Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Lead needed for people to live a greener lifestyle

I will admit that I have never heard of the Sustainable Consumption Roundtable. Apparently it is a joint initiative between the Sustainable Development Commission and the National Consumer Council and has been funded by Defra and the DTI.

Anyway they have produced a report entitled "I Will If You Will" which recommends that the government needs to take the lead if significant progress is to be made. It also concludes that people are generally happy with measures which bring positive environmental benefits as long as those measures are applied fairly. They also specifically recommend two things which I have banged on about here before namely;

  • Making on-site energy generation common in homes and public buildings
  • Rolling out "smart" meters to raise awareness of energy consumption
If anyone wants to download the report then go here

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