by Zero Carbon Shropshire | Dec 10, 2022 | Blog
by Julie Howe This is one of the hardest times of year to stick with sustainable living intentions, as it’s easy to get caught up in the frenzy of consumerism that Christmas can sometimes seem to be. We’ve probably all bought unsuitable presents in desperation on...
by Zero Carbon Shropshire | Nov 20, 2022 | Blog
by Alexander Yashchik The idea of both Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) and Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) involves the integration of the battery of a battery-powered electric vehicle (BEV) and harnessing its energy to power the Grid or Home. This is not just...
by Zero Carbon Shropshire | Aug 7, 2022 | Blog, Zero Carbon Shropshire
We’ve heard it all before. Refuse. Reuse. Recycle. But, how much difference does it make? Are plastics really that bad? Is it worth recycling? It’s a big topic to cover so let’s break it down. The Good Synthetic plastics have been around for 115 years....
by Zero Carbon Shropshire | Jun 13, 2022 | Biodiversity, Blog, Love Nature
“There cannot be a more important event than the greening of the world, for it prepared the way for everything that happened on land thereafter.” (Richard Fortey, Palaeontologist) How did the Earth change from a rocky, naked, lifeless planet to a world blessed with a...
by Zero Carbon Shropshire | May 9, 2022 | Biodiversity, Blog, Love Nature, Taking action, Volunteers
Photo by Gary Bendig (Unsplash) Citizen science is when research is conducted, wholly or partly, by members of the public, who don’t need to have a science background. Citizen science is sometimes described as “public participation in scientific...
by Zero Carbon Shropshire | Mar 30, 2022 | Blog
What is peat and why WAS it important to humans? Peat is a wonderful thing. But it is in many ways a victim of its own success. Let me explain. Peat is a soil-like substance made of accumulated dead plant material, mainly Sphagnum moss, that has grown...
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