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Jade Wright

It's Our World: Ditch the car and bike to work for the week

DRIVERS across Wirral are being asked to leave their cars at home next week, in favour of cycling, walking or catching public transport.Read

Church Road community allotments opened by Wirral Mayor and Mayoress

THE Mayor and Mayoress of Wirral learned more about the joys of tending their local land, at the official opening of the Church Road community allotments.Read

POOR old John Barnes may not be having the best of times at Tranmere, but the Rovers’ manager still found time to roll up his sleeves and help pick up litter with Merseyside offenders.

Good sport John, who lives on the Wirral, donned a fluorescent jacket to help launch the Probation Service scheme to allow people given community orders to make amends for their behaviour.Read

ENERGY expert Hergen Haye, of the Government’s Department for Energy and Climate Change, will be a key speaker at the inaugural Green Power Forum, held at the BT Convention Centre on October 15.The conference is specifically targeting architects, consultants, developers, engineers, energy managers, facilities managers and representatives from local authorities and housing associations.Tickets are £90 + VAT and are discounted to £80 for RIBA members. Details from 0151 666 5777 or visit www. greenpowerforum.org.uk

THIS week there’s a series of heritage and landscape walks at Birkenhead Park. Running from Thursday to Sunday with Heritage Open Days, it’s a chance to find out about the history of the world's first public park and the role of Joseph Paxton in its design. Dogs allowed on a lead. Suitable for the whole family. Walks run from 1.30 - 3.30pm each day from Birkenhead Park Visitor Centre, Park Drive. For details call 0151 652 5197Read

Wirral theatre wins green tourism award

NEW Brighton’s Floral Pavilion Theatre and Conference Centre has won a prestigious environmental award.Read

Readers’ art gets Mersey moving

WITH dramatic skylines, stunning seascapes and a wealth of green spaces, Wirralians are spoilt for choice when it comes to the finest view.Read

It's Your World: Recycle to school

IT’S that time of year again, the nights are drawing in, the leaves are turning gold and it’s time to choose a fabulous new pencil case to make going back to school that bit more bearable.Read

Mersey Basin Campaign celebrates 25th year

This free half-day event features a line up of top speakers including the secretary of state for the environment Hilary Benn (via a live video link from London), the government's former chief scientific advisor Professor Sir David King, former environment minister Michael Heseltine and Bishop James Jones of Liverpool.Read

It's Your World: Environmental exhibition to celebrate Wirral’s landscape

BIRKENHEAD Photographic Association will be celebrating their year of the environment with an exhibition at Birkenhead Park.Read

SIT back and put your feet up in Wirral Environmental Network’s new rickshaw for hire. The charity promotes environmentally friendly lifestyles including the Fairtrade system – and that’s where the rickshaw comes in. There’s a £25 daily rate, £100 returnable deposit. All proceeds to Fairtrade projects. The network is an environmental education charity set up to promote and facilitate ethical and environmentally-friendly lifestyles across Wirral. They also take in parts of Cheshire, and participate in events such as the Sustainable Food evening on Thursday, September 10 at the Friends Meeting House, Frodsham Street, Chester.

Bring a local or sustainable dish to share and/or surplus fruit and veg to swap.Read

It's Your World: Solar’s so good for property values

REMEMBER the days when we all dreamed of a designer kitchen – Le Creuset pots boiling merrily on the AGA, the Dualit toaster doing its thing and more Alessi gadgets than we knew what to do with?Read

Wildlife-packed week in Wirral

IT’S a wildlife-packed week in Wirral, with plenty of activities to tempt even the most confirmed couch potatoes out into the natural world.Read

Environmental message at this year’s Wirral Food And Drink Festival

THERE’S an environmental message at the heart of this year’s Wirral Food And Drink Festival. The theme of this year’s gourmet extravaganza is wasting less of our precious food resources – and reducing the amount send to landfill.Read

Wirra's environment push helping say Oxfam

WIRRAL’S push to help the environment has done a lot to raise the profile of green issues and the future health of our planet. All of the progress made so far, however, hangs in the balance, say Oxfam’s campaignersRead

The second generation of Shoreline Management Plans needs your views

BATTERY chickens could find themselves in even smaller cages if the Government adopts new EU legislation, the RSPCA has warned.Read

Eddie Izzard runs across Merseyside in Sport Relief 1000 mile challenge

EDDIE IZZARD jogged through Wirral last week as part of his mammoth challenge to run more than 1,000 miles around the country.Read

Eddie Izzard runs across Merseyside in Sport Relief 1000 mile challenge

EDDIE IZZARD jogged through Wirral last week as part of his mammoth challenge to run more than 1,000 miles around the country.Read

Bee green in the city: the perfect urban livestock

THE Government conservation agency’s chief scientist, Tom Tew, is urging people living in towns and cities to take up bee- keeping to halt the perilous decline in numbers.Read

Merseytravel bus to cut match-day car use

MERSEYTRAVEL’S congestion-busting Soccerbus service is kicking off this weekend.Read

ON Sunday, there’s a North Wirral Coastal Park Task Day.Join the Rangers and the Friends of North Wirral Coastal Park and help do your bit for your local environment. Please wear suitable clothing and footwear. Fir details call 0151 678 5488.

Or, if you fancy something less strenuous, there’s Ness B-B-Q on Sunday, too. It’s a family barbecue party in the beautiful surroundings of Ness Botanic Gardens, Ness, Neston, South Wirral between 12-3pm. Booking essential, call 0151 353 0123 or see www.liv.ac.uk/nessgardensRead

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