All through this week we’re celebrating Earth Day, an annual awareness day which focuses on a specific environmental issue every year; this year’s theme is Planet vs. Plastic. Even though we spend countless hours cleaning up our rivers and picking up plastic, we know that sometimes, it’s unavoidable. However, now we’re fighting back against single …
Ribble Rivers Trust has begun a project to plant more than 11,000 new trees in Lancashire with the aim of improving water quality. Ribble Rivers Trust has been funded by United Utilities to create new woodlands at Sabden, Samlesbury, and the Forest of Bowland as part of the company’s innovative Catchment Systems Thinking (CaST) approach …
Over the last 21 years Ribble Rivers Trust, together with our partners, supporters, and volunteers, have carried out a wide range of habitat improvements. Did you know that all of this work is carefully planned over months and, in some cases, years? Activities such as woodland creation, fish passes, and wetland creation is great for …
Lancashire-based environment charity Ribble Rivers Trust has secured financial support from a range of businesses to aid in woodland creation to tackle carbon emissions and support a healthier environment. Independent craft brewer BrewDog chose the Trust’s Lancashire Woodland Connect tree planting scheme to offset emissions on its road to becoming a Carbon Negative business and …
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As we head into a second lockdown, most of us are yet again restricted on what we can and cannot do. But fear not, our circular walks, located across Lancashire and North Yorkshire, are just the thing to keep you healthy this winter. Walking is a tonic for the soul During these difficult times we …
Today is both National Stress Awareness Day, and the mid-point of International Stress Awareness Week. Our mental and physical health have never been more important, with many of us feeling the mental as well as physical impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that almost 20% of adults were …
Woodlands; looking after your mind, body, and soul. Read More »
