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Access to nature is currently unequal - people with protected characteristics are less likely and less able to access nature than white,...
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mattwhitney
- Feb 28
- 3 min
Climate Leadership Gloucestershire
“The ecological emergency is intrinsically linked to the climate emergency. To effectively address the challenges presented by these twin...
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mattwhitney
- Nov 15, 2021
- 2 min
Valuing Gloucestershire's nature
Putting a price on nature is impossible and potentially dangerous - the natural environment is too complex and vital. However, for too...
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mattwhitney
- Oct 12, 2021
- 1 min
Gloucestershire Community Food Survey launched
GRCC is conducting a survey on behalf of a project ‘Gloucestershire Food Partnership’ (GFP), which comprises a number of countywide...
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mattwhitney
- Sep 28, 2021
- 2 min
Gloucestershire Nature and Climate Fund seeks project manager
GLNP and GFirst LEP recognise the growing need to act swiftly and strongly to address the twin climate and ecological emergencies. We aim...
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mattwhitney
- Aug 31, 2021
- 4 min
What will ending the Basic Payment Scheme mean for Gloucestershire?
Written by Chris Short, Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins and Theo Lenormand Things are changing in the countryside. Now the UK has left the EU,...
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mattwhitney
- Aug 3, 2021
- 3 min
Gloucestershire & The National Food Strategy
Written by Tamsyn Harrod-Beck Earlier this month, the final part of the National Food Strategy (NFS) was published. The NFS team has...
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mattwhitney
- Jul 5, 2021
- 2 min
Money makes the world go round
Money makes the world go round. At least that’s what they say. I was sure it was the fact that there are no forces acting to counteract...
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mattwhitney
- Jun 22, 2021
- 5 min
Communities have no power....
Written by Lorna Fox, Chair of the GLNP Naturally Healthy Group and Head of Learning and Engagement at Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust...
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mattwhitney
- Jun 17, 2021
- 3 min
Youth Empowerment and Agency - A SEEd view
Wrtiten by Ann Finlayson, CEO, SEEd I hear often that young have people are not interested or concerned about the environment. Surveys...
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mattwhitney
- May 24, 2021
- 3 min
Government announcements for the natural environment are cause for hope
The long awaited Environment Bill is coming back to the House of Commons after what feels like years of dither and delay. This has been...
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mattwhitney
- Apr 26, 2021
- 4 min
Three years is a long time
Written by Doug Hulyer, LNP Chair Can you imagine what world we will be living in, come 2024? If I’d been asked back in the summer of...
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mattwhitney
- Mar 29, 2021
- 2 min
Greenhouse Gas emissions reduced by 9% in 2020 - highlighting the scale of the Net Zero challenge.
Last year the UK and the world saw unprecedented restrictions on movement, transportation, production and indeed liberty as we struggled...
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mattwhitney
- Mar 4, 2021
- 1 min
GLNP Strategy event
On March 2nd we held a meeting to discuss the emergent GLNP strategy, and to get your feedback on the elements within. Presentations were...
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mattwhitney
- Nov 4, 2020
- 1 min
Gloucestershire Tree Strategy Launch event
On Tuesday 27th October the Gloucestershire Local Nature Partnership held a launch event to promote the publication of the...
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mattwhitney
- Sep 28, 2020
- 2 min
Gloucestershire Tree Strategy
Partners across Gloucestershire want to plant trees. Or grow trees. Or create woodlands. Some organisations want trees for nature. Some...
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mattwhitney
- Sep 8, 2020
- 2 min
Art exhibitions open again post-lockdown in the Cotswold, with these three local artists gathered in
After a few intense months, October will welcome an exciting and refreshing exhibition happening at Dove Gallery, Winchcombe. Three...
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mattwhitney
- Jul 22, 2020
- 2 min
Life After Lockdown - results of the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust survey
The results from a recent county-wide survey by Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (GWT) have revealed a public hunger to put the environment...
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mattwhitney
- Jun 1, 2020
- 3 min
COVID partners survey - informing recovery so we can Build Back Better
Much work is being done at the moment to plan for a recovery from this crisis which sees better outcomes for people and nature. Framed...
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mattwhitney
- May 26, 2020
- 1 min
5 Ways to Wellbeing
The Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust has designed a leaflet promoting the 5 Ways to Wellbeing. Its just one of the ways in which Local...
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