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In the spring, birds choose the best locations to build nests, so why not offer them a safe place to settle?
Buy local produce, eat more plant-based foods and reduce your food miles to shrink your environmental footprint.
If all our food came from within 20km of where we live, we could save £1.2 billion every year in environmental and congestion costs. And that’s just from food shopping, what about the other products we so often fill our baskets with?
Buying locally means our products don't have to travel as far. Food products in our aisles are often transported to us via air, sea or land and the journeys use enormous amounts of fossil fuels. But it’s not just transport that can be reduced by buying local produce. The fact that food can be transported and stored more easily often means less plastic packaging is used to keep food fresh and saleable. Plastic is made of fossil fuels, and less plastic packaging means less waste getting into our seas and harming our wildlife.
Buying local often means that you'll also be buying more seasonal produce, which is often tastier too!
In the spring, birds choose the best locations to build nests, so why not offer them a safe place to settle?
The best plants for bumblebees! Bees are important pollinating insects, but they are under threat. You can help them by planting bumblebee-friendly flowers.
Coastal gardening can be a challenge, but with the right plants in the right place, your garden and its wildlife visitors can thrive.
By writing to your MP or meeting them in person, you can help them to understand more about a local nature issue you care passionately about.
Instead of sending your green waste to landfill, create your own compost.
Planting herbs will attract important pollinators into your garden, which will, in turn, attract birds and small mammals looking for a meal.