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Author: Paul Ratcliffe

Closing the Loop

H&M have announced the €1 million Global Change Award. Do you have a brilliant idea to help make the fashion industry more eco-friendly?

Coping with the heat

The picture at the top of this post is my dog, Negura. You many notice that he looks like an idiot. When it’s hot, humans use perspiration (also known as sweating) to cool down, but dogs don’t have many sweat glands. What do they do instead?

When is a forest afforest?

For this week’s blog we thought we would look at some happy news from the world of forests. Forests are a vital part of the biosphere, containing 80% of all the world’s plants (by mass) and thus playing a vital role in the fight against climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Not […]

Featured Activity: What lives in forests?

This week’s featured activity is all about the plants and animals that inhabit European forests. Conduct a biodiversity survey, discover the types of trees that make up a forest and learn about the other plants and animals that live there

Wasps – not so evil after all

Wasps are the scourge of picnics throughout the world and it can hurt a lot if they sting you. Just what is the point of them? We shed some light on the bees scarier cousin…