The Wolseley Bridge HQ of Staffordshire Wildlife Trust

Green experts gather at centre of eco-excellence

Staffordshire's leading green lights will be getting some inspiration and energy from the county's centre of eco-excellence on Thursday.

The Sustainable Staffordshire team will be visiting Staffordshire Wildlife Trust's award winning HQ at Wolseley Bridge as part of their annual general get together.

Sustainable Staffordshire brings together all of the county's top environmental organisations to work together, to exchange best practise and to search for new ideas and generate new co-operative environmental ventures.

At Wolseley Bridge they will see environmental design and sustainable technology up and running and proving that green ideas work.

The eco-centre includes:

·        Electricity from the sun using photo-voltaics

·        Environmental design maximising natural light and heat

·        Natural materials as standard

·        Energy saving technologies

·        Reed bed waste water filtering - using the power of nature

·        Eco-design gives homes to people and wildlife. 

Sustainable Staffordshire Chair Paul Newman said the network would be inspired by the example the Wildlife Trust had set.

He said: "These green technologies not only protect the environment but also the bottom line for business. Green technologies make good business sense both in the short and long term. You can tackle climate change and productivity at the same time.

"As fuel prices rocket and resources dwindle localised and independent alternative energy generation will prove increasingly attractive, and in the years to come increasingly essential.

"And if we don't tackle climate change then the effects on business could be disastrous as world markets shrink and costs rise. It really is a case of invest to save," he said.

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