environment - first magazine for councillors

Meadow management at Seven Acres Local Nature Reserve, Bolton; copyright Lancashire Wildlife Trust; shows older volunteers working in flowering meadow

Helping nature recover

Councils have a key role to play in increasing local biodiversity.

Close-up of older people’s hands on walking sticks

Greening pension funds

Climate change, biodiversity loss and plastics pollution are among some of the most critical, existential issues facing humanity today.

graphic of little people putting giant plastic bottles in recycling

From recycling to waste prevention

by Allison Ogden-Newton

It used to be that we went out to shop and came home for a coffee, now we go out for coffee and do our shopping at home!

Liberty Charge electric vehicle charging point

Get set, the time is now

by Neil Isaacson

As the Government prepares to roll out its Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) fund, local authorities may have a renewed focus on delivering their EV plans.

two women picking up plastic waste at shoreline

Support needed for coastal clean-up

by The Editorial Team

Hundreds of historic coastal landfill sites are at risk of polluting Britain’s beaches and waterways.

hand placing plastic bottle in green bin

New waste deposit scheme announced

by The Editorial Team

The amount of waste produced in the UK needs to be reduced, the LGA has said, in response to a government announcement on deposit return schemes.

Two young children helping out in an allotment watering plants.

Growing up in rural Suffolk, the abundance of the natural world was easy to take for granted. I was lucky enough to have a vegetable patch in my parents’ garden, and the chance to learn about biodiversity and sustainability was never far away.