Manchester Greenpeace volunteers take supermarkets’ plastic waste into their own hands, as part of...
Greenpeace volunteers in Manchester have provided sustainably sourced recycled paper bags in local supermarkets in place of the single-use fruit and vegetable bags provided...
Hose pipe ban called off for the time being
The hosepipe ban due to start on 5 August has been called off, United Utilities has announced.
The Company says that the slightly cooler temperatures and...
Students Win Competition to Design RHS Learning Garden
Two landscape architect students have won a Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) competition to design a new learning garden at RHS Garden Bridgewater. Stella Yang...
Live bird camera feeds launched to mark the start of Spring
City of Trees, in partnership with the RSPB and Manchester City Council, has launched two live feeds; one from a nestbox and the other...
New report proposes post-Brexit transformation of land use to deliver UK zero-carbon target
Rewilding Britain is calling for a post-Brexit transformation of farm subsidies to help deliver the UK Committee on Climate Change’s new zero-carbon target.
In a report published...
Heatwaves like this week’s could become the norm say scientists
Summer heatwaves with temperatures in the high 30’s could be part of a normal summer in future years according to scientists.
There is a clear...
New research finds nearly half the flights we take are pointless
As many as half of flights may be considered to lack importance to the travellers themselves, according to a study published by the Journal...
Mass tree planting event sees over 1,000 trees planted in one day
At the weekend,City of Trees were joined by nearly 200 volunteers including Radio 1 DJ, actor and presenter Cel Spellman and Youth Strike Manchester...
Greater Manchester to invest over £1.5million in new tree planting
The city region has secured funding from The Urban Tree Challenge Fund, matching existing resources, to plant both small saplings and large urban trees.
The...
Garden and food (green) waste bins will be collected for Manchester residents for...
Garden and food (green) waste bins will be collected for Manchester residents between Monday 6 April and Friday 10 April, for a one-off final...