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News

How to Help Your River: Bathing Water Status

How to Help Your River: Bathing Water Status

River water quality may have been the scandal of this year but it’s still shocking that out of 200,000km of English rivers, there are only a couple of hundred metres that are deemed officially safe to swim in. Journalist Jack Thompson explains more, and talks with grassroots community group Friends of the River Dart.

August 25, 2023
Easy Ways to Make a Change

Easy Ways to Make a Change

Summer can be a tricky time to keep the momentum for your environmental work going. So, as we approach the end of August, we’ve put together a list of a few ways to develop your personal climate and nature actions and get things moving again!

August 21, 2023
Sustainable Business News: Community Shop, Ownership Opportunity and Sustainable Business Support

Sustainable Business News: Community Shop, Ownership Opportunity and Sustainable Business Support

The South Hams is jam packed with businesses looking to operate in a sustainable way for communities and the environment. Two local businesses are making big changes, with Harbertonford’s village shop coming into community ownership and zero waste shop Green & Wild searching for new owners, and Devon company Planet & People may be of interest to those of you hoping to make your own business more sustainable.

July 27, 2023

Groups

Friends of Hope Cove

Friends of Hope Cove

Community talks, education and engagement with groups who can deliver tangible benefits. Trees are coming, rainwater butts are coming, a talk from the Seal project is happening soon and lots more in the pipeline.

Less than 5
Volunteers
Informal Network
Project Cost
Ambios

Ambios

Nature Recovery / Nature Conservation Training (young adults).

5-20
Volunteers
Charity
Project Cost
South Devon National Landscape

South Devon National Landscape

Engaging residents and visitors to conserve, enhance, and and value the South Devon National Landscape. Projects include Farming in Protected Landscapes, Access for All, biodiversity projects in the estuaries, coast, and landscape including Life on the Edge - restoring coastal species-rich grasslands for endangered invertebrates.

20-100
Volunteers
Other
Project Cost

Projects

Calculate and Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

Calculate and Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

Providing tools to help people understand their own carbon footprint

20+
Volunteers
Project Cost
Create Climate & Nature Lending Library

Create Climate & Nature Lending Library

ReUsing the Big Red Telephone Box as lending library for climate & nature books

<5
Volunteers
Free
Project Cost
Use Citizen Science to Record Wildlife

Use Citizen Science to Record Wildlife

Ugborough's citizen science project uses the iNaturalist app to record wildlife

20+
Volunteers
Free
Project Cost