Environment

Ellesmere Park head towards spring with news of a new ladies gardening group starting 26th February, new park refurbishments and dates for upcoming litter picks. Story by Geraldine and Sahdya from Friends of Ellesmere Park. [Read more]

Story and photos by Ruthe Heskin. After a tough year Green City Action are calling on the local community for their support. They have plenty of ideas to develop local environmental community projects but need [Read more]

Story by Saleema Imam. Photo by Sarah Truman. As part of 2021 Heritage Open Days theme ‘Edibles’, the Friends of Burngreave Cemetery held their apple day on Sunday 19th September. After an early downpour, the [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones, Burngreave Clean Air Campaign. We deserve better air, not worse. Air pollution caused by motor traffic can result in harm to the unborn baby, abnormal development of the brain and lungs [Read more]

Story by Benoit with photos by Darren. There are times where life forces us to reconsider what we want to be part of. Call it a mid-life crisis if you wish, but reaching the 40 [Read more]

Story by the Sheffield City Council North-East Local Area Committee. Every year your Councillors fund activities across Burngreave Ward. This funding includes activities, like the magnificent light festival in Parkwood Springs. We also fund local [Read more]

BOOK NOW for this SATURDAY 23rd October at 10am: Park Ranger’s Event for children at Ellesmere Park. Join the Park Ranger and help to plant daffodil and crocus bulbs and plant wildflower seeds Go on a [Read more]

After a tough year Green City Action are calling on the local community for their support. They have plenty of ideas to develop local environmental and community projects but they need to build their capacity [Read more]

Story and photo by Elissa Thompson. Behind the allotments at the end of Ellesmere Road North there is a piece of land owned by Sheffield Homes. Those of you who live nearby, will know this [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones. Photo by Polly Perkins. Nobody can deny that our bus services are in a mess. They are infrequent, expensive and unreliable. Less polluting buses are needed to tackle environmental and public [Read more]

In year 4, Falconry UK came to visit our school and showed us lots of different birds like owls, hummingbirds and other various birds. When they came, they told us why the birds looked the [Read more]

Story by Vanesa Dunkova. Unfortunately, the world is being destroyed by deforestation, urbanisation and air pollution. Changes like these have caused climate change, poor air quality and undrinkable water. The first negative impact humans have [Read more]

Story by Y6 USA. Innocent sea animals are being killed. Plastic pollution travels all the way through lakes, streams and rivers demolishing their beautiful habitat. This needs to stop immediately! Almost all the rubbish on [Read more]

Story by Year 3 Denmark On the 23rd of April 2021 Year 3 Denmark had a visit from a real farm! They made a farm in our playground with sheep, alpacas, goats, ducks, and lots [Read more]