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Why Wirral is full of the joys of spring wildlife

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

HOW do you fancy spotting the first signs of spring in some of Wirral’s prettiest green spaces?

Cutting business waste, enjoying Spring and your stories wanted

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE construction industry throws away £1.5 billion of new, unused material each year, creating extra landfill and wasting valuable raw materials.

How gardeners can help cut Wirral’s carbon footprint

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

WIRRAL’S green-fingered environmentalists are being urged to switch to peat-free compost as part of efforts to cut our carbon footprint.

Special investigation: How Wirral’s generosity is rebuilding Rwanda

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT

MUKABUTARE Theopiste and Mukamutara Phelomene walk six miles every morning with a precious cargo of banana leaves.

Celebrate Southport’s biodiversity

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

MARCH 10 sees Wirral Allotments Association’s Annual General Meeting.

Wirral’s foodie Fairtrade swap

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

FAIRTRADE Fortnight is the Fairtrade Foundation’s biggest campaign of the year, and everyone is encouraged to get involved.

Fairtrade Fortnight: Enjoy a bottle of faitly traded wine and help the planet too

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A WINE worthy of investigation is the bottle that bears the iconic blue and green Fairtrade mark. This little tag has been strategically placed to wink at passers-by as they walk the aisles, and encourage wine lovers to bolster a good cause.

Spot the March hares with Wirral’s country rangers

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

AS March begins next week, the lengthening daylight allows us a glimpse of one of the country’s most magical wildlife spectacles - boxing hares.

Stride out into nature for the West Wirral Walk

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

GET your hiking boots on for The West Wirral Walk, being billed as The Real Deal.

Spot the snowdrops in Wirral this Spring

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

WIRRAL families are being encouraged to spot the first snowdrops of the spring.

Solar panels, Dibbinsdale Local Nature Reserve talks and a plea for Fairtrade Fortnight

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

IT costs £12,500 to install solar cells on your roof, but new tariffs should give you a return of at least £25,000, according to the government figures released this week for the Feed-in Tariffs.

Johnson Cleaners scoops Green Business Ambassador award for Liverpool

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:52:00 GMT

MERSEYSIDE-based Johnson Cleaners, the UK’s largest dry cleaning company, has won a Green Business Ambassador award from Liverpool’s Chamber of Commerce

LESS than a week after the world’s largest wildlife survey, over a quarter of a million participants have already sent in their results to the RSPB.

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

This year’s RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch is shaping up to be the biggest yet, with almost five million birds already recorded. And the wildlife charity expects the final figures will be far higher.

Reuse and recycle at the Bluecoat this Valentine’s Day

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

WIRRAL families are being encouraged to enjoy a free green workout on the Forestry Commission estate at the Bidston Moss community woodland in Birkenhead this February half term.

Support for local environmental causes is key priority says zoo survey

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A NEW Chester Zoo survey has found that we are more concerned with supporting the environment and local social community projects and than with tackling certain global issues.

Celebrate Wirral’s year of biodiversity

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

WORLD leaders must consider their decisions on biodiversity in the same way that the international community is finding a way of pricing carbon, the environment secretary, Hilary Benn, has said today.

Love the birds this Valentines day at Eastham Country Park

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

LOVE is in the air over at Eastham Country Park on Valentine’s Day, with a special bird box making workshop.

Nature Reserve is home to more than 60 bird species

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

MAKE the most of your local nature reserves with a series of events at Dibbinsdale Nature Reserve.

Eco activities in Wirral parks

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

ROYDEN Park is a hive of eco activity this weekend. Saturday sees a special workshop entitled Rock, Soils and Vegetation.

funding for Oil project

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Wirral project that unites the environment and local history has won funding for an exciting youth inclusion project.