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Good cause Lottery pledges £20m to climate action projects

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A lottery scheme committed to good causes has announced an extra £20 million in donations for organisations protecting the environment. From now on, anyone playing the People’s Postcode Lottery will be helping support 12 charities tackling the climate and ecological emergency, including The Wildlife Trusts, WWF and Greenpeace. Income from the Postcode Climate Change will […]

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Advertising heads for real net zero

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Ad Net Zero’s mission is for immediate, collective industry action to help achieve real net zero carbon emissions from the development, production and media placement of advertising by the end of 2030.

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Don’t rush to flush campaign launched

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Social enterprise Hey Girls has launched an awareness campaign highlighting the environmental cost of flushing period products down the toilet.

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More people go vegan during pandemic

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A recent poll has revealed that 32% of us are eating more vegan food since the COVID-19 lockdown began in March. Nearly three quarters (73%) of those eating more vegan food say that their health was the main reason for doing so, with 43% saying it was because they had more time to cook. COVID-19 […]

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Doctor helps turn ocean plastic into PPE for NHS workers

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A British doctor is part of an innovative project to convert plastic dumped in the oceans into personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers. Dr Dominic Pimenta is the co-founder of a charity called HEROES, which was founded by NHS workers to help support the mental and physical health of their colleagues. The charity has […]

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Green alternative to Google takes flight

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Check out this positive news story from the Rooftop: a new green alternative to Google is giving people the chance to help protect the ocean and decrease their carbon footprint.

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Music star swaps stage for fight against plastic

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Frightened Rabbit bassist Billy Kennedy is swapping performing for the fight against plastics in a new drive to end throw away culture.

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New book brings back fun into protecting the planet

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Check out this positive news story from the Rooftop: an innovative book has just been published which gives consumers practical solutions for how to protect the planet and avert an environmental crisis. The book has been written by environmentalist and author Isabel Losada.

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Clean Energy Is Also Resilient Energy

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After years of increasingly severe hurricane seasons in which island countries and territories in the Caribbean have lost power for weeks and even months at a time, the need for climate resilience could not be clearer.

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Scientists bid to end food waste

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A team of scientists headed up by the University of Reading and Cranfield University are working together to prevent food loss in the UK.

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