Royal visit to Sheffield City Centre this Saturday On Saturday September 9th Queen Beeatrice, Her Royal Honeyness Queen Bee of Sheffield, will be making a rare appearance in Sheffield City Centre. Accompanied by her workers the Queen wants to address the people of Sheffield with an important message. Her speech will be translated into EnglishContinueContinue reading “Join the Swarm on Saturday!”
Category Archives: Nature Emergency
Bringing back Beavers to our area will reduce flooding risk.
I am delighted to hear that the Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee has granted Sheffield Council £96,000 to examine the prospect of reintroducing beavers within the city boundary. So much so, I booked myself on a Beaver Enclosure Tour at a wildlife centre near Retford. The Idle Valley Nature Reserve is the home ofContinueContinue reading “Bringing back Beavers to our area will reduce flooding risk.”
How should we be growing food to help create a healthier future?
A guest blog by Karine Nohr. For her birthday present, my 7-year-old granddaughter asked me for some gardening tools. I was completely chuffed by this because learning to grow your own food is such a major life skill and one that I believe will become increasingly necessary in the very near future. And beingContinueContinue reading “How should we be growing food to help create a healthier future?”
Glyphosate Garden Centre Action
Dressed as Bees, Sheffield Extinction Rebellion visited 4 Garden Centres in Sheffield on Saturday. They had been selected from 10 Garden Centres and Nurseries that had been previously visited and presented with a letter asking them to consider stopping the sale of Glyphosate products like Round-Up, Weedol and Resolva. The action was to highlight threeContinueContinue reading “Glyphosate Garden Centre Action”
Extinction Rebellion Bees swarm to Garden Centres
On Saturday 19th August Sheffield Extinction Rebellion will be visiting numerous Garden Centres in Sheffield. Dressed as bees they will be appealing for the public to stop buying Glyphosate, retailers to stop selling Glyphosate and Sheffield City Council to stop spraying it on our streets, housing estates, parks and cemeteries. Glyphosate is the poisonous ingredientContinueContinue reading “Extinction Rebellion Bees swarm to Garden Centres”
A major cause of species loss, and one that is within our grasp to end, is the continued application of pesticides and herbicides.
A guest blog by Jane Houldcroft Each week this paper reports on the excellent work being done across the city by individuals, schools, friends groups, charities and communities to try to stem and reverse the devastating decline in biodiversity. Most often cited is the loss of bees and other insects which play such a vitalContinueContinue reading “A major cause of species loss, and one that is within our grasp to end, is the continued application of pesticides and herbicides.”
Birds in Norfolk Heritage Park
I recently downloaded a bird-spotting app called Merlin. It’s free and it identifies birds from their song. Inspired by the work of Ian Rotherham in Graves Park I took a short walk in Norfolk Park today and identified 11 different birds. I’m not sure if this is particularly good or not, but to help monitorContinueContinue reading “Birds in Norfolk Heritage Park”
Please help Park Hill residents prevent their green spaces from becoming car parks.
Urban Splash has submitted plans for Phase 4 of Park Hill flats redevelopment, which is the block adjacent to Duke Street. Unfortunately, the plans for an Art Gallery here fell through as S1 Artspace could not raise the necessary funds. So now the plan is to return them to residential units. You can view andContinueContinue reading “Please help Park Hill residents prevent their green spaces from becoming car parks.”
Extinction Rebellion presentation on Glyphosate
This is the presentation used at Sheffield Extinction Rebellion’s meeting on July 3rd 2023. (Click to change slides)
Tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, and hidden heritage in Graves Park and beyond
I am delighted to share a blog this week by Professor Ian Rotherham Climate change and biodiversity extinction are two of the frightening environmental challenges that we, our children, and their future face. However, despite the scary, almost apocalyptic coverage in many media, there remains the need to actually respond and address the issues andContinueContinue reading “Tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, and hidden heritage in Graves Park and beyond”
