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World overlaid with an image of rotting food to highlight Food Waste Action Week

GMCA Unites with Food Waste Action Week to Break the Cycle

In Food and Waste on 02.03.2021
Contributed by Jennifer Lane

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is partnering with WRAP, the UK’s leading sustainability charity, as it begins its inaugural Food Waste Action Week.

An alleyway filled with plants and greenery

Design Your Own Eco-Street With £6,000 Funding

In Green & blue spaces, Health and Living on 24.02.2021
Contributed by Jennifer Lane

Design Your Own Eco-Street is a new and exciting opportunity from Groundwork Greater Manchester giving communities the chance to win £6,000 funding to transform an unused area into an exciting green space.

Play Your Part in Nature’s Recovery!

In Green & blue spaces and Nature on 11.02.2021
Contributed by Jennifer Lane

Here in Greater Manchester, we’re developing a Nature Recovery Plan, so we can protect, maintain, and improve our natural environment. We’d love to hear your views on how we can make our city region a greener place for people and wildlife.

Greater Manchester's Crompton Moor on BBC’s Countryfile

In Green & blue spaces and Nature on 11.02.2021
Contributed by Jennifer Lane

Did you tune into Countryfile last Sunday night? You might have spotted Greater Manchester's exciting project to help stop flooding across our city region.

Leaky dams, tree planting and Sphagnum moss pwere featured on Sunday’s Countryfile as part of a pilot project in Crompton Moor, Oldham aiming to show how effective natural methods can be for preventing flooding.