In this podcast, Christy Mitchell of Grow Chiswell Green talks about exciting plans for a new community garden in Greenwood Park Photo credit – David Clode, Unsplash

We hear a heart warming tale as Welwyn and Hatfield allotment holders pull together in the face of adversity, and pupils at Cunningham Hill Infants and Juniors tell us what they’ve been doing to help the planet.

Following the sudden death of local environmental campaigner Phil Fletcher, Nigel Harvey, Jo Pritchard and Matt Fisher pay tribute. Plus we hear an archive recording of Phil talking about a campaign that was special to him. The petition mentioned in the podcast can be found here

It’s great news that over the past few months lots of trees have been planted locally by councils, schools, community groups and individuals. In this week’s Environment Matters podcast Nick Sherriff, Parks Manager at SADC will tell us what they’ve been up to and Anthony Helm talks about St Albans’ latest addition to the Queen’s ... Read more

The St Albans and District Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan is ready for your comments. But what is it? Will it make any difference? And how best to have your say? In this week’s Environment Matters podcast, Cllr Phil Bibby Executive Member for Highways & Transport at Herfordshire County Council and Nick Clarke of ... Read more

It will be a pollinator paradise when the wildflowers planted by St Albans District Council and Sandridge Parish Council come in to bloom. In this week’s Environment Matters, find out what they’re doing and what you can do to join in.

Recent research shows that using garden pesticides has a big effect on bird numbers. Professor David Goulson of the School of Life Sciences at the University of Sussex joins Amanda to explain the findings plus the other things we can do to make our gardens a home for wildlife. If you’d like to find out more ... Read more

The issue has been rumbling on for so long, that residents had been lulled into thinking that the planned Park Street Rail Freight Interchange would never happen. But things are happening fast now, with land development company, SEGRO, looking to start work on the planned rail freight interchange in just a few months. Cllr Nuala ... Read more

Lack of electric vehicle charging infrastructure is stopping people from choosing to drive electric and making life hard for them if they do. So are local councils doing what’s necessary to ensure we get the charging infrastructure we need ready for the future? In this podcast, Amanda talks to Cllr Phil Bibby, Executive Member for ... Read more

Electric vehicles have many environmental advantages and sales of EVs were 40% up last year. However, all this progress could be lost if EV drivers are left stranded because of inadequate charging facilities. Nationally, we heard stories of queues of electric cars at charging points over Christmas and some people saying that they’re going back ... Read more