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How gardeners can help cut Formby’s carbon footprint

FORMBY’S green-fingered environmentalists are being urged to switch to peat-free compost as part of efforts to cut our carbon footprint.Read

Cutting business waste, enjoying Spring and your stories wanted

l THE construction industry throws away £1.5 billion of new, unused material each year, creating extra landfill and wasting valuable raw materials.Now Merseyside builders’ merchant Huws Gray and environmental website BuilderScrap have collaborated to bring a Reuse Road Show to the area, in the hope of cutting down on waste.BuilderScrap is a free to use website which allows builders to pass this surplus on to other builders, community groups and charities, and people with self build or maintenance projects. Find out more at the events, which take place at Huws Graybranches throughout the month.On Friday they’ll be in Moreton, next Monday in Wallasey, on Wednesday March 17 in Heswall, Friday March 19 in Ellesmere Port and Monday March 29 in Aintree. For details see http://builderscrap.com.Read

Dropping everything to search for water voles

HOW do you fancy going on the smelly search at the RSPB Marshside nature reserve?Read

Formby Times special report: How Merseyside’s generosity is rebuilding Rwanda

MUKABUTARE Theopiste and Mukamutara Phelomene walk six miles every morning with a precious cargo of banana leaves.Read

RSPCA celebrates five year anniversary of hunting ban

THE RSPCA is celebrating the five year anniversary of a law that banned hunting wild animals with dogs.Read

Fairtrade Fortnight: Enjoy a bottle of fairly traded wine and help the planet too

A WINE worthy of investigation is the bottle that bears the iconic blue and green Fairtrade mark. This little tag has been strategically placed to wink at passers-by as they walk the aisles, and encourage wine lovers to bolster a good cause.Read

Enjoy Formby’s wildlife this Spring

AS the weather warms up, enjoy a stroll around the peaceful pine woodlands and look out for the endangered red squirrel.Read

Work together for Fairtrade fortnight

FAIRTRADE Fortnight is the Fairtrade Foundation’s biggest campaign of the year, and everyone is encouraged to get involved.Read

Solar panels, Sefton star gazing and a plea for Fairtrade Fortnight

IT costs £12,500 to install solar cells on your roof, but new tariffs should give you a return of at least £25,000, according to the government figures released this week for the Feed-in Tariffs.Read

Spot the snowdrops in Formby this Spring

FORMBY families are being encouraged to spot the first snowdrops of the spring.Read

Formby beach at centre of new European research

FORMBY’S beach could benefit from better water quality forecasts as part of a new project with the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory.Read

Proposed nature reserve off Formby’s coast needs your help

UNIQUE habitats off the Formby coast could be protected under new proposals.Read

Reuse and recycle at the Bluecoat this Valentine’s Day

FORMBY families are being encouraged to enjoy a free green workout on the Forestry Commission estate at the new Town Lane community woodland this February half term.Read

Over a quarter of a million participants send in results to the RSPB.

This year’s RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch is shaping up to be the biggest yet, with almost five million birds already recorded. And the wildlife charity expects the final figures will be far higher.Read

Celebrate Formby’s biodiversity

THIS is the International Year of Biodiversity, an initiative designed to highlight how important our natural environment is and also to raise awareness that it is declining at an alarming rate and we need to act now to stop habitat loss and the extinction of species.Read

Sefton churches caring for God’s Acre

THE view of an immaculate lawn leading to a country church is one of England's national treasures.Read

Batteries are included in new European recycling legislation

THE UK will struggle to meet tough targets to increase recycling of batteries, companies warned today as new European Union rules came into force.Read

Celebrate spring with Formby seasonal stroll

IT’S only a few weeks since snow brought the country to a standstill, but spring is almost on its way, with crocuses and snowdrops peeking their way above the soil.Read

The art that will get the city moving: Merseytravel competition winners

The biggest wildlife survey in the world is back. The RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch takes place on Saturday and Sunday – and it needs your help.Read

Chamber of Commerce launches green trade fair

RUBBISH. Not the most romantic of subjects, but something Merseyside’s businesses need to tackle if we are to see an improvement in our local environment.Read

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