From the Soil Association: After a very successful glyphosate scientific briefing in Westminster (See this), the Association has launched its ‘Not in our bread’ petition to tell major supermarkets and bread manufacturers that we don’t want glyphosate residues in what we eat. A link to their petition is here, or you can share via the Soil Association Facebook page and…
This summer holiday, children can discover their inner adventurer by becoming a Nature Explorer at Slimbridge Wetland Centre. Little explorers can follow in the footsteps of Scott of the Antarctic (father of WWT’s founder Sir Peter Scott) by going on wild adventures and recording them in an official WWT Nature Explorer passport. They can collect stickers…
You can read comments about the outcomes of the sustainable schools conference in Bristol on the SSA website. These are from headteacher Neil Jones, who’s a member of the SSA management board, and a SEEd Trustee. Neil blogs here. His comments begin … The National Sustainable Schools Conference was held at Bristol University Students Union on July 2nd. This year…
Zero Carbon Britain is a key research project from the Centre for Alternative Technology. This long-established Centre in Wales sets out to show that a modern, zero-emissions society is possible using technology available today. You can access CAT’s zero carbon Britain blog here, and subscribe here to its newsletter.
People up and down the country will be celebrating Love Parks Week, made possible through support from the Big Lottery Fund, with events and activities for all from July 24 – August 2. As a part of this annual celebration of parks, now in its ninth year, parks around the country will be hosting events…
The Green Flag Award scheme has unveiled this year’s Award winners – the mark of a quality park or green space. In total, 1,582 parks, cemeteries, universities, shopping centres and community gardens in the UK have met the high standard needed to receive the Green Flag Award or the Green Flag Community Award. The…
The Soil Association’s Food for Life programme has a new logo and Twitter name. You can find details of the work the programme does here. The work it does in schools is explained here, with details of its school awards scheme.
Two years ago, the Sustainability Carlisle Network approached Northumbria University’s Architecture Department asking for help with designing an urban farm in the city. Four international final year students took up the challenge and have come up with innovative plans for a site in the Currock district of Carlisle. This will provide sustainable food, including fish and…
Butterfly Conservation is organising a count of our butterflies. You can see the detail here. The big butterfly count is a nationwide survey aimed at helping us assess the health of our environment. It was launched in 2010 and has rapidly become the world’s biggest survey of butterflies. Over 44,000 people took part in 2014, counting almost…
Is there a place on earth that means the world to you? A place that, if it was to disappear because of climate change, would leave you devastated? A new initiative, ARTE, gives you the opportunity to share your own experience of nature and a chance to be heard by the decision-makers of our planet.…