Category: News
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NEW ZEALAND’S TAYLOR PASS HONEY CELEBRATED CERTIFIED B CORP STATUS
Award-winning New Zealand Manuka producer, Taylor Pass Honey Co is passionate about the environment. However, over the past 18 months, the whole company has been a hive of activity completing an intensive verification process to become B Corp Certified. Taylor Pass Honey Co is proud to be B Corp Certified, as they feel this demonstrates their ongoing…
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Just One Rain Away – Demystifying water governance and opening new ways to sense the ground beneath our feet.
Not long ago it seemed flood control experts were close to mastering the unruly flows funnelling toward Hudson Bay and the Prairie city of Winnipeg. But as more intense and out-of-synch flood events occur, wary cities like Winnipeg continue to depend onsystems and specifications that will soon be out of date. Rivers have impulses that…
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Eating the Ocean – The failure of government-funded Canadian seafood marketing in the first half of the twentieth century.
During the first half of the twentieth century, Canadian fisheries regularly produced more fish than markets could absorb, driving down profits and wages. To address this, both industry and government sought to stimulate domestic consumption via increasedadvertising. In Eating the Ocean Brian Payne explores how government-funded marketing called upon Canadian housewives to prepare more seafood…
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SHEFFIELD VISION TO RELEASE ‘THE FELLING’ IN UK CINEMAS ON 9TH DECEMBER
A Film from Eve Wood – Edit Director | Devised and Written by Richard and Eve Wood RUNNING TIME: 117 Minutes CERTIFICATE: 12A | RELEASED IN UK CINEMAS FROM 9TH DECEMBER 2022 SYNOPSISThe Felling is an epic tale of people power, telling the true story of a small group ofresidents in Sheffield who battled to…
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New UK Houseplant grower makes plants even greener
Geb & Green is the first UK houseplant company to grow at scale without using peat 1 December 2022 – Cambridge, UK – Think your houseplants are already green? Think again. Brand new houseplant grower Geb & Green is on a mission to make houseplants up and down the country even greener, thanks to their plants…
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BUSHFIRED LAUNCHES THE FIRST-EVER CARBON NEUTRAL CHARCOAL MADE FROM SHEA NUT HUSKS
UK, 29th November 2022: Bushfired has just launched the first-ever sustainable carbon-neutral charcoal made from the husks of the shea tree. Traditionally, charcoal is made from carbonising wood which means trees are cut down purely to be used for charcoal and which can lead to deforestation. Derived from the Shea tree, exclusive to its native West…
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LEADING SOMERSET EMPLOYER BACKS PLANS TO EXTEND THE STRAWBERRY LINE
Edwards, one of the largest employers in Somerset, is backing plans to create a traffic-free path to help more of its employees get to and from work more sustainably and safely. The semiconductor manufacturer has offices and a factory in Clevedon and employs almost 800 people, many local and others from further afield. However, the…
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The Eco News – Kids Christmas Gift List
Since launching my eco kids’ newspaper in January, the hardest part for me has been finding those eco alternatives for parents and children. I wanted to share with you this Christmas my favourite finds this year! Here are my top ten gift ideas for you and your children this Christmas. Rowdy Kind Bar: Plastic bottles…
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BBC EARTH EXPERIENCE featuring Seven Worlds, One Planet: New Narration by Sir David Attenborough
BBC Studios, Moon Eye Productions and Live Nation are delighted to announce BBC Earth Experience – a ground-breaking new attraction offering visitors the chance to experience the extraordinary diversity of our seven unique continents, on the most epic scale featuring bespoke narration from David Attenborough. BBC Earth Experience will showcase footage, including extended scenes to fully immerse the…
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LAUNCH DAY! “I Used to Think Vegans Were Dicks!” – a new book available on Amazon Prime.
“I write from the less ordinary perspective of having spent my twenties living in the woods (this is not an exaggeration – I slept on the forest floor, under a tarp, no tent) working for Ray Mears as a bushcraft and survival instructor.” Ever been bored by ecology? Ever felt vegan curious? Ever thought vegans…