“Who are we, collectively? “We are brilliant, rich thinkers with passion and power. We are not nimbies and blockers. Nature is the future. “What could we do together? How can we marry the fierce rage of grassroots activists with big policy thinking from the nature charities? THEN we would be a mass movement demanding and […]
Wild Summi conference challenges Government to reverse decline of wildlifeWild Summit
Speaking in Bristol at today’s Wild Summit, Mary Creagh said: “Without healthy nature our communities and our economies cannot thrive. Emergency authorisations for pesticides must now fully take into account the risks pesticides pose to pollinators including bees. Every action we take brings us closer to a country where nature thrives in harmony with communities.” […]
Act Now Change Forever Mass Lobby of MPs 9th July2025
On Wednesday 9th July, thousands of us from across the UK come together to show what it means to Act Now, Change Forever – united by our care for people, climate and nature. Nearly 5,000 people are registered to lobby their MPs. Bioabundance will be taking part. A briefing Paper has been prepared for Olly […]
Bioabundance Community Interest Company Response to Land Use Framework Consultation
Dr Sue Roberts, on behalf of the Bioabundance Community Interest Company, has submitted q full response to the DEFRA Land Use Framework Consultation. Clcik Read More and then Click here to see the response.
Review of the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP)
The Government has today (30 July) announced a rapid review of the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) to be completed by the end of the year to deliver our legally binding targets to save nature. (Source Government Press Release) The Government will develop a new, statutory plan to protect and restore our natural environment with delivery […]
Clean energy subsidy auction up by £500 million
Wind of change (Copied from Tortoise Media) The Labour government boosted the nation’s annual clean energy subsidy auction by £500 million yesterday, making record amounts of money available to developers and bringing the total on offer to £1.5 billion. This year’s extra cash is a bid to avert 2023’s catastrophic offshore wind contracts auction, which […]
River Seine Cleanup for the Triathalon
How the Olympics Triathlon has been used to clean up the River Sein (Source: WIRED 2 Aud 24) The goal of the Seine-cleansing project is to produce swimmable conditions for the people of Paris for years to come—the Olympics was just a milestone in getting there. The intense scrutiny on the Seine ahead of the […]
OPEN LETTER to all South and Vale District Councillors re Proposed Developments in Flood Plains and Inadequate Sewage Capacity.
Everything has changed. Our safety is at risk. 5,000 dwellings foisted onto South Oxfordshire’s Green Belt by Oxford City and forced through by Government in 2020, cannot be built. Not unless we want to revert to Victorian conditions with all the public health implications of a sewage-filled river. The Environment Agency (EA) objects to building […]
Environment Agency slams plans for development North of Bayswater Brook
The Environment Agency objects in principle to the proposed development as it falls within a flood risk vulnerability category that is inappropriate to the Flood Zone(s) in which the application site is located. They do not have enough information to be satisfied that the proposed development can meet requirements for the net improvement of ecology […]
High Court overturns inspectors’ decision to water down net zero policy in council’s 2,200-home plan
Ricardo Gama, solicitor at Leigh Day which acted on behalf of the claimant, said: “The judge has found that the government’s planning inspectors were wrong to hold that national planning policy prevented local authorities from setting climate-compatible energy efficiency requirements for new buildings. The case is a frustrating example of a local authority trying to […]