A local litter pick took place in Sheffield last weekend to support this year's Earth Day. Two young environmentalists and their mothers attended the 'Restore Our Earth' initiative to help restore the natural environment in their local area near Harborough Avenue,...
A member of the Sheffield Litter Picking Facebook group has created a petition to stop fly-tipping and bring back 'put out your rubbish days'. Michelle Hinson, the creator of the petition, wanted to make a stand after noticing the ‘enormous litter problem’ that...
Levels of fly tipping are rising at a worrying rate for South Yorkshire residents, despite Rotherham Council’s ‘Get Rid Reyt’ initiative. Items littered around Thorpe Hesley and Scholes have become an environmental health hazard to wildlife due to the amount of...
Sheffield will receive £180,000 to plant and protect trees as part of The Woodland Trust’s ‘Emergency Tree Fund’. Sheffield City Council will receive just over 6% of the £2.9 million fund that aims to help cash-strapped local authorities create more green spaces. Andy...
Sheffield Hallam University has designed and installed the first energy harnessing playground at a school in India. The hydroponic playground, which includes seesaws and growing frames, stimulates crop growth by using energy generated by children as they play. Heath...
Sheffield City Council have held a consultation in their hopes to connect Sheffield. The new route would link Neepsend – Kelham – City Centre The consultation, which ended on 3 March, was a new approach designed to transform travel throughout Sheffield, via...
Sheffield City Council and campaigners have worked together to reveal a new strategy to protect and preserve the trees. This follows four years of controversy over a contract to chop down Sheffield’s street trees. The 2.2 billion contract called Streets Ahead, aimed...
Local protesters who are campaigning against HS2 have vowed to “do everything they can” to prevent the railway’s construction in Yorkshire. On Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave the go-ahead for the project expecting to cost £106 billion. High Speed 2 is a...
A new trust is trying to recruit members of the public to help uncover previously hidden waterways that run through Sheffield's city centre. The Sheaf and Porter Rivers Trust was launched yesterday at the Showroom Cinema along with a screening of Lost Rivers, a...
For #NationalVegetarianWeek, ShefNews has talked to two women who are aiming to save the environment through vegetarianism. Katey Blagg, 21, has been vegetarian for over 14 years, while Larissa Aravantinou, 19, has been cutting out meat for the past 2 years. Both...
In association with University of Sheffield Sustainability Committee, the panel presented their talk and answered questions on May 10, to a fully booked theatre of students, and other activists. The individuals addressed how communities in the Global South, indigenous...
Sheffield Litter Pickers community calls for more volunteers as University of Sheffield Students join to support litter-picking events. Seventeen volunteers joined a litter picking event this morning near St. Mary’s Church. The event was run by TimeBuilders, a...
A Sheffield University student is aiming to eradicate litter for good - and is raising money for charity in the process. Abi Baker, 21, is killing two birds with one stone with her innovative strategy, being for every £10 donated to her charity giving page, she cleans...
Sheffield natives are claiming that its scenic beauty is being ruined by “careless” and “disrespectful” students. The city is known as England’s largest village and is famous for its mass of greenery, beautiful parks and the peak district. But, some people believe...
A zoology student has urged people to pick up their rubbish and has promised to complete a litter pick for every £10 donated to charity. As part of her charity hitchhike from Sheffield to Transylvania, Abi Baker must raise £250 for her chosen charities. Instead of a...
