How a balloon could slash your carbon emissions

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Could using a balloon to highlight those staff who fail to turn off their PCs harness peer pressure to encourage turn-off?

Everyone knows that getting staff to turn off their PCs at the end of the day is easier said than done. But according to environmental charity Global Action Plan there is a left field strategy for promoting...

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