Environment Page
Environmental news and issue from Nottingham, the East Midlands and beyond.

Whether it is climate change, loss of bio diversity or pollution of your local area, you will have a real concern about the environment. If you don’t, then you must be burying your head in the sand, and it is time to stop doing that, before it is too late.

This page is here to help you to do just that.

We will be posting events and news as soon we are made aware of them. If you are putting on an event and you want a bit of extra publicity, then send us a link.

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30 Days Wild
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
Until 30th June

bee 30 Days Wild is The Wildlife Trusts' annual challenge where we ask everyone to do one wild thing a day throughout the month of June.

You can sign up below to receive a FREE pack either through the post* or via email (see images below). You'll also receive lots of fun activities from us throughout the month to keep you inspired! Packs are available in English and Welsh.

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Visit our new bookshop!

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Green Hustle Festival

Old Market Square
Until 4th June

poster Green Hustle Festival is a celebration of life and creativity that aims to make our city greener, healthier, and more connected. Join in and be part of an epic party of positivity, hosted by an unparalleled cross-pollination of humans, from talented creatives to independent makers and cultural institutions.

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Hottest days are warming twice as fast as average summer temperature in north-west Europe
new research
The Conversation

logo On July 19 2022, the UK experienced its highest ever temperature. At 40.3℃ (Coningsby, Lincolnshire), the temperature surpassed the previous record of 38.7℃ (Cambridge) – a record that had been set a mere three years previously. My new study shows that this is part of a long-running trend of increasing heat extremes in north-west Europe.

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The Mermaid and the King
audition workshop

Hothouse Theatre
@ Nonsuch Studios, Nottingham
4th July
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Europe’s ‘carbon bomb’ petrochemical plant: can it be stopped?
podcast
The Guardian

logo The environmental law charity ClientEarth and 13 other groups headed into a Flemish court this week in an effort to stop Ineos building a petrochemical plant that would be the biggest project of its kind in Europe for 30 years.

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Guy and Roobarb’s Dog walk to Edinburgh
raising funds for Hothouse Theatre’s trip to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

All donations accepted
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Carbon neutral Nottingham
with Wayne Bexton
The Owl Hoot

logo Wayne Bexton is the Director of Environment and Sustainability at Nottingham City Council and is driving change within the city to meet a carbon neutral goal of 2028. In this conversation, Wayne discusses the transformations underway in the residential, commercial and transport sectors to achieve environmental and societal benefits.

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The Earth Transformed
by Peter Frankopan
BBC

poster Hugh Bonneville reads Peter Frankopan's epic history on how the changing climate has shaped the rise and fall of civilisations.

In his acclaimed new history Peter Frankopan takes us from the Big Bang to the present and beyond. Here he shows us that the natural world has always been a defining factor in the twists and turns that global history has taken since the beginning of time.

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How Wolves Change Rivers
George Monbiot
Sustainable Human

logo This is the story of what Wolves did when reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park. NEW Digitally Remastered Version

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Together we can Save our Wild Isles
Save Our Wild Isles

logo "We now have a few short years during which we can still make a choice. Where just enough remains of the natural world for it to recover. This starts and ends with us.”

Sir David Attenborough

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The Great Big Nature Survey
The Wildlife Trusts

logo The Great Big Nature Survey is all about people and nature.

The Wildlife Trusts want to hear your opinions on some of the biggest questions surrounding nature and our role in caring for it.

How often do you get out into nature, if at all?
Is nature important to you? If so, how important?
What, if any, roles should people, business, and government have in managing nature?

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Seven ways to recycle heat and reduce carbon emissions
The Conversation

logo Heating of space and water in buildings accounts for about 44% of all energy consumed globally according to the International Energy Agency. This heat is still overwhelmingly generated by burning fossil fuels, making it an enormous source of the carbon emissions driving climate change. But you might be surprised to learn just how much heat is wasted each day. Finding ways to recover and recycle it could drastically reduce emissions.

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Living with Mammals
Volunteers needed to record garden wildlife for nationwide ‘Living with Mammals’ survey
Little Green Space

logo This spring, volunteers across the UK are being asked to record sightings of mammals spotted in their gardens, local parks and other green spaces, in a bid to better understand our changing environment and encourage urban wildlife to flourish.

