News archive: 2024
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![Gardening equipment sits outside of a greenhouse](/media/1514/img_2552-cut.jpg?quality=65&width=720&height=405&mode=crop)
Students' Gardening Club Project brought to life
Tuesday 9 July 2024 1.02pm
Back in June 2023 Hereford Cathedral Junior School took part in the Greener Footprints Week school poster competition, and saw their entry from student Soli win top prize in the Junior category! The stipulations of the competition meant their prize…
![Metal shed housing second hand school uniform for parents to access for free or for what they can afford](/media/1510/bosbury-uniform-shed.png?quality=65&width=720&height=405&mode=crop)
Year of use for uniform shed
Monday 24 June 2024 3.28pm
Innovative uniform swapping shed at Bosbury Primary supports the environment and families. In the summer of 2023, Friends of Bosbury School (FOBS) introduced a second-hand uniform swap in a secure, self-service shed positioned within the grounds of…
![Image montage of attendees and speakers at the Big Green Business Event](/media/1507/business-event-success.png?quality=65&width=720&height=405&mode=crop)
Success at Big Green Business Event!
Wednesday 12 June 2024 3.20pm
Herefordshire Council and Herefordshire Means Business hosted a sold-out business networking breakfast earlier this week, at the Shell Store on Skylon Park, as part of Greener Footprints Week. Some 100 delegates from a broad range of Herefordshire or…
![Greener Footprints Week 8-16th June 2024](/media/1504/greener-footprints-generic-title-only.jpg?quality=65&width=720&height=405&mode=crop)
Greener Footprint Week is here!
Friday 7 June 2024 9.37am
This year, Greener Footprints is again taking part in the Great Big Green Week with events, a competition, and other opportunities for you to engage with. The theme of the week is ‘swapping for good’ – can you make a swap to help the climate and nat…
![Two students lean in over a tray filled with pond water resting on a log stump.](/media/1488/img_1558.jpg?quality=65&width=720&height=405&mode=crop)
Pond dipping delight at Bosbury Primary School
Tuesday 21 May 2024 11.55am
Tadpoles, Dragonfly and Water Boatman – a school pond, and new equipment, offers students at Bosbury Primary School the chance to see a wonderful array of wildlife up close. In late April, officers in the Sustainability and Climate Change team at H…
![The Big Green Business Event shell Store Skylon park](/media/1482/eventbrite_big-green-event.jpg?quality=65&width=720&height=405&mode=crop)
Big Green Business Event
Friday 10 May 2024 12.12pm
The Herefordshire Means Business (HMBiz) Team are hosting a Big Green Business Event, in partnership with Herefordshire Council's Greener Footprints initiative on Tuesday 11 June at the Shell Store, Skylon Park, Hereford from 8am to 12pm. The event…
![Insect ID sheets and bug magnifying pots lie on grass](/media/1479/img_2.jpeg?quality=65&width=720&height=405&mode=crop)
Wildflower meadow at Ashperton Primary Academy offers benefits to students and biodiversity
Wednesday 8 May 2024 2.54pm
In June 2023, Herefordshire Council’s Greener Footprints initiative ran a poster competition for primary schools across the county, inviting their students to create posters that celebrated the natural environment, under the theme ‘Our Herefordshire,…
![Farm Carbon Workshop: Learn how to weatherpproof your farm 23 april 2024 9am-1.30pm at broockhampton village hall HR1 4SG](/media/1461/news-article_weatherproof-your-farm-workshop-002.png?quality=65&width=720&height=405&mode=crop)
Farm Carbon Workshop: Learn how to weatherproof your farm
Wednesday 17 April 2024 3.02pm
Herefordshire Council are delighted to be partnering with 4R Reassurance to deliver a farm carbon workshop, featuring regenerative agricultural consultancy Neils Corfield, focusing on grazing and mixed farming operations. The changing climate is cre…
![Greener Footprints Herefordshire Sandwich Sessions - lunchtime webinars for business](/media/1458/eventbrite_sandwich-sessions_just-logo.png?quality=65&width=720&height=405&mode=crop)
Greener Footprints Sandwich Session Webinar Series kicks off
Friday 22 March 2024 1.06pm
Yesterday, 21.03.24, saw the new series of mini webinars through the Greener Footprints initiative – known as Sandwich Sessions – kick off with an insight into Electric Vehicle Charging in Herefordshire. The session included information on EV chargi…
![Webinar - forging a path to net zero and nature rich, herefordshire climate and nature partnership board, recording now available to watch](/media/1457/news-_hcnp-webinar-for-website_recording-available.png?quality=65&width=720&height=405&mode=crop)
HCNP board webinar - Your questions answered
Tuesday 12 March 2024 10.36am
On the 29th February, Herefordshire council, Herefordshire Green Network and members of the Herefordshire Climate and Nature Partnership (HCNP) Board came together to deliver a Webinar, sharing an insight into the achievements, activities and plans o…
![An image of a Herefordshire landscape of trees, river, farmland with text overlaid regarding a webinar](/media/1455/eventbrite-main-image_hcnp-webinar.png?quality=65&width=720&height=405&mode=crop)
Upcoming webinar - HCNP board and Herefordshire council
Wednesday 14 February 2024 10.31am
Herefordshire Climate and Nature Partnership Board was set up just over two years ago as a key part of Herefordshire Council's mission to deliver a net zero and nature-rich county. What has it been up to? Join us to gather an insight into the achiev…
![A group of 5 students stand behind a banner of images and text discouraging plastic use and encouraging re-usable bottles](/media/1439/whitecross-go-plastic-free-formatted.jpg?quality=65&width=720&height=405&mode=crop)
Whitecross High School says no to single-use plastic
Thursday 1 February 2024 2.08pm
Whitecross High School is putting an end to single-use plastic bottles. At Whitecross High School, a passionate, student-led eco team has been on a mission to reduce plastic waste within the school. Last year, their dedication took a bold turn when…