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Sustainable Wales 'brain-stormer' in Carmarthen

A groundbreaking 24- hour brain-stormer is being held in Carmarthen to create a vision for a sustainable Wales. The country’s first day long sustainability and innovation event will be staged in the town this week. Leaders from the worlds of business, government, communities and education will join forces to design a plan for a sustainable future. Organisers hope it will lead to a new way of thinking about ways to help the environment and reduce our impact on the planet. The pioneering Project Twenty4 event will be held on Friday at the University of Wales Trinity St David. It will run from 9am until 9am on the following day and participants will work through the night to thrash out a new sustainability vision for the nation. Carmarthenshire County Council, which is leading the way in sustainable development, is supporting the event. Assembly Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing Jane Davidson is also attending. It will kick off with a schools and business innovation for...

Sustainability event planned for Carmarthen

A 24-hour event has been organised to encourage business to innovate, save money and help the environment. Project twenty 4, Wales’s first 24 hour sustainability and innovation event, will take place on Friday and Saturday February 18 and 19 at the Carmarthen Campus of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. It has been sponsored by Menter Cwm Gwendraeth with support from its partners. Project twenty 4 'Changing Tomorrow – Today' will open with a schools and business innovation forum from 9am-1pm, followed by lunch with business leaders. Then from 2-6pm there will be a sustainability and innovation master class for business and the community followed by a networking supper from 6-7pm. Fashion students from Coleg Sir Gar are taking part in a swishing and clothing up- cycling workshop and fashion show from 7-9pm. Anyone attending will be encouraged to bring one item of clothing and work with students to adapt them and make them more contemporary before unveiling the results ...