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Water voles are just one of 109 species that will benefit from work that the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust will be doing on the River Lea and its tributaries, using a £107m grant from the Government’s Saving Species scheme. In this week’s Environment Matters podcast, Sarah Perry, River Catchment coordinator at the Herts and ... Read more

Clouds are amazing. They’re an essential part of the water cycle which keeps us provided with freshwater, and learning more about them is a crucial aspect to our understanding of climate change. Yet in spite of all of this they get a bad rap, and particularly here in the UK – we seem to like ... Read more

According to the UK government, there is no clear evidence that there is a safe level of air pollution exposure that won’t cause adverse health effects – so cleaning up the air is in all our interests. In this week’s Environment Matters podcast, Cllr Raj Visram gives some highlights from St Albans District Council’s Air ... Read more

Communities around the world are protesting that they’ve had enough of tourists and the environment is creaking under the strain. So in  this week’s Environment Matters podcast, Dr Brendan Canavan of Nottingham University gives tips on how to be the kind of tourist that locals welcome and leaves the local environment in tact.

When residents of Hertfordshire responded to Helen Burridge of the HCCSP’s Survey, they said they were keen to retrofit their houses to make them more energy efficient but didn’t know where to start, who to trust, or how to coordinate work. As a result, the HCSSP Retrofitting Your House Guide has been prepared, especially for ... Read more

The chances are that children are learning more about the natural world whilst they’re on holiday than when they return to school. In this week’s Environment Matters podcast, local author and education specialist Vanessa Wright explains why we should be addressing this and talks about the issues around the much awaited Natural History GCSE. Check ... Read more

With this year’s Big Butterfly Count at an end, it looks like results might be disappointing. In this week’s Environment Matters podcast, Malcolm Hill from Herts and Middlesex Butterfly Conservation explains why this is, gives you tips on some butterflies that he thinks might fair better locally over the coming weeks, and tells us how ... Read more

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

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

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