Carbon Neutral Cornwall Hive Blog

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

Bryony Stokes and Claire Wallerstein are producing Cornwall’s Climate Stories – a series of films looking at every aspect of how climate change will affect our lives.

Communicating climate change reality and optimism, a difficult but essential balancing act

Tessa is a a teacher, parish councillor and Project Manager at Climate Change Risk Management Ltd, a consultancy offering climate change advice to organisations around the world.

Tess writes about helping teachers and schools to help their students make informed environmental decisions and the schools Eco Conference.

Equipping teachers with tools to help them talk to pupils about climate change

Kevin Smith is the Director of the Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network, also known as WREN. He writes about WREN's innovative energy equality project that could share the benefits of rooftop solar electricity through a per-to-peer trading system.

Energy equality, peer to peer community electricity trading

The video below explains how Bennamann are unlocking the power of bio-methane to deliver a local clean energy revolution, right here in Cornwall

Luci Isaacson's research and reading academic tests and trials, over six years, helped to shape the Climate Vision ten pledges.

Make a difference - make a pledge or two

Dr Tim Fox has lived and worked all over the world but believes the most exciting initiatives are right here, where he was born, in Cornwall. Tim writes about one of those exciting initiatives that is set to bring about a local clean energy revolution.

Energy independent sustainable farming