Carbon Neutral Cornwall Hive Blog

With more people now switching to electric vehicles than ever before, we must consider the importance of responsibly disposing of our old vehicles. Liam was inspired to create this post by this guide on car disposal.

A driver's guide to recycling your old car

Recycling, Donating, and Selling are three ways we may help reduce e-waste. If you can reduce the amount of memory your phone uses by compressing videos and uninstalling unnecessary apps, there's no need to update. Veed.io provided us with an article for awareness.

The World E-Waste situation and how to solve it

Reducing food waste is one of the simplest things we can do to help the environment. With wasting food not only being bad for our wallets but also bad for the environment, Liam discusses some easy ways that we can all help to prevent food waste. This website provided the inspiration for his article.

Three ways you can reduce your food waste

With 27% of all Cornwall’s emission being transport related, purchasing electric vehicles is one way to make a difference. Cornwall Wildlife Trust has purchased an e-minibus to further support a reduction in its organisations’ emissions. Find out from Mat Bateman (Cornwall Wildlife Trust Volunteer Programme Coordinator for the G7 LPNR) why they made this decision and what benefits it is already making.

Sustainable Transport for our Volunteers

With less than a month to go before world leaders convene in Glasgow for the crucial climate negotiations, Karen writes about how UK100 is working to ensure the importance of local action to deliver on the UK Government’s ambitions to reach Net Zero is acknowledged at the Summit and beyond.

Countdown to COP - Building momentum for local Net Zero delivery

Uniting farmers, businesses and local residents who are passionate about our environment are all things dear to Nature Friendly Cornwall's hearts

Uniting farmers, businesses and local residents

Having started scuba diving as a holiday activity in exotic diving destinations, Natallia wanted to do something about the litter and lost fishing gear blighting our beautiful and diverse ocean. She now helps run 'Fathoms Free' organising scuba diving ocean clean up events around Cornwall's coastline.

Chasing Ghosts

Sue Scott writes about the unusual and special marine residents of the Fal and Helford Estuary's sheltered inlets and bays.

Our Cornish Seagrass Beds - brilliant for marine life AND one of our sharpest natural tools in the fight against climate change

Having studied and practised Forest Gardening in detail, Simon Miles is convinced that every community should have a Community Forest Garden. Simon writes about forest gardens and the benefits of community gardening to people's health and well being, learning, and neighbourhoods.

Local community food for a more sustainable future

Chris Bird is a writer and freelance journalist, smallholder and Extinction Rebellion activist. He is the author of ‘Local Sustainable Homes’.

Why we need low impact homes to help mitigate climate change