Blog
Food and Agriculture
-
Taking the fear out of flooding
Flooding is the UK’s most serious natural hazard with a shocking one-in-six homes in the UK at risk. And yet,…
-
Are peatlands better than trees?
Which is more effective at storing carbon in the UK, all our peatlands or all our forests? Both bogs and…
-
Buildings & Places, Circular Economy, Climate Action, Food and Agriculture, Local Powers, Nature, Renewable Energy, TransportLocal Action Means Big Impact
Our new campaign, in partnership with WWF-UK, The Carbon Literacy Project and Climate Emergency UK, highlights the incredible potential of…
-
Affordable Energy, Buildings & Places, Food and Agriculture, Greater Fairness, Health & Wellbeing, Local Powers, Nature, Renewable Energy, TransportDon von Rohland: Climate Action Scorecards
Have you checked how your local council is performing in tackling the climate and ecological emergencies? The Council Climate Action…
-
We Love Storytelling
In the autumn of 2020, Sir David Attenborough briefly “broke the internet” by joining Instagram. His reasoning, according to one of…
-
Circular Economy, Food and Agriculture, Good Food, Greater Fairness, Health & Wellbeing, Less Waste, Strong CommunitiesCircular Season’s Greetings
It’s that wonderful time of year, when, regardless of cultural background, many families are getting together, eating and drinking more,…
-
Freya Stuart-Hopkins: The Force of Fungi
I don’t know what you were doing during September’s unprecedented heatwave in the UK, but I was on the hunt…
-
Buildings & Places, Circular Economy, Clean Air, Food and Agriculture, Local Powers, Nature, Renewable Energy, Thriving Wildlife, TransportBucking Trends, Punctuating Equilibrium
We’ve recently published the latest release of greenhouse gas emissions data from the Department for Energy and Net Zero Strategy…
-
Decade Zero, Year Three
It’s a good thing we don’t have to depend on the UK’s independent Climate Change Committee for encouraging news! The…
-
Caroline Aistrop: Stroud & Proud
When I first moved to Stroud, Gloucestershire, in 1988, national journalists were arriving at the railway station and asking taxi…
-
Hal Rhoades: People And Places Across Time
Launched in the summer of 2019 on a 2,000 acre estate in the Brecon Beacons, Wales, the Penpont Project is…
-
Nelly Semaille: Filling Good Top Tips!
What are the five top tips for starting a zero-waste shop in your local area? Carbon Copy speaks with Nelly…