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lloyds on-line sustainability tool

lloyds on-line sustainability tool

Lloyds bank has its own on-line sustainability tool.

By manda
SAS

SAS's Sustainable Guide to Surfing

"Challenging, thought-provoking" with hard hitting facts, it's solution based, encouraging the surfing community to make positive choices and take positive actions to influence change. 

By jacqui
green labels guide

green labels guide

Confused by terms like accreditation, certification, validation or anything ending in "ation?" Here's a great guide to the various 'green' or 'eco labels' to help and identify and avoid the greenwash brigade.

By jacqui
steppa project

steppa project

We are working on an European project called STEPPA comparing sustainable tourism practices in protected areas in Europe

By marja
templates

templates

CoaST members are an astonishing resource of good practice and they send in their good practice examples to show other members what seems to work for them.

By marja
footprinting

footprinting

many issues confront Cornwall's tourism industry: seasonality, wages, staffing and loss of tourism accommodation to name a few....

By marja
carbon footprint

carbon footprint

There are many carbon calculators; household, business, on and off line.

By marja
coast linen card

coast linen card

CoaST has designed a linen card to go with its sister towel card

By manda
marine charters

marine charters

Just like the original CoaST Visitor Charter, our Marine Charters are an easy way to help our visitors and locals alike to focus on doing good by Cornwall's watery worlds.

By jacqui
energy resilience assessments

energy resilience assessments

Want to find out how you can plan to future proof your business against peak oil  rising oil costs and climate change?

By jacqui
sustainable tourism case studies

sustainable tourism case studies

Some fantastic real life case studies of businesses walking - or sprinting -  the talk...

By marja
green build case studies

green build case studies

CSBT is the Cornwall Sustainable Buidlings Trust, and that's exactly what they do.

By manda
coast towel card

coast towel card

CoaST member towel card. Saves money, water, detergent, waste and, crucially, gives an easy way for visitors to participate in our efforts. And they work.

By manda
cornwall reuse and recycling

cornwall reuse and recycling

If you want to know who has what, takes what, recycles what, and where it goes, this is the place to go. Just a click away.

By manda
greenwash

greenwash

A Bad Thing. Like whitewash, only worse.

By marja
chefs

chefs' charter

We believe that good food, good company and happy times go hand in hand with really considerate use of the energy, water, waste and people that go into making them. We’re doing our bit – and then we’ll do even more!

By marja
green start action plan

green start action plan

The Green Start resource can help you put together your action plan for your business - simples!

By manda
bedknobs lighting energy audit

bedknobs lighting energy audit

CoaST Ambassador Bedknobs is sharing its Lighting Audit Spreadsheet....

By manda
101 things to do on a rainy day

101 things to do on a rainy day

This website, developed by CoaST Ambassador Bedknobs B&B, provides a guide to wet weather activities in Cornwall. They Just Did It. :)

By manda
europarc charter

europarc charter

CoaST is collaborating with the Cornwall AONB and has succesfully secured the Cornwall EUROPARC Charter.

By marja
climate change case studies

climate change case studies

Real weather, real businesses, real adaptation to a changing world.

By manda
coast visitor charter

coast visitor charter

The CoaST Visitor Charter (5 Ways to be the Best Sort of Visitor) is dead simple.

By manda
certification: green acorn award scheme

certification: green acorn award scheme

SECTA's Green Acorn Award Scheme

By manda
climate south west

climate south west

Climate South West provides tourism specific support on adapting to climatic changes

By manda
certification: green tourism business scheme

certification: green tourism business scheme

GTBS is the Green Tourism Business Scheme. 

By manda