telecommunications networks, could make them among the biggest greenhouse gas emitters by 2020. However, our research also suggests that there are opportunities to use these technologies to make the world economy more energy and carbon efficient.

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A new software application will make keeping track of your carbon footprint as easy as having a mobile phone in your pocket. A London-based start-up has developed software for mobile phones that uses global positioning systems (GPS) to automatically figure out whether you are walking, driving or flying and then calculate your impact on the environment.

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