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Nextdoor Nature
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust

logo Nextdoor Nature is bringing communities together to help nature flourish where they live and work. Thanks to £5 million funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Nextdoor Nature will provide people with the advice and support they need to help nature on their doorstep, and leave a lasting natural legacy to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

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Sewage entered rivers and seas on average 825 times a day last year
By Victoria Gill & Esme Stallard & Rob England
BBC

logo Water companies released raw sewage into rivers and seas in England for more than 1.75 million hours last year.

There were an average of 825 sewage spills into waterways per day, the data shows - down 19% on the previous year.

But the Environment Agency put the fall largely down to drier weather, not water company action.

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Impacts of climate change
Heatwaves, hurricanes, storm surges
Friends of the Earth

logo How does global warming affect us?

Climate change leads to more extreme weather.

Heatwaves are fast becoming the new norm. And we're likely to see more intense tropical cyclones.

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Creating a wilder Derbyshire
with the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
The Owl Hoot

logo Hollie Davis is a Team Wilder Community Engagement Assistant, and Ruth Pilbeam is a Rewilding Project Officer for Wild Peak and Peatlands Discovery with the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.

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Scottish bottle deposit scheme to be blocked
but evidence from Europe suggests it’s the way forward
The Conversation

logo Unrecycled drink containers are a huge problem in the UK. A survey by Planet Patrol, a non-profit organisation, found that the drinks industry was responsible for more than a third of the litter found in the UK in 2020 and 2021. The items included plastic and glass bottles, metal drinks cans, single-use cups and lids.

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UN climate report
Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster
BBC

logo UN chief Antonio Guterres says a major new report on climate change is a "survival guide for humanity".

Clean energy and technology can be exploited to avoid the growing climate disaster, the report says.

But at a meeting in Switzerland to agree their findings, climate scientists warned a key global temperature goal will likely be missed.

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Climate Action Fund
Nature and Climate
Community Fund

logo We’re looking for projects that focus on the link between nature and climate. We want to fund projects that use nature to encourage more community-led climate action. We expect these projects to bring other important social and economic benefits. Like the creation of strong, resilient and healthy communities or the development of ‘green’ skills and jobs.

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Starlings and Social Networks
Naturebang
BBC

logo Starling murmurations, those swirling, shifting sky-patterns made by hundreds of birds moving in synchrony, are one of nature’s greatest spectacles. How do they avoid crashing into each other? Becky Ripley and Emily Knight delve into the maths behind the movement with some computer modelling to help them chart the flight patterns, and discover the secret.

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HS2 Ltd have got their nature calculations wrong
Wildlife Trusts

logo HS2 Ltd, the company responsible for the HS2 railway, had promised to make up for the damage the route would cause to nature.

Concerned by the huge risk to wildlife that the current route poses, we've spent almost a year looking into the official HS2 nature loss calculations. And the numbers don't add up. No-one has checked the detail. Until now.

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Ocean treaty: Historic agreement reached after decade of talks
BBC

logo Nations have reached a historic agreement to protect the world's oceans following 10 years of negotiations.

The High Seas Treaty aims to place 30% of the seas into protected areas by 2030, to safeguard and recuperate marine nature.

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Ocean treaty: Historic agreement reached after decade of talks
BBC

logo Nations have reached a historic agreement to protect the world's oceans following 10 years of negotiations.

The High Seas Treaty aims to place 30% of the seas into protected areas by 2030, to safeguard and recuperate marine nature.

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RHS Plants for Pollinators
Get your garden buzzing
The Royal Horticultural Society

logo Fill gardens with RHS Plants for Pollinators plants
♦ Grow a range of plants for year-round flowering
♦ Avoid plants with double or multi- petalled flowers
♦ Never use pesticides on plants in flower
♦ Provide nest sites for wild bees

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DefendNature: We Need You
No Nature. No Future.

nottinghamshire wildlife trust yellow hammer at side of road #DefendNature: We Need You No Nature. No Future. Nature is under attack from a raft of announcements by UK Government. Politics may be in for a turbulent ride, but so is UK's wildlife and wild places, which continue to be threatened by changes to nature and climate laws.

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