A piece of potential good news by the BBC this morning. Norway has a bottle recycling system that recycles 97% of its plastic bottles. This could be adopted in the UK, and Scotland has already commited in principle to adopting such a scheme. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42953038 For local information about plastics and campaigning to end single-use plastic […]
Are we being too neat?I don’t know where the passion for neatness in the environment came from. Maybe it’s an inherent need to impose order upon the chaos outside in what was once a very wild and unpredictable world. Whatever the reason it has stuck. Most people now expect neat and tidy greenness when they […]
Have you ever bemoaned the state of a patch of grass, be it your neighbour’s messy front lawn (admittedly front lawns are becoming a rare commodity too), a patch of rank grass in the park or an unkempt sidewalk? Then you’ll know that most people prefer to see a well-manicured lawn cut short and neat. […]
Can you tell your cornfield from your wildflower meadow plants?When you think of a wildflower meadow what do you picture in your mind? It it a waving sea of grass liberally peppered with poppies, cornflowers, corn marigold and corn cockle? If it is then the reality may disappoint you because that isn’t a wildflower meadow. […]