Wind power energy generation overtakes nuclear for the first time
3 August 2018
Over a year ago, on the 7th June 2017, the UK witnessed an energy record where renewables provided more than half of all electricity for
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Environmental
Cut-price Chinese home insulation damaging ozone layer
1 August 2018
A major threat to the Earth’s ozone layer are chemicals called Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), so much so, that most nations signed up to the Montreal Protocol
A helping hand for the bee population
20 June 2018
Our Director, Laurie has been busy over recent months preparing an apiary in his garden for a new bee colony. Having completed the North Cheshire
Happy World Environment Day!
7 June 2018
World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated every year on the 5th June to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and
The First World Bee Day
21 May 2018
Did you know? Bees are the only insects in the world that make food people can eat. Did you know? To make 1kg of honey,
Iceland supermarkets to ban palm oil in own-brand products
19 April 2018
Iceland is to stop using palm oil in own-brand products by the end of 2018. This is the first major UK supermarket to ban palm
Climate change dials down Atlantic Ocean heating system
19 April 2018
Scientists have found a significant shift in the system of ocean currents that helps keep parts of Europe warm which could send temperatures in the
Could Plant-based Plastics Help Tackle Waste Pollution?
15 February 2018
Plastic waste is a big problem for the planet, the oceans are becoming clogged and we are rapidly running out of landfill sites, only 9%
Plastic Free February – Can you go without disposable plastic for a whole month?
6 February 2018
It is predicted that, by 2050, plastics will outweigh fish in our oceans. It is estimated that over half of the plastic that the world
Cryptocurrency – Carbon Crazy
26 January 2018
The ‘mining’ of cryptocurrencies (that is, completing the mathematical equations that serve as proof of work to earn the currency) is consuming huge quantities of