Forget kerb appeal and think carbon appeal. In the current UK housing climate if you want to get ahead of The Jones you can add more value simply by making your home energy efficient.

Property isn’t the kindest of industries to the environment. Buy a second home abroad and add aviation into the equation, another target of tree-hugger wrath, and you have a real conundrum – unless of course you opt for Villa dell’ Olivara in Calabria.

The Reef Club is a world class eco resort coming to Brazil’s exclusive North East Coast. Hailed as a ‘paradise on earth’, The Reef Club is set to become a landmark project and has been one of the hot topics in the investment world and heralded in the press as the ‘next best thing’ in overseas property.

The new Eurostar service from St Pancras International is officially a major travel success not only greener and speedier. The service has lured some 2m passengers away from alternative travel routes in Q1 2008.

There are now 25 official Solar America Cities which have been pledged $2.4 million dollars in funding to support ongoing solar power initiatives.