A successful French business is collecting food waste from restaurants turning it into high quality compost for sale locally. Read on to discover what would need to happen for the UK to have similar businesses #circulareconomy #socialenterprise . sizzle.org.uk/our-experiment…

So where has it gone wrong? Scientists admit to despair & despondency that their alarm calls about the #ClimateCrisis are being ignored. Is it vested interests, the scale of the challenge, poor communication or a mixture & how can we redeem the situation theguardian.com/environment/ng…

Have spent past few days walking Devon coast path. Surprising number of significant mud slides making expensive looking house look precarious & probably affecting tourism businesses

A new campaign from Flood Re, a scheme designed to provide affordable insurance for flood-risk homes, is highlighting that domestic gardens could channel, absorb and store large quantities of water, limiting the risk to property and the local area bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Retailer B&Q is rolling out in-store collection and recycling stations for plastic plant pots, with customers able to return pots that will be recycled into new plant pots edie.net/bq-introduces-…

Almost all European cities are turning to nature-based solutions to keep in check higher temperatures and other #ClimateChange impacts. euractiv.com/section/energy…

Great to see Decathlon UK expanding the buy-back scheme for sporting equipment. Over 1,000 bicycles have already been upcycled and scheme will now include sports equipment aiming to secure 800,000 returned products edie.net/decathlon-expa…

The latest thoughts from Sizzle revealing new international research on how to inspire sustainable living, asking whether the horticultural sector needs a jolt & highlighting a pioneering approach aiming to bring clean energy to the UK mailchi.mp/710e93009574/s…

Could Morocco provide the UK with 8% of our electricity needs with clean energy? Is it feasible to run a supply cable 2,485 miles under the sea? Is the concept of a global 'Super Grid' an idea whose time has come? One intriguing UK company Xlinks thinks it has - what do

Can Morocco be part of the solution for a future supply of low carbon electricity in the UK? Fascinating discussion at the iconic Battersea Power Station. I will blog about it tomorrow

What a great idea. Nature officially becomes a musician, earning royalties for environmental causes bbc.co.uk/news/entertain….

82% of children between the ages of 5 & 16 can't recognise an oak tree. The amount of fresh fruit & veg entering households from free sources such as allotments has dropped to just 1%. It is time for us to reappraise our approach to growing sizzle.org.uk/our-thoughts/i…

Today MPs will debate a new law to end the sale of precious peat bogs for garden compost.

This is hugely important and is supported by gardeners and nature groups.

A last chance for govt to act before the election.

Monty Don Conservative Environment Network The Wildlife Trusts

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The common earthworm, the soil-maker, food provider and grand recycler, is the landslide winner of the inaugural UK invertebrate of the year competition. theguardian.com/environment/20…

New research from Sizzle has revealed a gaping hole in the UK’s strategy to protect our natural capital and promote the circular economy. enrichtheearth.co.uk/news/a-dirty-b…

Backlash against the ground-breaking #ECHR climate ruling has already started. Including many people who are being hit by rising food prices & flooding caused by extreme weather. Things that will only worsen without strong government action. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Am researching a new venture & discovered the amount of fruit & vegetables entering households from free sources like allotments is just 1% down from 3% in 2020. In Sheffield if 10% of land was shifted to local growing 15% of the city's population could be fed a 5 a day diet.

New funding alert. Grant funding of £11 million is available on a competitive basis to support local groups, farmers, landowners, and community-led schemes to help bolster on-the-ground projects that can improve England's water environment. businessgreen.com/news/4194749/d…

It is #peatfreeapril and we are working with three garden centres to see if point-of-sale messaging can #nudge gardeners to make more informed choices #GardeningX