Tag: community

New community solar bond launches on the Triodos Crowdfunding platform

Stuart Mitchell

Triodos Bank UK is launching an £850,000 community renewable energy bond offer on its crowdfunding platform (triodoscrowdfunding.co.uk) for Ferry Farm Community Solar Limited (Ferry Farm CBS). The finance will support a 5MW community-owned, operational solar farm generating renewable power and using its surplus income to support local organisations and projects. Built in 2016, Ferry Farm Solar in Selsey near Chichester (West Sussex), has 18,700 solar panels which generate enough clean energy to power the equivalent of approximately 1,500 homes (5,400 megawatt hours). The solar farm was constructed as a commercial…

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Dow and WE call upon youth to innovate and solve community challenges

Stuart Mitchell

Dow and WE are proud to team up and take the third annual WE Are Innovators Campaign across the U.S. and expand across the globe. Whether it is helping people gain access to healthy fresh food, learning how to include different perspectives for more innovative ideas, or driving efforts to protect the environment from plastic waste, WE Are Innovators inspires elementary through secondary school age students to use their STEM skills, paired with an inclusive and sustainable mindset, to develop innovative ideas addressing challenges in their local and global communities.…

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Valentine’s Day Campaign from PETA and the community

Stuart Mitchell

To help ensure that people had their most romantic Valentine’s Day yet, PETA, in partnership with cross-cultural creative agency the community, have unveiled a new mock documentary video involving a fictional motel that’s been forced to ban vegans —because of their noisy marathon sex sessions. Created by the community, “What? This Motel Is Banning Vegans?” features a series of “investigative interviews” revealing all the “complaints” around vegans’ noisy sex sessions – from the motel manager that is fed up with all the moaning to the maintenance person that can’t repair…

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Waitr Delivers “Share Thanksgiving” Food Drive

Stuart Mitchell

Waitr, the on-demand restaurant platform, is starting a new Thanksgiving food drive using its popular app to help feed the needy in the communities they serve. Beginning Monday, October 16, when anyone orders from their favorite restaurant using Waitr, they’ll have the option to help feed a family in their own community with a donation. Called “Share Thanksgiving“, the food drive allows Waitr users to click on the designated “Donate a Meal” button after they order. Should they choose to do so, they will then be prompted to select a…

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