Related content in “Environment, food and rural affairs”
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Blog: Hungry for more: scaling up community food enterprises for public benefit
Many pressing problems in our country today relate to food production and consumption: half of adults are overweight and obese; healthy food is three times more...
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Blog: Plastic pollution of the oceans
Earlier this year I travelled to the South Pacific on a Churchill Fellowship, to examine strategies for reducing plastics entering the oceans.
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Blog: Who will decide the future of our seas?
Community participation is a key to sustainable marine management.
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Blog: Inspiring children’s interest in nature through storytelling
Today the world will remember the most devastating human-made disaster ever experienced. Thirty-three years ago, in 1986, Reactor Number 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power...
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Soil Management for Sustainable Food Production and Environmental Protection
Mark Measures, from Craven Arms, Shropshire, is an organic farming consultant and Director of the Institute of Organic Training and Advice at the Organic Research Centre...
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The dissemination of African craneflies housed in the Smithsonian Institute
Pete Boardman, an entomologist from Warrington, travelled to Namibia and the USA to research the taxonomy, identification, and distribution of African craneflies.
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Public and stakeholder engagement in Marine Spatial Planning
Sarah Brown, a marine planning manager from Appin, Scotland, travelled to the USA and Canada to investigate public and stakeholder engagement in marine spatial planning.
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Blog: Getting UK pollinator conservation buzzing
Bees and other insect pollinators are currently under severe threat in the UK. Pesticide poisoning, increased disease as well as destruction of nesting sites and nectar...
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Parks and people: innovative participation in public urban green space
Susan Palmer, an artist and project manager from Frome, travelled to Germany and North America to explore innovative participation in public urban green space.
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Traditional meadow skills: Rachel Remnant’s Story
Story | By Rachel Remnant | From Transylvania to the Itchen Valley: Reviving Traditional Meadow Skills | 2016Nature conservation worker Rachel Remnant travelled to Romania in 2016 to investigate traditional meadow conservation skills. She has since helped to engage people in...
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Organic waste management: Anna de la Vega’s Story
Story | By Anna de la Vega | Vermicomposting: The Future of Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Waste Management | 2016Organic gardener Anna de la Vega travelled to Cuba and the USA in 2016 to investigate approaches to food production and worm composting. Her Fellowship has afforded her...
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Disentangling a Whale of a Problem
Ellie MacLennan, a Marine Conservation Researcher from the Isle of Skye, travelled to Canada and the USA to investigate measures aimed at minimising the impacts of...
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Nutkin ventured, nutkin gained: evolving grey squirrel management techniques
Dr Craig Shuttleworth, a research scientist at Bangor University, travelled to Canada to study approaches to managing the threat posed to ecosystems by grey squirrels.
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Blog: Kings of the Yukon - an Alaskan river journey
In 2013 I received a Churchill Fellowship to travel through Alaska, exploring stories around climate change and resource use. I travelled widely in those eight weeks and...
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Learning to hear the call of the wild: a study of soundscape ecology
Missing Wolf, a composer and sonic artist from Bexleyheath, travelled to the USA to investigate soundscape ecology, the study of sound emanating from the natural...
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Chart Lines: Marine Spatial Planning; securing environmental benefits
Duncan Vaughan, a Senior Environmental Specialist in Marine Planning from Dersingham, Norfolk, travelled to Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Norway and the USA to...
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Farming and The City: Using an Urban Landscape to Sustainably Localise the Food System
Hannah Norman, an Organic Grower and Sustainable Farming Advocate from Cardiff, travelled to the USA to explore local organic food systems to benefit the urban community.
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Pollinating Knowledge: Transferring pollinator conservation innovation from the US to the UK
Vicky Wilkins, a Conservation Scientist from York, travelled to the USA to study best practice in pollinator conservation.
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Where have all the flowers gone?
Kate Holl, a Land-use Adviser from Edinburgh, travelled to France, Norway and Iceland to investigate how woodland flowers and understorey can develop in woods that have...
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Arctic Circle research for illustrated children's book and science workshops
Beatrice von Preussen, an artist from Brighton, travelled to Norway to produce an illustrated children's book based on science and nature in the Arctic Circle, in...
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Environment, Nature & Sustainable Living Fellows' Story Collection
StoryRead more about some of our Fellows' achievements in this area.
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Jo Foo's Story
Story | By Joanne Foo | Evaluating wildlife reintroductions - understanding social, economic and ethical impacts. | 2013Jo Foo travelled to North America in 2013 to research the social, economic and ethical impacts of wildlife reintroductions.
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Heather Moore's Story
Story | By Heather Moore | Tackling the decline of honeybees and creating positive social change | 2015Heather Moore travelled to several countries, including Poland and Switzerland, in 2015 to explore ways of halting the decline of honeybees.
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Kate Rawles’ Story
Kate Rawles is a freelance outdoor philosopher, writer, lecturer and environmental campaigner. Here, she tells the story of her 2006 Fellowship and the trip across South...
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Beyond the park: using philanthropy to create green infrastructure
Samuel Parry, a parks development manager from London, travelled to Norway and the USA to investigate using philanthropy to create green infrastructure.
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Island conservation for an island nation: exploring global best practice
Joshua Powell, a geographer, field biologist and explorer from Trellech, Monmouthshire, travelled to Australia, Fiji and New Zealand to research best practice in island...
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Africa: beekeeping as a tool for sustainable health and development
Hugo Fearnley, Director of the Apiceutical Research Centre, travelled to several countries in Africa to investigate beekeeping as a tool for sustainable health and...
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Preserving the Harvest: exploring traditional techniques for preserving fresh produce
Adam Payne is produce distribution and training coordinator for Organiclea Community Growers in Chingford. He will be travelling to Italy and Poland to explore...
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Engaging Festival Organisers, Volunteers and Attendees in Better Waste Management Practice at Festivals
Christopher Mastricci is an event waste and recycling management operative from Chrishall. Chris travelled to the USA to research ways of reducing festival waste through...
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Vermicomposting: The Future of Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Waste Management
Anna de la Vega is the founder and director of the Nottingham based social enterprise The Urban Worm CIC, that promotes vermicomposting as a sustainable solution for...
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From Transylvania to the Itchen Valley: Reviving Traditional Meadow Skills
Rachel Remnant, a reserves officer from Winchester, travelled to Romania to investigate traditional meadow skills.
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Building a future for Community Supported Fisheries in the UK
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The role of community seed banks in protecting seed diversity
Charlotte Dove, a garden project coordinator from Southwark, will be travelling to Canada and the USA to find out about the role of community seed banks in protecting...
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Sustainable drainage solutions for London
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The utilisation of larch within construction in Japan