The head of a global carbon-capture company hopes ground-breaking research by Newcastle University paves the way for crucial Government support in the widespread use of volcano dust on farmer’s fields. Jim Mann, the CEO of UNDO made a whistle-stop visit to the North East earlier this month, to see the scientific results for himself and …
The line in the hymn and anthem Jerusalem, celebrating England’s green and pleasant land, could apply to much of Northumberland. But there is one shade of lurid green which is not so welcome and is causing serious problems for one of the most valued areas of the county’s landscape. Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve (NNR) covers …
Passionate climate change campaigner Jamie Driscoll was in his element at the North East mayoral hustings held in Alnwick last night (Wed) to explore candidates’ views on environmental and rural issues. The event was organised by Alnwick Friends of the Earth specifically to discuss green talking points and especially those affecting the North East. And …
At the end of a 380km three-day bike ride from Newcastle to Birmingham, Dr Heather Lambert still had enough puff to conduct a series of interviews with journalists. Media duties completed, she then joined hundreds of cyclists in Ride For Their Lives — an annual event that sees healthcare professionals campaign for cleaner air by …
SpoGomi is not a sport many in the UK will be familiar with but that hasn’t stopped two Sunderland brothers and one of their girlfriends bagging the UK and World Cup Championship trophies for picking up litter. Jonathan and Alex Winship first heard about the unusual sport from Alex’s girlfriend, Sarah Parry, who works as …
North East leaders of England’s most prominent countryside charity have joined the clamour for the Leamside Line railway line to be re-opened. Andrew Thompson, chair of CPRE Durham and Richard Cowen, chair of CPRE North East say that as well as the economic benefits the 21-mile stretch of railway line would bring, there would be …
“Life moves pretty fast,” Ferris Bueller, the title character from 1980s cult movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, reminds us. “If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Life has undoubtedly moved pretty fast in the North East in recent decades yet sometimes the changes are easy to overlook. …
It will soon be a bright and early start every day at a Northumberland estuary for wildlife volunteer Hilary Brooker-Carey. As it has been for the last 27 years. From 6am-7am mid-May to the end of July, Hilary will be observing and recording eider ducks in the River Coquet estuary. The eiders nest on Coquet …
Although something huge is happening in the North Sea, something genuinely transformational, the chances are it has barely registered with you. Why is that? Maybe because no matter how hard you scan the horizons from the sandy beaches of Seaburn, Seaton Carew, Sandhaven or Druridge Bay, you can’t see it taking shape and there are …
We increasingly live in a world where we know green is good. Only fossil-fuel polluters and petro-states tick the ‘strongly disagree’ box these days (though no one should underestimate how much they can muddy the waters of public opinion). Even football, that exemplar of conspicuous consumption in the modern era, is belatedly making efforts to …
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