Holly Astle Whether you sail for leisure or work, sailors have a responsibility to avoid polluting the seas surrounding England and beyond. The Green Blue has good advice for boat owners (everything from protecting wildlife and preventing invasive species to eco-friendly power and how to dispose of old boats (and reporting abandoned boats, which often…
transport
lots of ways to protect our historic canals
Lorna Thompson England’s Midland counties are full of canals, a throwback to the days before the Industrial Revolution. When lorries or trains were not yet invented, goods would be shipped by canal to London. Today most canals are simply for leisure use – either for boating or riverside walks. But all canals still are home…
learn all about England’s lovely lighthouses
Gill Wild Smeaton’s Tower is the famed red-and-white lighthouse in Plymouth (Devon) that now runs on solar power, but was originally powered by candles and then oil lamps. Made from granite blocks (outside) and Portland stone (inside) it was built by talented civil engineers who designed many other lighthouses across England, to warn ships of…
how to take back our streets from cars
Less road traffic means safer communities for people, pets and wildlife. It’s all interlinked. If we we want an animal-friendly world, it helps to focus on creating local walkable communities with good public transit, over roads gridlocked with traffic, from lorries thundering factory-farmed foods from central distribution houses to major supermarkets. And fosters locally owned…