Category Archives: energy

Cooking oil recycling on Bishy Road

Costello’s Good Food Shop (formally The Good Food Shop) on Bishopthorpe Road is now offering a cooking oil recycling service for customers and local folk, in a fundraising partnership with Planet South Bank. Owner Carol Costello explains: “All people need … Continue reading

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Funding award: Repair Cafe and Street Re-Cycle

We are delighted to announce that Planet South Bank has awarded funding to deliver a programme of waste events over the summer by City of York Council’s Community Recycling Fund. See below for ways to get involved! Planet South Bank … Continue reading

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Open Garden event

Along with other Edible / Community Gardens in York, we opened our community garden,  The Nose, to the public on Saturday 16 July. The Nose is the triangular patch of land next to St Clements Church, Nunthorpe Road. We were delighted … Continue reading

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York Open Eco Homes weekends of 14 & 21 May 2016 2-5pm

Organised by St Nicks: Learn how to turn your house into an efficient & comfortable eco home – from people who have done it! Visit living demonstrations of energy saving measures such as draught-proofing, insulation, low energy lighting, renewable heating … Continue reading

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Climate Change at the theatre: Baked Alaska

You might be interested in a Riding Lights production at Friargate Theatre, York, 15 and 16 September 2015 Baked Alaska written by Paul Burbridge and Jonathan Bidgood Time To Change The Temperature An island in the South Pacific has a … Continue reading

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York eco-homes

York Open Eco Homes Sat 16th & Sun 17th May 1-4pm eco = ecological = economical Find out how to turn your house into a comfortable and efficient home from people who have done it: Visit living demonstrations of energy … Continue reading

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Eco-homes in York

The weekend of 16-17 May will see York’s first ever Open Eco Homes event, which will showcase and offer advice on eco-refurbishment and green building measures. Could your home be part of it? Have you: insulated your house? installed double/triple … Continue reading

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South Bank glows in the Dark

This week, Planet South Bank have been working with our friends from York in Transition on a thermal imaging project, taking thermal images of our houses (and children and guinea pigs), to see where the heat is being lost. We … Continue reading

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