Biodiversity

Coping with Climate Change – garden survival!

by Mike Paice, Insight Manager

It’s not hard to see climate change impacting our gardens. Around Milton Keynes where I live, for example, we went from a 30° heatwave and drought conditions to 15° with high winds and flooding within the space of a few days in September. These unpredictable and extreme conditions are being felt all over the UK. And our gardens are suffering.

12th October 2023

Go Green x The Parks Trust: Great Crested Newts

In April 2023, Lewis Wilkinson from the Parks Trust joined a Go Green session to explain more about great crested newts and why they are a protected species. Many great crested newts call our Walton Hall campus home and Lewis explains how we can all help to create a biodiverse haven for newts and other creatures to thrive. Lewis also shared tips on how we can help protect the newts if we happen to find them in our green spaces.

Watch the recording of this session below:

17th May 2023

View of the River Thames at Oxey showing blue sky, reeds, fields and clear water

Why the plastic wet wipe ban is a step towards cleaning up our water quality

We spoke to Dr Kevin Collins, Senior Lecturer in Environment & Systems at The Open University, about the ongoing issue with water quality, and the Government’s recent move to ban ‘plastic’ wet wipes:

We all know that plastic in our rivers and our oceans is a bad idea. The Government has recently announced its intention to ban wet wipes as part of a wider strategy to help improve our rivers, coasts and seas.

24th April 2023

David Attenborough sat on rocks in coastal scene

#ShareYourWildIsles

To celebrate the release of the highly anticipated Open University (OU) / BBC series, Wild Isles, the OU is inviting you to share your favourite British and Irish nature spots or species on social media, using the hashtag #ShareYourWildIsles.

Simply head to The OU’s social channels and share your photo to get involved.

13th March 2023

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