What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds City Council has published its ‘Don’t Pave it, Save it’ guidance, which encourages residents to consider the environment and their impact on flood risk when renovating their front garden or driveway. The hard surfacing of front gardens for parking and reduced maintenance is increasingly popular, with over a quarter
There are now just five months to go before world leaders gather in Glasgow for the big climate change conference. Meanwhile, the scientific evidence about our changing climate accumulates. The 2015 Paris climate agreement committed countries to keep the global temperature increase to just 1.5C above late 19th century levels
BBC Radio 5Live is coming to Leeds to focus on climate change and the mission for the city to become carbon neutral by 2030 – and they want you to be involved! Have you changed your job, lifestyle or the way you travel because of concerns about climate change? Is
A Partnership of local organisations including Our Future Leeds, Voluntary Action Leeds, Together for Peace and Leeds Tidal, supported by a host of other Leeds community organisations have been successful in receiving a £2.5m award from The National Lottery’s Climate Action Fund. The partnership has a goal of creating a
Harrison Spinks has made a seismic pledge to become fully net carbon zero by the end of 2021, offsetting its entire carbon footprint, as the manufacturing company announces the launch of a new function, Harrison Spinks Renewables. The fifth-generation bed and mattress manufacturer, which employs over 500 people at its
Tackling climate change in Leeds gets £2.5 million boost, thanks to National Lottery funding £2.5 million of National Lottery funding is going to a partnership of Leeds organisations, including Voluntary Action Leeds, to work with communities across the city to take action, tackle climate change and create over 40 local
On Thursday 31 July councillors on West Yorkshire Pension Fund’s Joint Advisory Group (JAG) took the unexpected step of voting against the proposed WYPF Funding Strategy Statement. WYPF manages the pensions of local government workers in the five West Yorkshire Councils. The Statement was rejected by a majority of councillors
Councillor Lisa Mulherin is Leeds City Council’s Executive member with responsibility for Climate Change, Transport and Sustainable Development and it’s clear that she relishes this new role when we met at Leeds Civic Hall. I started by asking her how declaring a Climate Emergency in March 2019 had affected the
With the world’s eyes increasingly on extreme weather, plastic and air pollution, and climate change, Leeds residents are pulling together to host a major event to get the city fixing and reusing, instead of throwing things away. The popular Leeds Repair Cafe, part of an international movement, has been running
As part of our Climate Crisis series, South Leeds Life asked local schools what they are doing around environmental education and action. Here are the responses from Cockburn school and Greenmount Primary School in Beeston, but first the members of Westwood Primary School‘s Eco Club in Middleton: We are a