Environment
Making Lincoln lush again
A free bubble bar for your rubbish. Lush were giving customers the chance to make bubble bars in exchange for cleaning up the streets of Lincoln and bringing in the waste.
How gardening is helping Lincoln residents back into work
https://youtu.be/T6cvXMw6AN0 Lincoln-based charity Green Synergy is using community gardening schemes to help the city's residents find employment. The charity is part of the national Building Better Opportunities campaign, which aims to help unemployed people build up the necessary skills to find work in the future. Green Synergy invites volunteers to...
Plans for an RSPCA Wildlife enclosure at Boston College have been confirmed
A new wildlife enclosure at Boston College has been given the go ahead.
School children help art project with plastic waste collection
Boston's annual Big Schools Clean Up is underway once again, and this year has an 'arty' theme focused on plastic. Boston Borough Council is working with primary schools across the town to collect plastic waste from residential areas and streets. The collected plastic is going to be formed into an...
And the lights are off! How to celebrate Earth Hour at home
Earth Hour to return to UK on March 30.
Pupils may not be allowed to protest again
Students across Lincolnshire who skipped school earlier today to protest against climate change are unlikely to get the chance to do it again
Lincoln students skip school to protest against climate change
Students from all over Lincolnshire skipped school today to join the Extinction Rebellion Lincolnshire; almost a hundred of adults joined them in support. The young protesters gathered together with their parents, grandparents, teachers and other demonstrators at Castle Hill Square in Lincoln and marched down to the War Memorial on...
Call for volunteers to ‘Spring Clean’ Lincolnshire
Keep Britain Tidy, in partnership with the Daily Mail, are calling on volunteers to help with their ‘Spring Clean’ in order to remove litter and plastics from Lincolnshire's parks, beaches and waterways.
Storm Gareth a ‘danger to life’
Forecasters have issued a warning to Lincolnshire residents, for strong winds in the region. Lincolnshire, which has a population of over 750,000, will encounter winds up to 48 mph tonight. These figures are expected to increase when Storm Gareth hits the county. The Atlantic storm, which is in Lincolnshire on...
Plans to cut back on green school projects
Lincolnshire County Council say they are cutting back on funding for environmental projects in schools this year.
Cleaning regime to tackle litter on Lincoln High Street footbridge
Network Rail have said that a cleaning regime will take place to tackle the amount of litter on the footbridge, following complaints from Lincoln residents.
Plans for First Eco Friendly Shop to Open in Lincoln
Plastic is one of the largest environmental concerns today. It can take up to 500 years to decompose. The amount of plastic generated per year in the UK is estimated to be 5 million tonnes, according to charity WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme). Johann Bridges, 42, is a woman...
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