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Leicestershire County Council: Watch Your Waste cooking classes
Purpose:Â Not only does it waste the valuable resources, inputs, and land used to grow the food, wasted food also releases methane, a...
Jul 16, 20241 min read


North Northamptonshire Council: Active Parks
Purpose: To help more of the county’s residents to take part in outdoor activities, improve their access to nature, and to improve their...
Jul 16, 20241 min read


Norfolk County Council and Great Yarmouth Borough Council: Reusable cup scheme
Purpose: In response to feedback from the community that on-street litter bins were overflowing, combined with the council’s own insights...
Jul 16, 20241 min read


East Cambridgeshire District Council: Tree Strategy
Purpose:Â Trees can deliver a multitude of benefits to local residents, from providing shade and shelter to creating a pleasant aesthetic....
Jul 16, 20241 min read


Hertsmere Borough Council: Clothes Swap
Purpose: Producing new clothing is resource intensive and the rise of fast fashion has accelerated the amount of textile waste we...
Jul 16, 20241 min read


Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council: Holland Park Ecology Centre
Purpose: Access to nature in urban areas can be limited, so providing dedicated places to help connect people to the environment is...
Jul 16, 20241 min read


Surrey County Council: Reuse Paint shop
Purpose: Each year in the UK, approximately 55 million litres of paint are wasted. Previously in Surrey, tins of water-based paint sent...
Jul 16, 20241 min read


Buckinghamshire Council: Wildflower verges
Purpose: Wildflowers are important for biodiversity and pollination yet we have lost 97%Â of our wildflower meadows since the 1930s....
Jul 16, 20241 min read


Swindon Borough Council (Conservative lead from 2004 - 2023): Waste & Recycling Education Events
Purpose: The project focuses on education as a means to boost local recycling rates, ensuring residents understand how their local...
Jul 16, 20241 min read


This election confirmed the limited rewards of rowing back on Net Zero
Sam Hall | ConservativeHome
Jul 15, 20244 min read




Did Rishi Sunak's green U-turn cost the Tories seats in Middle England? Poll suggests watering down Net Zero plans drove voters to Lib Dems and Labour as new party leader is urged to re-engage with cl
The Tories leaked election votes to the left because of Rishi Sunak 's watering down of green measures introduced by Boris Johnson , a...
Jul 9, 20243 min read


Ditching net zero puts our security in jeopardy
Scrap net zero – and spend the cash on the NHS instead. That is the latest, implausible proposal from Reform UK’s chairman Richard Tice,...
Jul 9, 20243 min read


Keir Starmer warned 'stand firm' after fears he'll back down in post-Brexit EU fishing row
Campaigners have insisted that Sir Keir Starmer's Government stands firm against the European Union ’s demands to lift a post- Brexit ...
Jul 8, 20242 min read


Dorset Council: White Hart Link
Purpose: Dorset Council wants to improve access to nature whilst encouraging more walking and engagement with the natural environment....
Jul 5, 20241 min read


What could the green economy expect from a Labour Government?
But the Conservative Party has its own share of committed environmentalists, and as polling by the Conservative Environment Network and...
Jul 1, 20241 min read


We must prioritise nature - for our economic, societal, and health’s sake
Elinor Bale | CEN blog
Jul 1, 20242 min read


Abandoning environmentalism would be fundamentally unconservative
James Fisk | CEN blog
Jul 1, 20243 min read


The UK's energy inefficient homes are leaving families out in the cold
Caitie Gillett | CEN blog
Jun 28, 20242 min read


It's time to turbocharge green investment in freeports
Jordan Lee | CEN blog
Jun 26, 20242 min read
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