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I'm Sarah Melhuish. I'm Marketing Manager here at the world of Beatrix Potter Attraction and the Old Laundry Theatre.

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The World of Beatrix Potter is a beautiful, enchanting walk through exhibition of Beatrix Potter's 23 tales.

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So you really feel like you're walking through 
the pages of her books

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with sights, sounds, and even some smells of the farmyard 
or Mrs Tiggywinkles washing.

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Sustainability is a really key part of our ethos here at the attraction
  and the Old Laundry Theatre.

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It's the strand that goes through 
everything we do here,

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and it's also carrying on the legacy of Beatrix Potter, who wanted 
 to protect the Lake District and the environment.

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We wanted to find a much more sustainable solution 
to our theatre lighting

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so this year we've changed all our theatre lighting to LED lights, which are much more energy efficient.

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My name is Andrew and I am the in-house technician for the 
 Old Laundry Theatre.

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We swapped over to LED lighting because we 
were on Tungsten Halogen,

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which is quite an old technology and it's quite 
wasteful in terms of energy.

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With our old setup, we were burning the equivalent 
of 25 electric kettles.

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With this one, we are actually down to three. So we have 
reduced our energy footprint by 88%.

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I'm Tim Wright. 
 I work in the garden.

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So I've been here now for 13 years, 
 and in all that time,

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we've been as sustainable and environmentally 
friendly as we can.

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Six years ago, we bought 
an electric van.

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We charge it from photovoltaic cells 
that we have on the roof.

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We have organic seed that we grow. 
We cut it, we take it down,

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it can be used within the hour from being cut here to being on somebody's plate at the attraction.

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Small steps, but something 
that we can all do.

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Our relationship manager at Barclays 
really does get our business

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and so it's been a great part of our 
 sustainability journey.

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We're really happy with our 
 sustainable solutions here.

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I think it's everyone's social responsibility to do as much as we can 
 to try and protect our planet as we go forward,

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so we would really encourage other businesses to try and 
do as much as they can too.