Make sure to add Wednesday 26 June to your calendar and join thousands of organisations and individuals in London to tell our Politicians that now is the time to take action on climate change.
'The Time Is Now' is brought together by a variety of organisations that have one common passion: they want to protect things they love by climate change and environmental damage.
The mass lobby, organised by The Climate Coalition and Greener UK, will bring to...
Back from the Brink competition:
Are you a creative individual with a passion for wildlife? Back from the Brink is looking for inspiring entries for their film and photography competition to help raise awareness, or celebrate the beauty of our precious wildlife and landscapes.
Back from the Brink states there are 8 different film categories and 4 photography categories for you to enter. You have until Friday 30th August 2019 to submit ...
This month we have an introduction to an exciting local initiative in Suffolk, supported by Groundwork East, which has the aim of reducing surface water pollution across 6 towns in our County.
Ourselves at Wild Anglia are keen to help and support the environment and local communities where we can, including helping to increase awareness of projects that are making a difference in our region. If you would like your project to be shared please get in tou...
Entries are now open for the eleventh Norwich and Norfolk Eco Awards!
The award scheme, hosted jointly by Norfolk County Council and Norwich City Council, recognises unsung environmental individuals, projects and schemes with a strong ecological or environmentally-friendly ethos, and groups and organisations which can show they adopt a sound eco approach to their business.
There are six categories:
Eco hero - The People’s Vote
Eco food producer
Ec...
The sober assessment of Britain’s battered wildlife, as reported in the State of Nature Report of 2016, prompts a resuscitated call for new approaches to acting on wild words. There is an irony here. We are facing possibly the most serious disruption of long standing wildlife habitat in a generation, bearing in mind that throughout history humans have always altered wildlife viability. Yet we are also contemplating the scope for an exciting ecological rena...
Did you know scientists estimate that by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the world's oceans? About half of all plastic produced is for single-use or disposable items such as packaging. This month is ‘Plastic Free July’, a global movement that dramatically reduces plastic use and improves recycling, worldwide. It began with a handful of participants in Australia in 2011 and has since grown to millions of participants across the world today, one
World Environment Day, an initiative by the United Nations Environment Programme, is a worldwide movement for encouraging awareness and this year the theme is combating plastic pollution... around the world, 1 million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute!
The initiative is taking place on Tuesday 5th June and we are all encouraged to come together to combat one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time, whether you are an indiv
Richard Powell OBE, Chair of Wild Anglia, was delighted to be invited to return for the second year and to this time host the Norwich and Norfolk Eco Awards 2017-18 ceremony, held at The Halls in Norwich.
The awards, hosted jointly by Norwich City Council and Norfolk County Council, celebrate projects and schemes with a strong ecological or environmentally-friendly ethos, or groups and organisations which can show they adopt a sound eco approach to thei...
If you were to make a map of the trees in your area, what would it look like? Are there particular avenues, copses, clumps, and woods that stand out? What memories do you and your neighbours have of any local trees? Are there any associated with particular birds, seasons, flowers or fruit? Where are your conker trees, apple trees and chestnut trees? Do any have names or local histories: Gospel Oaks, Boundary Oaks, Kissing Trees or Wishing Trees? You might ...
We here at Wild Anglia have had the great pleasure of working with the Norwich City Council on a number of environmental outreach initiatives so far this year, and with all the whirl-wind of these activities now quietening we would like to take a quick look back!
The One Planet Norwich weekend was a great initiative put together by Norwich City Council to engage the public in the environment and sustainable living - showcasing that we should treat the w
