Category Archives: Pollution
Homo sapiens. Really?
Daily carbon dioxide levels have exceeded 400 parts per million, according to last Thursday’s US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report. This has never happened before in human history: the last time was between three and five million years ago. … Continue reading
Vote in the Observer Ethical Awards 2013
Are you wondering who to vote for in the Observer’s Ethical Awards this year? Following on from Nick Atkinson’s recent post on the Woodland Carbon Code, our colleague Joanne has a suggestion for ‘Retailer of the Year’: “Carrylift supports the important work … Continue reading
The greenest government ever?
“Environmental Taliban” David Cameron promised this would be the greenest government ever “When I became prime minister I said I would aim to have the greenest government ever and this is exactly what we have”. Unfortunately, hardly anyone else seems … Continue reading
Silent spring
Fifty years ago today (September 27th) saw the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, the seminal work widely credited with kick-starting the modern environmental movement. In it, Carson, a former US government scientist, documented the damage done to the natural … Continue reading
Green Streets Cut Pollution More Than Previously Thought
Reblogged from The Dirt: A new research study by Professor Thomas Pugh at Lancaster University and other scientists in the UK has found that adding trees, bushes, innovative systems like green walls, or even ivy or other creeping vines, can cut street-level nitrogen … Continue reading
Why trees?
I just had to share this fantastic, short doodle-video with you. In a nutshell, it illustrates why we work so hard to protect and expand our tree and woodland resource. Trees are so important to our lives, and they work so hard … Continue reading
6% native woodland is not enough!
Big welcome to Plantlife’s report, Forestry Recommissioned, on revitalising the woodlands of Wales. There is a lot we can agree with, especially all their collection of targeted solutions, ranging from more productive management of some native woods; some non-intervention woods, more open … Continue reading
Does biodiversity make your skin itch?
When we say that biodiversity is important, and that contact with nature is good for our mental and physical health, we are often expressing an intuitive sense that ‘it just must be’. A recently published study provides further evidence of … Continue reading
Space to breathe – trees and urban air quality
A report on Trees and Urban Air Quality released by the Woodland Trust today, and produced in cooperation with Lancaster University and the University of Birmingham, shows that despite air quality in the UK improving in recent decades, there remain … Continue reading
