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Cut your food miles this Christmas and shop local

SHOP local this Christmas and help green businesses on the Wirral.Read

Dates for your diary: Great Wirral walks and eco cookery classes at Claremont Farm

DISCOVER Stapleton Woods and Caldy Hill with a ranger on December 13 from 1.30pm-3pm.Read

It’s Our World: Have your say on the future of Wirral’s woodlands

WIRRAL’S nature lovers, dog walkers and joggers are being asked for their views about woodlands as part of a new campaign from The Mersey Forest.Read

It’s Our World: Fears for Wirral wildlife as conservation rules are put at risk

WIRRAL wildlife charities have reacted angrily to Government proposals to weaken some of the UK and Europe’s highest-level wildlife protection laws.Read

Great outdoor family events in Wirral this Winter

PUT a date in your diary now for a free winter walk around Royden Park, Frankby, on December 18. Taking place between 10.30am-3pm, it is a chance to explore Royden Park and its surrounding footpaths and bridleways with a ranger on a winter's day.Read

Why it’s berry good news for Wirral’s wildlife this winter

WIRRAL wildlife will have a helping hand from mother nature in the months ahead after a bumper crop of berries in our countryside.Read

Enjoy Manchester Ship Canal Cruise

TREAT someone special to a Manchester Ship Canal Cruise gift voucher this Christmas and receive a free voucher for admission to Wirral’s U-Boat Story.Read

Wirral farm grows eco Christmas trees with help from gardening sheep

STEVE Ledsham and Jonny Bentley (pictured) are preparing for the first cut of the season in the Church Farm’s organic Christmas tree forest in Thurstaston.Read

Families get out and enjoy Wirral’s open countryside

WIRRAL families are being urged by the RSPB to get outdoors this winter and find out what's happening to nature in their neighbourhood.Read

Help beat those rhododendron blues at Royden Park

PUT a date in your diary now for the ‘help beat those rhododendron blues’ sessions at Royden Park this Sunday, November 27, and on December 7.Read

Landfill falls as Wirral recycling rates soar

WIRRAL householders are on a low carbon diet – and successfully cutting the weight of material that is being sent to landfill.Read

Wirral wildlife charities call for action from Westminster

THE Government is failing to deliver on its wildlife and landscape promises, according to a report compiled by 29 of the UK’s leading environmental groups, including the Cheshire Wildlife Trust.Read

Join the really wild elephant talk at Knowsley Safari Park

WIRRAL conservationists are being offered a workout with a difference next month – wearing wellies in a gym that’s in the great outdoors.Read

Wirral wildlife lovers take steps to help the environment

A programme to rally wildlife lovers to help tackle the crisis facing nature has received overwhelming support, with people taking over one a million steps in just six months.Read

Great green events this month

EUROPE’S largest vegetarian and vegan campaigning group are to host a roadshow in Liverpool this month, celebrating the very best of veggie living.Read

Wirral health walks in the great outdoors

WIRRAL Health Walks are free short weekly walks for all abilities.Read

Garden volunters wanted for community celebration day

MERSEYSIDE’S amateur gardeners are being challenged to use their green fingers to plant flowers, trees and shrubs in local parks to make communities safer, happier and less isolating.Read

How Merseysiders can love food and cut down on waste

HOW much of the perfectly good food that we buy each year gets thrown straight into the bin? It turns out much more than most of us realise...Read

Cut your energy bills and your carbon footprint

OUR love of electrical appliances and gadgets in Merseyside could contribute to the UK missing its carbon emission reduction targets for domestic appliance electricity use by as much as seven million tonnes.Read

Wildlife spotters needed to help rare water voles

MERSEYSIDE wildlife spotters are being urged to get online and report sightings of the UK’S fastest-declining mammal the water vole.Read