Bringing ponds back
As of February 19th a Million Ponds Project was launched. This effort will attempt to reestablish ponds and species growth within them, throughout the UK. The plan is being run by the charity Pond Conservation. Several people are jumping into the pond, assistance-wise, such as Defense Estates, Environment Agency, and Buglife. In total there are [...]
How you can help the Environment
“Saving the environment” can seem quite a daunting ambition, and out of reach to us in our everyday lives. It is very tempting to take the attitude of “there’s nothing I can do on my own to help”, and leave it to those clever conservationists who make it their mission to save the world. But [...]
Conservation Workday at Lickey Hills
A Conservation Workday will be taking place in Birmingham beauty spot Lickey Hills on Sunday 8th March, where members of the public can assist Rangers in their winter preservation work. The day, which lasts from 11AM until 2PM, is one of several that takes place every winter and autumn and is open to the public [...]
Eco-Schools on the Rise
Eco-schools will be doing an event on June 24th at Stoneleigh Conference and Exhibition Center near Coventry. Several elements will be included in the day’s events including entertaining emceeing done by ‘Buster, the wastebuster’-which gives the event a little silly fun! The event gets into what eco-schools are all about and what is unique [...]
B&Q Question Wind Turbines
Retailer B&Q are investing £150,000 in a study on wind turbines after a report by Encraft last month questioned their effectiveness. The report stated that they only performed a fraction of what the manufacturer claims were and B&Q have ‘temporarily’ sidelined Windsave turbines. David Cameron seemed ahead of the rest when he installed a wind [...]
Environmental Musical Stomp
Have you thought of making a musical instrument out of your pots and pans? Stomp turns everyday objects into musical instruments. Using sweeping brushes, bins, bin lids, the most unusual household items and turns them into a musical extravaganza. Is this being green? It’s not making new instruments, but making the most of and utilising, [...]
Save the whales
It was announced recently that Governments are planning to legalise the commercial killing of whales in Japan for the first time in more than twenty years. These plans will be presented to a special meeting of the official International Whaling Commission (IWC) early March 2009. Whaling is the hunting and killing of whales for commercial [...]
Save the albatross campaign launched
The blog, Under Clear Skies has found out via the Independent Newspaper that there is a campaign to save the Albatross. As someone who only knows of the Albatross previously as a golf score I had no idea that they were under threat. Thankfully Kunal Dutta’s article on them has highlighted this to me, and [...]