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Jan 121 min read
Local Nature Recovery Strategy
Are you interested in plans for Nature Recovery in Leicestershire? Leicestershire County Council are currently consulting on their draft...
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Jan 121 min read
A Book Launch by Local Authors
Fiona Lamont and Len Holden live in Market Harborough and have both recently published novels, both of which address climate and...
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Jan 41 min read
HCA Open Meetings for 2025
Harborough Climate Action has been really pleased with how well their Open Meetings went down in 2024. Those who come along have told us...
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Nov 16, 20241 min read
Become a Climate Champion
Have you been inspired by COP29 to find out more about the issues, and even do more to become a Climate Champion? Then maybe Future Learn...
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harboroughgreendir
Sep 17, 20248 min read
The Animal Other
Sometimes literature appears to capture the essence of something. Take this poem by Charles Causley (1917-2003): My mother saw a dancing...
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Aug 29, 20241 min read
Join the Effort to Plant 700,000 Trees in Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Council is a stakeholder in the Midlands Forest Network project to join up woodland, wood pasture and tree lined...
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Jun 17, 20241 min read
General Election 2024
Only a few weeks to go now, and Friends of the Earth have carried out a detailed analysis of the manifestos of the main political...
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judy4959
May 4, 20241 min read
Compost Awareness Week, 2024
International Compost awareness week runs from 5th to11th May this year. The annual event is coordinated by the Compost Foundation which...
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SHC
Apr 11, 20241 min read
Community Gardens
With the recent opening of the Wellbeing Garden at Harborough Leisure Centre, we now have 3 Community Gardens in the MH area. Wellbeing...
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SHC
Mar 1, 20241 min read
Plastic Contamination in our Soil
Many plastic products used in the garden such as plant pots and modules, labels, mulches and polytunnel coverings will degrade to release...
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SHC
Mar 1, 20241 min read
Canal Walks in Market Harborough
This spring, visit our local canal, with its newly refurbished tow path, and discover the wonders of birdsong or go on a journey of...
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SHC
Feb 21, 20241 min read
Nature Friendly Gardening
The days are getting longer, and things are starting to warm up, so thoughts are turning to gardening! The Soil Association have put this...
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Feb 20, 20241 min read
Boothby Wildland
Boothby Wildland in Lincolnshire (just an hours drive from Market Harborough), is a 617 hectare arable farm with variable grade 3 soil...
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Feb 1, 20241 min read
Heat Related Health Inequalities
Recent research published in the British Medical Journal shows that Climate Change has impacts on health and health inequalities—directly...
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SHC
Jan 31, 20241 min read
Trees on Northampton Road
Maybe you have noticed the work that has been going on on this patch of land opposite the Methodist Church on Northampton Rd? After a...
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SHC
Jan 10, 20241 min read
Hedge Planting - Get Involved!
Join Harborough Guides and Harborough Woodland to plant hedge whips, creating habitat and food for wildlife in this beautiful location -...
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SHC
Jan 10, 20245 min read
Improving Biodiversity and Woodlands in Harborough
Here is a really interesting proposal from Harborough Climate Action member Mike H., who has been working for years to try and improve...
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harboroughgreendir
Dec 10, 20232 min read
Every Creature Deserves a Home
Some thoughts from Lin Ball, a member of ACE (Anglican Chrches Ecoteams) One of the things we think about a lot as Christmas approaches...
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SHC
Nov 16, 20231 min read
Help to Save Weekley Hall Wood
Save Weekley Hall Wood is a community group formed to protect Weekley Hall Wood and wildflower meadow from plans to build warehousing on...
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