In the midst of National Tree Week, tune in to this week’s Environment Matters podcast to enjoy a heart warming show where listeners share their thoughts on their favourite trees, and we find out why being among trees is the mid winter pick up we all need.

Emily Hopkins works for the National Energy Foundation, a charity focused on helping people create greener, more energy-efficient homes. In this week’s Environment Matters podcast she explains how they’re currently running a project offering free home retrofit plans to help you on your way to an efficient, warm home. There’s also information about other free ... Read more

In this Environment Matters podcast, Sonya Jefferson of Jefferson Eco CIC talks to Amanda Yorwerth about their upcoming workshops where we can make sustainable Xmas decorations and gifts using materials that would otherwise be in landfill.  

Manager at the Cottonmill Cycle Hub, Mat Daniels, talks to Amanda Yorwerth about their initiatives to help people get on 2 wheels and then develop their skills, perhaps even to Olympian standards. To find out more about how you can book one of Sustainable St Albans thermal imaging cameras go to their website. For more ... Read more

They’re intriguing to spot, they’re essential for ecosystems and they’re currently in wood or wild place near you – fungi. Chloe Valerie Harmsworth, Wilder Communities Officer at the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust talks to Amanda Yorwerth about some fantastic fungi facts, gives us some fungi to look out for and explains how we can ... Read more

A chance has come up to make one of the key roads in St Albans more welcoming, more sustainable and safer for those travelling actively or on public transport. Hertfordshire County Council is at the very start of making plans for Victoria Street – the road that runs from St Albans City Station right up ... Read more

In this podcast we take a trip to the treasure trove that is the Welwyn Garden City HCC Waste & Recycling Site Reuse Shop, and hear the results of the Green House Eco Hub volunteers’ trial of recycled loo roll. You can find your nearest Reuse Shop here.

School pick up and drop off times are the busiest and most dangerous for Hertfordshire roads. But those are precisely the times that we need children to be walking or cycling to school. No wonder so many end up in the car, which only makes the problem worse. Step in St Albans Dad, Damian, who ... Read more

Welwyn Garden City has received a raft of awards at this year’s Anglia in Bloom Awards. In this week’s Environment Matters podcast, Cllr Sandreni Bonfante and council officer Sue McDaid join Amanda Yorwerth talk about how they have ensured they have used flowers and trees to make the townscape more sustainable, the huge part that ... Read more

With butterfly numbers hitting a 40 year low, why not try helping them by creating your own mini meadow? Plantlife’s Matt Pitts joins Amanda Yorwerth in this week’s Environment Matters podcast to explain all you need to know to convert part of your outdoor space into a mini meadow. From the pitfalls of seed selection, ... Read more