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By Education Correspondent A group of Year 10 students from Clevedon School in North Somerset, UK has won a prestigious £500 prize for their outstanding environmental research and community impact. The inspirational budding eco-physicists investigated Clevedon’s local environment, creating a powerful presentation that sparked meaningful discussions about sustainability. Their
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By Jill Dando News Work to plant 570,000 trees has begun as part of a Scottish university’s nature-based solution to tackle climate change. The extensive tree planting is taking place across the University of Edinburgh’s land in Stirlingshire and the Pentland Hills Regional Park. Over the course
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By Education Editor Chilton Trinity School in Bridgwater, Somerset (part of the Futura Learning Partnership), has secured a £10,000 grant from the National Education Nature Park to transform a grey, underutilised area of the school grounds into a thriving green space. The project, inspired by the stunning Oudolf Field
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By Jill Dando News Sainsbury’s is set to revolutionise its logistics by transforming food waste into fuel for a number of its HGV trucks. From next month, the pioneering initiative will see biofuel produced directly from Sainsbury's food waste power 30 trucks at its Emerald Park distribution
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By Jill Dando News At just 18 years old, Archie Matthews, a former Head Boy of Worle Community School Academy (WCSA) in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, is proving himself a true force in gardening and environmental advocacy. This rising star has just added a prestigious silver medal from the World Skills competition
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By Joel,16, Jill Dando News Correspondent A new Centre focused on delivering research on climate change and its impacts on health that will address climate-environment-health inequalities across each life stage is being created by the University of Exeter. Together with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the National Trust,
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By Jill Dando News Rare coastal lichens, wildflowers and butterflies are being given a helping hand through the conservation and creation of "micro-habitats" across a landscape in Cornwall, the National Trust said. The project aims to help wildlife recover across the entire 2,400 hectare (5,900 acre)
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By Jill Dando News The World-Famous Comedy Wildlife Photo Competition is open and ready to accept entries of your funny wildlife photos and videos. It is with great excitement that for 2024, they have partnered with Nikon, one of the world's leading camera brands. A spokesperson said: “It
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By Oliver, 13, Jill Dando News Correspondent It’s eco good news with the approval of a new solar farm. Though numerous locals objected to the application due to the land being fertile, the Council approved the project, as more electricity was needed because of local housing growth. Once connected
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BY Sam,13, and Jaiden, 12, Jill Dando News Correspondents COP28 is taking place from 30th of November to the 12th of December in Dubai, the capital of United Arab Emirates to discuss pressing climate matters. The UAE is a global hub and growth engine for sustainability, technology, business, commerce
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By Jill Dando News Waitrose is the first UK retailer to use renewable natural gas to power tractors at its farm in an industry leading move. It is a significant step towards reaching net zero across their own operations by 2035. They announced in 2021 that we will use they
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By Jill Dando News Two zoos in the US and UK have welcomed their very own ‘Paddington Bear’ as part of a special breeding program to help save the rare Andean species from extinction. The Chester Zoo in England released a new video of a ten-year-old Andean bear named Oberon
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By Jill Dando News Students and staff have received an Eco Schools award again for all the great sustainability and Green work over the past year. Students at East Huntspill Primary Academy and West Huntspill Primary Academy near Burnham on Sea and Bridgwater in Somerset are celebrating the prestigious award.
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A UK eco campaigner backed by Alan Titchmarsh has been appointed in a unique three person Head Boy and Head Girl team. By Jill Dando News Archie Matthews, Lily Hulbert and Ginny Rulli-Gibbs are the new Head Boy and Head Girl team at of Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare,
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By Chloe and Jayden, age 10, Jill Dando News A superb eco club thoroughly cleaned up a beach to keep the environment clean. Castle Batch Primary School Academy (CBPSA) in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset did their clean up to protect the planet and keep it clean. Even though they did it at
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By Jill Dando News One of Britain's most proactive and award-winning young environmentalists is to run the global social media on work experience with the UK Schools Sustainability Network (UKSSN). Jack Clark, along with Olivia Finch, featured on national TV news in Glasgow COP26 in November, representing UK