The controversy involving a Sheffield City Council contractor chopping down almost half of the city's street trees shows no sign of abating. PAUL MILES argues it could prove to be a serious vote loser for the sitting councillors in the forthcoming local elections...
… Paul Miles | 27th April 2018 News Sheffield City Council Trees Chris Packham trees.jpg The controversy involving a Sheffield City Council contractor chopping down almost half of the city's street trees shows no sign of abating. …
Sheffield City Council signed a 25-year PFI highways’ maintenance contract with Amey, owned by Ferrovial, for £2.1bn in 2012. Now Amey is chopping down almost half of the city's street trees. Is this to cut costs, or are these trees 'dangerous, dead, diseased, dying, damaging or discriminatory'? PAUL MILES investigates
… Cocker 41284466552_0b5e0632d9_z.jpg Sheffield City Council signed a 25-year PFI highways’ … Now Amey is chopping down almost half of the city's street trees. Is this to cut costs, or … scheduled for the chop. In 2012 Sheffield City Council signed a 25-year PFI highways’ …
A demonstration in Zurich, organised in less than a week, has attracted thousands of people from all walks of life, outraged by Donald Trump’s policies and telling the US President to stay away, NICK BREEZE reports
… guide the protest through the centre of the city, even down the famous Banhoffstrasse … gathered at Helvetiaplatz on the edge of the city, the lively march proceeded towards the …
The Cork Oak forests in southern Europe play a huge role in maintaining biodiversity, regulating water cycles, as well as preventing the spread of desertification.
… with a sweeping view overlooking the city of Lisbon. The vast River Tagus sweeps … was huge, there is “also great insulating capacity and structural capacity of resistance.” He also noticed that …
Cambridge's Centre For Climate Repair argues that greening the world's oceans and refreezing the Arctic will accelerate climate restoration.
Climate restoration Nick Breeze | 17th June 2019 News Climate Change Sir David King Cambridge's Centre For Climate Repair argues that greening the world's oceans and refreezing the Arctic will …
A new proposal to radically reduce concentrations of methane and other greenhouse gases has been proposed by French researcher, Dr Renaud de Richter, at a recent meeting in London.
Can new biomimicry technology lock-up CO2? Nick Breeze | 24th September 2019 News Biomimicry Geoengineering Carbon Capture Methane Climate Change Dr Renaud de Richtor A new proposal to radically …
The very least 'global warming' could do for us is to give us warmer winters, right? Wrong, writes Nick Breeze, who met climate scientist and meteorologist Jennifer Francis in his attempt to understand the complex interactions of jet stream, polar vortex, the melting Arctic, and the extreme snowfall that's hitting the northeast US right now.
Global warming - you must be joking! How melting Arctic ice is driving harsh winters Nick Breeze | 21st November 2014 Comment Climate Change US Arctic Weather jennifer-francis-sam-eaton-cut.jpg The …
NICK BREEZE, co-founder of the Cambridge Climate Lecture Series, responds to Dr Robert Biel's article on systems theory to discuss climate change and the failure of one generation and the agency of the next
… The BonnLab, best described as a city-lounge, was a hive of activity with new …
In the second communiqué from the canals of Britain, a narrowboat newbie finds the pace of life slowing to the speed of the water, offering time for reflection and a deeper appreciation of the great outdoors
… to flee the countryside and head for the city. Nina Simone’s Here Comes the Sun plays … however: it also provided all my electricity and hot water. In fact, generating this …
In the first of a three-part series, a repentant travel writer trades in his longhaul flights and luxury holidays for three months living on a narrowboat
Life on a canal boat - Part I Paul Miles | 1st May 2009 Ethical Living Take Action Out And About Canal Boats Alternative Holidays Paul Miles Life On A Canal Boat manonaboat_01.jpg In the first of a …
James Hansen is making his second visit to the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties, COP23 in Bonn to declare the that the Paris Agreement “ambition” is a “hoax”. NICK BREEZE meets the man still raising the climate alarm.
James Hansen at COP23: The voice of dissent Nick Breeze | 9th November 2017 Comment James Hansen COP23 Bonn Climate Change Paris Agreement Hoax 405676.jpg James Hansen is making his second visit to …
Habitat loss doesn’t just affect rainforest dwellers, says Paul Miles. New builds and carbon reducing measures have been tough on the species that share our homes. Here's how to bring them back
… such as solar panels for hot water and electricity. ‘If we put a building over nature we …
The idea has yet to catch on in the UK but in Scandinavia, where the very first 'nature house' was built in the 1970s, the idea of surrounding your existing home with what is essentially a 'greenhouse' to create a living home is one that is catching on. PAUL MILES explores the eco benefits
… won an environmental prize from the Jönköping city authority. Greenhouse Living is now …
The World Economic Forum is a beast with two heads; the first is old-world economic growth and capitalism, while the new is one set on solving the mountain of problems created by the other. How can events like the WEF be 'retooled' to serve succeeding generations? NICK BREEZE reports
… governmental actors at the state level, or city level, or civil society, as well as …
Arne Naess, the father of the deep ecology movement, spent much time in his cabin on top of a mountain. Paying homage, Paul Miles recreates the trip
Journey to Arne Naess's Cabin Paul Miles | 24th December 2009 Ethical Living Arne Naess Deep Ecology Environmentalism Hallingskarvet theone.jpg Arne Naess, the father of the deep ecology movement, …