Using natural solutions to combat climate change
Natural solutions can help us to combat the effects of climate change. By restoring our damaged ecosystems we can help to heal the planet.
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Things you can do about climate change
There are simple and easy things that we can all do to reduce our carbon footprint and make a big difference to the natural world.
Northern Devon Natural Solutions
Northern Devon Natural Solutions (NDNS) is a large and ambitious project that aims to create and restore over 1,000 hectares of nature-friendly habitat covering 360 landholdings to help tackle the climate and ecological emergency.
Natural Solutions - what we offer landowners
Northern Devon Natural Solutions (NDNS) will work with landowners and land managers throughout the Torridge and Taw catchments to create and restore over 1,000 hectares of nature-friendly habitat - find out how the team can work with you on your landholding.
Land and Climate Change
Well, it’s official. According to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), how we use our land is one of the most significant contributors to global warming –…
Climate Change & the Environment Act
With the peculiar weather we've been experiencing this spring, Harry Barton reflects on the effects of climate change on wildlife. How will it cope? And how could a strong Environment Act…
Northern Devon Natural Solutions Volunteer
This group will help to deliver practical conservation works across privately owned holdings and common land, primarily as part of the Culm Grassland Natural Flood Management Project.
"Climate and Ecological Crisis? What’s all the fuss about?" a talk by David Ramsden
David Ramsden MBE will be giving a thought provoking presentation about climate change and ecological crisis looking at possible solutions.
Things you can do about climate change
There are simple and easy things that we can all do to reduce our carbon footprint and make a big difference to the natural world.
Change what you eat
Eat more plant-based foods, reduce your food waste and buy local produce to shrink your environmental footprint.
Tackle the climate emergency
We are in the middle of a climate and nature emergency, and the two are inextricably linked. Climate change is driving nature’s decline, and the loss of wildlife and wild places leaves us ill-equipped to reduce carbon emissions and adapt to change. One cannot be solved without the other.
Climate friendly gardening
There are plenty of ways you can take action against climate change in your own backyard or local greenspace.