Episodes

  • St Albans District’s New Tree Strategy

    St Albans District’s New Tree Strategy
    Jul 29 2024
    Cllr Raj Visram explains the changes that he hopes the new St Albans District Tree Strategy will bring about including increases in tree canopy cover and a new volunteer run Tree Warden Scheme. If you’d like to be first to find out about Herts CC’s free tree give away next year then go to https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/recycling-waste-and-environment/countryside-management/news-and-campaigns/tree-giveaway.aspx ... Read more
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  • Swim lessons and caterpillar farming

    Swim lessons and caterpillar farming
    Jul 21 2024
    The Salvation Army’s Territorial Environmental Officer, Major Heather Poxon joins Amanda Yorwerth in this week’s Environment Matters podcast to explain some of the surprising projects that the Salvation Army are doing to act more sustainably themselves, to campaign for a more sustainable world and to support those who are already suffering the harmful effects of ... Read more
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  • Schools benefit from air purifiers

    Schools benefit from air purifiers
    Jul 8 2024
    Matt Clark, Programme Manager for Air Quality at Hertfordshire County Council, explains how pupils in 31 schools in Hertfordshire will benefit from the installation of air purifiers and air quality monitors and how this will help raise awareness of the issues around air pollution and our understanding of air quality in schools. For more on ... Read more
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  • Swift help

    Swift help
    Jul 1 2024
    One of the delights of the English summer is to see those supreme aviators, swifts, once again in action above our heads. Sadly with our houses becoming a bit less ramshackle they are increasingly homeless and their numbers have halved since 1995. Last week was Swift Awareness Week, and in this week’s Environment Matters podcast ... Read more
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  • St Albans Environment Question Time Part 2

    St Albans Environment Question Time Part 2
    Jun 26 2024
    In the second of 3 recordings, hear candidates from the Conservative, Green, Labour and LibDem parties answer questions from a live audience on environmental issues including greenbelt, sewage in rivers, food security and more. In the first part, hear the candidates introduce themselves and their environmental policies generally and face questions about their commitments to ... Read more
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  • St Albans Environment Question Time Part 1

    St Albans Environment Question Time Part 1
    Jun 26 2024
    In the first of 3 recordings, hear candidates from the Conservative, Green, Labour and LibDem parties answer questions from a live audience on environmental issues including greenbelt, sewage in rivers, food security and more. In this first part, hear the candidates introduce themselves and their environmental policies generally and face questions about their commitments to ... Read more
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  • Sustainability at the Odyssey

    Sustainability at the Odyssey
    Jun 25 2024
    You might well have enjoyed an evening watching a film at the Odyssey, but perhaps what you didn’t know is the effort they are putting in to reducing the environmental impact of your evening out. In this Environment Matters podcast, front of house manager at the Odyssey, Bethany Nicholson, explains the not always simple journey ... Read more
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  • More Tree-mendous Trees

    More Tree-mendous Trees
    Jun 19 2024
    For this week’s Environment Matters podcast, we rejoin Professor Brian Legg, to continue our tour of the Heartwood Arboretum, home to examples of all the trees native to the British Isles. We hear about a tree the holds up Venice and another that might have burnt down London, taking in the Roman’s ‘Tree of a ... Read more
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