Many people dress a particular type of tree in December (yes, a Christmas tree!), but did you know the first week of December is widely recognised as a time to dress trees of all kinds. In 1990, the charity Common Ground, which campaigns to connect people to their local environment, instigated Tree Dressing Day, whichContinue reading
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Trees – December 2017
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Sanitation – November 2017
According to the UN’s World Toilet Day, “4.5 billion people live without a household toilet that safely disposes of their waste.” Check out Toilet Twinning for a great way to reduce this problem. World Toilet Day is this month, on Sunday 19th, so we have chosen as our theme for November: SANITATION. Modern municipal sewage systems waste large amounts ofContinue reading
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Food – October 2017
Food is such an important topic in so many ways – nutritionally for good health, politically and ethically in terms of inequality and malnutrition … and environmentally and ethically in terms of production, distribution and waste. Here are just a few of the ethical and environmental concerns that many people have when thinking about food: Vegetarianism: according toContinue reading
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The four ‘R’s – September 2017
Welcome to our monthly theme for September 2017: The four ‘R’s. It’s all about how we manage the huge problem of waste.What are the four ‘R’s? Well, three of them are definitely:REDUCE – simply use less stuff. REUSE – once a thing has been used, use it or the materials from which it is made again (and again).RECYCLE –Continue reading
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Water – August 2017
August’s theme is WATER – a fitting choice, since the building we inhabit was once a pumping station that served the whole of Worcester – also, World Water Week runs from the 27th August to the 1st September this year. Water is the ultimate renewable resource: after you use it, it evaporates into the air and will fall as rainContinue reading
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The Great Outdoors – July 2017
In July we have Love Parks Week, National Meadows Day and National Parks Week – so it made sense for us to choose “The great outdoors” as our theme for this month. Let’s hope the weather stays fine, so we can make the most of it (although the rain is great, too). While many people will be jettingContinue reading
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With Nature – June 2017
The 5th June every year is World Environment Day, an initiative of the United Nations. Each year there is a theme and a host country. This year’s theme is: “Connecting People to Nature – in the city and on the land, from the poles to the equator”, and the host country is Canada. Follow this link toContinue reading
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Walk! – May 2017
May is National Walking Month, an initiative founded by Living Streets, a charity that promotes the benefits of walking, and whose aim is “to get people of all generations to enjoy the benefits that this simple act brings and to ensure all our streets are fit for walking”. So, if you can walk, why not ‘take steps’ to increase theContinue reading
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Earth Day – April 2017
On 22 April every year, events take place all over the world to celebrate Earth Day, an initiative to demonstrate and foster support for the protection of the environment.So, we have chosen ‘Our Planet’ as this month’s theme, to help raise awareness of Earth Day, and as an excuse to think big about global environmental issues. “Think globally,Continue reading
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Litter – March 2017
March sees the Great British Spring Clean, for which The Duckworth Worcestershire Trust is organising community litter picks. Also, Keep Britain Tidy have just launched a tidy app, called ‘Love Clean Streets’, so you can report litter direct to your local authority. Plus spring is the time to litter pick before the hedges thicken up. All these things together meanContinue reading