Making the connection: Rail and the sustainable growth opportunity highlights both the economic and wider social value of the railways and makes the case for continued capital and revenue investment in all parts of the network to help deliver on the Government’s mission to kickstart economic growth. Click here to download report Click here
LicheN is a new mobile app developed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) that uses lichens to measure the effects of atmospheric nitrogen pollution. It builds on a field guide produced in collaboration with the Natural History Museum, University of Nottingham, SNIFFER, JNCC, NatureScot, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and the Northern Ireland
Friends of the Earth have collated 50 of the best energy-saving tips to help you save money on gas and electricity, make your home more energy efficient and protect the planet too. Click here for the tips
FREE Community minibus connecting Ely with WWT Welney Wetland Centre. You will depart from Ely train station via Oliver Cromwell’s House (Ely Tourist Information Centre) arriving at WWT Welney 30 minutes later. You will then have about 3 hours 15 minutes to explore WWT Welney Wetland centre before departing for the return journey direct to
Since 2020 Open Eco Homes has been running online tours, resulting in some fantastic video tours you can access year round. Learn about Adrian and Judy’s prefabricated home that took only 3 days to build, tour Bart and Rose’s whole house retrofit built to Passivhaus standard, discover James and Hannah’s home which has eliminated gas and now has greater energy efficiency,
The Banking on Butterflies project is a partnership between the Wildlife Trust and the University of Cambridge ’s Department of Zoology. The project included the building of butterfly mounds across Bedfordshire. Earlier this month, a new butterfly mound was built at Trumpington Meadows just outside Cambridge. Click here For more Information
The sustainability and climate change strategy for education states: “By 2025, all education settings will have nominated a sustainability lead and put in place a climate action plan”. This includes early years settings, schools, multi-academy trusts, colleges, and universities. This article by Carbon Neutral Cambridge details some helpful tips in developing a climate change action
The Green Community Grants Programme offers one-year flexible funding for not-for-profit groups in England, Scotland and Wales with an annual income between £10,000 and £1 million. Grants of up to £25,000 are available. The deadline for applications is 8th October 2025. Click here for more information about grants
Did you know, the Government is developing “a strategy which will set the high-level direction for how transport should be designed, built and operated in England over the next 10 years”? The Integrated National Transport Strategy is a big deal. It could help deliver the kind of joined-up, sustainable transport network that we’ve long campaigned
Pioneering habitat management helps UK’s tallest bird populations reach new heights. Once vast expanses of carrot fields, RSPB Lakenheath Fen in Suffolk has been managed by the RSPB since 1995 and has since been transformed into 500 hectares of thriving reedbeds and wet grassland. The nature reserve is now a nationally important site for Cranes,
In 2019 Soham Town Council declared a climate emergency and began a journey towards lowering its impact on the planet. Having taken steps to reduce its carbon footprint and lower energy consumption through loft insulation at the council offices, the latest step taken by Soham Town Council has been to introduce an electric van for
What are they? Smart Meters replace conventional gas and electricity meters and have a communications module which automatically transmits meter readings using mobile phone signals (GSM) via a central hub to your energy supplier at 30 minute intervals. They also send a signal to an in house display (IHD) so you know in real