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Partnership project to restore rivers in the Lake District wins 2024 UK River Prize

Stuart Mitchell

The Ullswater Catchment Management partnership, which is spearheaded by the National Trust and Ullswater Catchment Management Community Interest Company (UCMCIC) and works to restore and improve rivers in the Ullswater catchment in the Lake District, has won the prestigious 2024 UK River Prize’s Catchment Award. The partnership, shortlisted against three other finalists for the prize, has delivered over 280 restoration initiatives across the catchment since its inception in 2015, including the successful ‘re-wiggling’ of Goldrill Beck. In total, it has to date restored 843 hectares (2083 acres) of key habitats,…

STFC and CERN support environmentally sustainable physics

Stuart Mitchell

The Science and Technology Facility Council (STFC) and CERN have signed a new agreement to support the development of more sustainable particle accelerators. STFC Executive Chair, Professor Mark Thomson and CERN Director General, Professor Fabiola Gianotti committed today to collaborate on the research and development of advanced new technologies. The technologies will make future particle accelerators significantly more sustainable. The agreement includes the proposed establishment by STFC of a new UK-based laboratory to host and support research and development in key technologies that will reduce the environmental impact of accelerators.…

Major Global Utilities Announce Joint Intent to Scale Renewable Capacity by 2.5 times to 2030

Stuart Mitchell

The Utilities for Net Zero Alliance (UNEZA) adopted the UNEZA Roadmap to 2030, which targets a total increase of renewable energy capacity within their portfolios to 749GW by 2030*, an increase of 2.5 times relative to 2023. Alliance members’ joint renewables ambition was announced alongside a grid infrastructure action plan. The plan, revealed at the 14th Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), addresses the pressing need to scale and modernise global grid infrastructure to support clean power development and the tripling of renewables by 2030. According to IRENA,…

ASA – Environmental claims in food advertising

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Environmental claims in food advertising.  I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. In 2021 the ASA’s Climate Change and the Environment project announced that, in respect of advertisements, it would be starting proactive enquiries into sectors and issues that are likely to have the biggest roles in terms of the UK’s delivery of legally binding environmental…

goDonate and The Giving Block join forces to offer cryptocurrency donations and conversion service

Stuart Mitchell

goDonate, the digital fundraising platform, is announcing a partnership with The Giving Block, the leaders in crypto philanthropy, to enable charities to accept cryptocurrency donations from supporters. The partners’ integrated services will provide charities of all sizes with a straightforward way to offer cryptocurrency donations alongside more traditional fundraising methods. Cryptocurrency and donor potential With the crypto bull market ramping up, now is an opportune time to empower your charity to accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDC and other cryptocurrencies. Almost 600 million people use crypto worldwide, largely Millennials and Gen Z.…