Dr Mya-Rose Craig named new RSPCA Ambassador as Black2Nature team act for wildlife

The RSPCA has unveiled British-Bangladeshi ornithologist, author and campaigner Dr Mya-Rose Craig as a new Ambassador – at a special event in Bristol, which saw a team of Visible Minority Ethnic children come together to protect the city’s wildlife from litter. Fourteen children, aged between 8 and 14, from the Black2Nature charity were at Brandon Hill in Bristol yesterday (20 August) for a litter pick aimed at improving the local environment and keeping animals safe from the “menace” of rubbish. They took part alongside teams from the RSPCA, in a great…

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The One Club Launches The One Show-ONE Asia Cross-Culture Jury Initiative

As a way to expose Western judges to the creative excellence of the APAC region and enhance its support for the global creative community, The One Club for Creativity has announced the launch of The One Show-ONE Asia Cross-Culture Jury Initiative. Celebrating the best and boldest creative work from across APAC, the ONE Asia Creative Awards has quickly become recognized for utilizing the same rigorous judging process as The One Club’s prestigious global One Show and ADC Annual Awards, and assembling esteemed juries to provide prestige and honor to winning…

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Digital Poverty Alliance Launches New Device Donation Pilot in Gateshead

The Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) is launching a Tech4Communities initiative in Gateshead to tackle digital poverty and e-waste across the area by collecting used devices from residents, refurbishing them and redistributing them to individuals and families who need them most. The DPA is calling on local people to donate unwanted and disused laptops, tablets and smartphones, at drop off points around Gateshead.  With around 33,000 (16 per cent) people in Gateshead living in one of the 10 per cent most deprived areas of England, as reported by the Gateshead Council,…

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Wyke Farms & Chirrup.ai launch Birdsong for Biodiversity pilot project

Chirrup.ai are proud to announce the launch of a pilot project: Birdsong for Biodiversity, between Wyke Farms and Chirrup.ai. The objective: bring AI-powered birdsong monitoring into the heart of dairy farming. Over the next three years, Birdsong for Biodiversity will benchmark and enhance biodiversity across farms that supply 25% of Wyke’s milk — a pioneering step for nature-positive food production. Wyke Farms, based in Bruton, Somerset, is UK’s largest independent cheese producer. They have launched a groundbreaking three-year collaboration with Chirrup.ai to measure and improve farmland biodiversity across the Southwest.…

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RWE’s Sofia is the UK’s first offshore wind farm to use recyclable rotor blades

RWE and turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa are driving a new era of wind turbine innovation with the first ever large-scale installation of recyclable blades at a UK offshore wind farm. Highly unique, the rotor blades are made using an innovative resin. At the end of the blade’s operating life, the various materials can then be easily separated from the other components as a result and can be recycled, for example into vehicle components and consumer goods like bicycle helmets and suitcases. Following an agreement signed in 2023 with Siemens Gamesa,…

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