Children from 125 schools across the South West on England are happier, healthier and more motivated to learn thanks to a new project commissioned by Natural England that has turned the outdoors into a classroom and helped schools transform ways of teaching.
The report, produced by the Committee on Climate Change, covers all outcomes arising from global warming in the UK - including flooding and coastal change, water shortages, and the threat to domestic food production.
On July 11th, EU member states voted to accept certain limitations on the use of glyphosate. This followed the decision last month to extend the herbicide's licence for 18 months.
The EU Commission has announced a temporary 18-month extension for the licence to use glyphosate. This allows them to consider further analysis from their chemical testing agency (ECHA), due by the end of 2017.
Garden Organic is delighted to announce that Chris Collins, former BBC Blue Peter Gardener and Head Gardener at Westminster Abbey, will be joining the charity as Head of Organic Horticulture.
(Reuters) - An impasse between EU nations on whether to allow Monsanto's Roundup and similar weed-killers to continue to be sold means that the European Commission, rather than national politicians, will decide the issue next week.
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has just released a damning report on UK Soil Health.
The EU is voting once again this week on the relicensing of glyphosate. After 3 attempts, the EU Commission failed to win support for a proposal to renew the licence for up to 15 years. An appeals committee will meet on Thursday 23rd June for a final vote, before the weed killer's licence runs out on June 30th.
A new citizen science project from Coventry University has got gardeners and wildlife lovers buzzing.
The International Federation for Organic Agriculture (IFOAM) recently launched its 2015 Annual Report .