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Nottingham City Council Wants the City to Be Carbon-Neutral by 2028

Since 2005, Nottingham has reduced its carbon emissions by more than double the target goal first laid out by Nottingham City...

Living Sustainably in Nottingham

17 May 18

Loads of folk are working tirelessly to make our city a greener place. Here are some ways to help reduce your negative impact on the environment, and the local organisations leading the sustainable way…

Will There Be Fracking in Sherwood Forest?

31 January 17

Sherwood Forest has become the latest battleground for fracking, as chemical firm Ineos target the area for a seismic survey...

Poet and Smallholder Di Slaney Talks Writing About Chickens

05 January 17

After appearing on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, rescuing a whole bunch of farmyard animals, running her own small farm and publishing her first poetry collection, Di Slaney must be about ready for some down time over the festive period...

Sowing Sneinton: Guerilla Gardening

20 February 12

If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow, don’t get alarmed now. It’s probably Donya Coward and Suzannah Bedford – collectively known as Sowing Sneinton – who have taken up the cause of guerilla gardening in order to improve the neglected flowerbeds and public spaces of their broken fridge-encrusted neighbourhood…

Ecoworks: Nottingham’s first permaculture organisation

17 February 12

If they were any greener, Robin Hood would be wearing them. Part community project, part landscape design consultants, part catering service, part suppliers to Notts cafés and restaurants, 100% local produce champions, they’re on a mission to turn the entire city onto home-grown produce, as Business Development Manager John MacDonald points out….

Interview: Patrick Smith of Veggies

06 June 11

If you grew up in Notts and don’t partake in meat, you probably owe a huge debt to Patrick Smith. Why? Because he’s spent three decades as a vegan activist while slinging veggie burgers from a van in town, backin the day when ‘vegetarian option’ meant ‘just chips’. Now operating his veggie business out of the SumacCentre in Forest Fields, he talks about a meat-free career, the Ratcliffe-on-Soar debacle, and Mark Kennedy…
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