Hear from local 6th former Olivia who talks about her petition aimed at keeping coffee cups out of landfill. Newly appointed Wilder St.Albans Project Officer Heidi Carruthers (heidi.carruthers@hmwt.or…
Michael has launched 2 petitions to try and save trees – he’ll tell us all about them and how we can help. You’ll find the petitions here Require home owners who fell conservation area trees to fund u…
The second part of the series “Your Forest” focuses on the benefits to our health – physical and mental – of time spent in the natural environment of woodland, forests and other green spaces. This na…
Speakers for Schools have created Green Skills Week to fight inequality, the economic downturn and enabling careers that help the planet. Travers Lee talks about the initiative and Patrick Clements of…
This first of a five-part series is an introduction (first broadcast on International Day of the Forests – 21 March 2021) to a project created by Wild Rumpus and England’s Community Forests, involving…
Lucy Bridgewater explains how Litter Free Lunches can be as good for you as they are for the environment and Juliet Foxwell of Box Local asks for your help in cutting waste Useful information from thi…
Brothers Oliver and Benji talk about their lockdown campaign to help factory farmed animals, how Lego helped them and what they plan now they’re back at school. And Linda Shall from St.Albans Soroptim…
Gee Smedley from campaign group CLASH talks about the latest threat to the greenbelt to the north of St.Albans, what’s special about this area and why they’re fighting so hard to save it. Useful links…
St.Albans District Council has been awarded a £250,000 Green Homes grant to make up to 50 homes in St Albans District carbon neutral. The money has been from a Government fund to help finance a pilot…
St.Albans Abbey has launched it’s Lent talks, this year with the title treading lightly on God’s Earth. Dr Kevin Walton, Canon Chancellor at St.Albans Cathedral explains some of the diverse and intere…
During this, National Nest Box week, Frieda Rummenhohl from HMWT talks about particular homeless birds that they’re helping and how you can help too, plus, after the success of Wild at Home Winter ter…
There are plans for a large solar farm between Radlett and Elstree. Following a consultation process last year, Enso Energy has applied for planning permission for a 300 acre green belt site. They say…
Tree sparrows are rarer than you’d think, and there last stronghold in Hertfordshire is threatened. Rupert Evershed, chair of Herts Birds Club explains the problem, what’s being done and how you can h…
Plans are afoot for SustFest21. Amanda speaks to SustFest Working Group chair, Jill Watson about how plans are adapting for the COVID era, and what we can do to help. And local naturalist and conserva…
Engaging with wildlife is free for everyone and the benefits for our mental health have never been more welcome. This week we’ll hear about 2 ways you and your family can engage with nature – the RSPB…
Following their declaration of a climate emergency back in July 2019, Hertfordshire County Council have set out their strategy for a Sustainable Hertfordshire, and now they’re consulting on their plan…
