- Share your thoughts on sustainability and climate changeHertfordshire County Council declared a climate emergency in 2019 and has committed to working with partners and residents to tackle climate change and its impacts across the county. They have opened a new consultation to get residents’ views on sustainability and climate change ambitions. All Hertfordshire residents are invited to fill out their online survey… Read more: Share your thoughts on sustainability and climate change
- Show your support for the Climate and Nature BillWill you be in Stevenage Town Centre this coming Sat?Could you spare 30min in support of Greenpeace’s: **Mass Climate and Nature Bill Photoshoot**? Phil Skone of Greenpeace shared this appeal: “At our recent local Greenpeace meeting we discussed the idea of a photoshoot involving as many members of local groups as possible holding… Read more: Show your support for the Climate and Nature Bill
- Give Green in the festive seasonWhy not give the gift of membership of an eco or wildlife charity to someone this festive season? For example the Woodland Trust, RSPB, or herts wildlife trust. Or a green campaigning organisation, like Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, or the Green Party! Or perhaps buy things from their catalogues to help fund eco projects and… Read more: Give Green in the festive season
- Get help to make your home more energy efficientThe National Energy Foundation have a project called SuperHomes: Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire, to offer residents free expert advice on home retrofitting. They offer to create a bespoke Home Energy Retrofit Options (HERO) Plan to upgrade the energy efficiency of your home. Their objectives are: 01. Increase Energy Efficiency Promote and achieve higher levels of energy… Read more: Get help to make your home more energy efficient
- Talk about Climate ChangeIn the midst of the COP29 United Nations climate talks, why not have your own conversations about climate change? You could talk with someone about how extreme weather events are getting more common and how they are linked to rising temperatures. Those rising temperatures are caused by continued burning of fossil fuels releasing huge amounts… Read more: Talk about Climate Change
- How do we clean up our rivers?Our rivers are contaminated by a filthy cocktail of sewage, agricultural runoff and road pollution. How do we clean them up? The Government has just set up an independent review of the water industry “to clean up our water once and for all”. But will it be enough? Join us for this timely Nature Action Now… Read more: How do we clean up our rivers?
- A Halloween Ecotip!If you’re carving pumpkins this week, don’t waste the seeds- they make a nutritious snack when roasted. https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/how-use-pumpkin-seeds Cover photo: “Pumpkins” by Snap Man is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
- It’s Unblocktober – think about what you flush!Unblocktober is a campaign to improve the health of our drains, sewers, watercourses and seas. Millions of us have been putting dangerous liquids and items into our drainage systems and sewers leading to harmful damage to the environment, including the emergence of a giant wet wipe island that’s changing the course of the River Thames.… Read more: It’s Unblocktober – think about what you flush!
- It’s Recycle Week – can you recycle one more thing?Recycle Week 2024 will take place from the 14 to 20 October 2024. This year’s theme – ‘Rescue Me. Recycle’ will focus on rescuing everyday recyclable items that often end up in the rubbish bin, when they could’ve been recycled. Why not watch the video at https://www.wrap.ngo/resources/webinar/recycle-week-2024 and work out how you could recycle one… Read more: It’s Recycle Week – can you recycle one more thing?