The UK’s first wind farm turns 30: meet the family who started it all
It’s been three many years because the Edwards household launched the Delabole wind farm – so how did they do it? The Edwards’ farm lies in Delabole, one of many highest villages in Cornwall, near the Celtic Sea. Within the early Eighties, a gale tore off a part of a barn roof – and so […]
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What went right this week: historic win for nature, and more positive news
Lab-grown meat reached one other milestone What’s believed to be the most important lab-grown steak ever produced was unveiled this week, marking a milestone for the nascent cultured meat trade. The 4oz steak was grown from tissue samples take from a cow after which 3D printed to resemble an everyday steak. The Israeli agency behind […]
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The knitwear trend that turns torn clothes into statement pieces
Have a hole in your sweater. Don’t try to discreetly patch it up. Make a big deal about it and join our growing army of visible menders Flora Collingwood – Norris (pictured below), is a knitwear maker, designer, and mender from Scotland. Against the backdrop of an increasing awareness of the need to change our […]
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Unlocked: the empty prisons being put to good use in the Netherlands
The Dutch nation has reduced its prison population to such a degree that it’s now turning old prisons into socially useful buildings such as schools and refugee centres. What went right? A vast X-shaped building marks the spot on an Amsterdam map that has brought a decade-long search to a close. Spread across three maxed-out campuses, […]
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For the love of: Spending time with strangers – FFA
When his wife Elee died, Will Buckingham found solace from grief in people he didn’t know. Is it time for us to all celebrate the possibility that strangers can be to one another now that life is open again after the lockdown? The doorbell rings. You press the intercom. ‘Hello?’ ‘Hi. It’s Ted.’ You’ve never met […]
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Restaurant chefs are reinventing school dinners in the UK
Top chefs are helping transform school meals in deprived areas, serving up food that is fresh, nutritious – and, most of all, fun Food can either be medicine or it can be poison,” says Nicole Pisani, co-founder of Chefs in Schools, a charity that aims improve school meals and teaches children how to cook. “It’s […]
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Restaurant chefs are reinventing school dinners in the UK
Top chefs are helping transform school meals in deprived areas, serving up food that is fresh, nutritious – and, most of all, fun Food can either be medicine or it can be poison,” says Nicole Pisani, co-founder of Chefs in Schools, a charity that aims improve school meals and teaches children how to cook. “It’s […]
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What went right this week: saving magical fungi, plus more positive news
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Landowner pact in England could ‘turbo charge’ rewilding efforts
Some of the nation’s largest landowners have pledged to restore peat bogs, woodlands and rivers on their estates. Despite the lack of targets or deadlines, it’s progress Thousands of acres of England have been earmarked for rewilding after some of the country’s largest landowners committed to boosting biodiversity on their estates. The National Trust, National […]
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The growing movement to reclaim cities from advertising billboards
Can we do more than the insensitive billboards that obstruct our streets and only benefit the advertiser and landlord? A swelling movement for more inspiring alternatives says ‘yes’ Close your eyes and imagine you’re standing in the heart of your nearest town or city. Allow your imagination to wander and take in the sights, sounds […]
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