Campaigning to improve our environment – information updates and challenges
Finally, southern England is getting rain after five heatwaves and 59 days of drought. Farmers have been forced to use winter feed stocks, while crops have been devastated. Across Europe and North America, wildfires have raged. Now, as summer ends, another climate threat is emerging: destructive flash floods, including devastating flooding in Nepal, possibly triggered by a collapsing glacier and linked to our changing climate.
In the UK we largely rely on artificial fertilisers made from fossil fuels. The Government has singularly failed to develop a strategy for providing an alternative source for industrial manufactured imported fertilisers.
The ‘DARWIN200’ project centres on a voyage which will take place over the next 2 years around the globle. It will re-tracing Charles Darwin’s famous journey on HMS Beagle. Not only can the young people on the ship benefit from this fantastic voyage but, we can also benefit as there’s an opportunity to follow the journey and engage with the projects they undertake.
The Parliamentary Transport Committee has just closed their call for evidence into ‘Major transport infrastructure projects: appraisal and delivery inquiry.’ … More
The new normal: Let’s move to a new smart economic growth model based on a sustainable zero carbon aims Let’s … More
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