Carbon Neutral Cornwall Hive Blog

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

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

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