CoaSTie Bash 2018: Cornwall - Not Just a Pretty Face

We're back for the 2018 Gathering of the Clans to get our back behind some of the biggest issues facing the county..

And this time we're serious.

Grow Nature Toolkit

Grow Nature Toolkit is up and running!

refugee crisis

The refugee crisis is a human manifestation of all the wrongs that we are allowing to happen in the world. And it's happening on our watch.

what to grow for pollinators?

Great resources to find out what to grow, where, and for what...

reboot champ: team bosinver

Bosinver are GOOD at communicating - inspiring their visitors to get outside and get dirty.

the point about scything...

Scything. On old skill - and a fossil fuel, healthy, productive way of harvesting grass and managing wildflower meadows..

wonderful wonderful willow

Willow is awesome. It turns wetland into better habitat, helps store water, captures carbon, creates pollinator space and offers material for baskets, walls, fencing and staking. Awesome.

pond life!

Bottom feeders, top feeders and everything you can imagine in between. Ponds are a crucial part of positive water and habitat management ...

good hedges = great habitat

Didyou know...Cornish hedges are probably amongst the best in Europe....but only 1% are being managed properly. Here's how...

positive communication!

Do it. Then SAY you're doing it. Cos that's how you INSPIRE *others* to do it too! :)

positive soil day at Little White Alice

We had a fab day on SOIL at Little White Alice this week...

water v Nestle

Nestle is one of the most boycotted companies in the world; are currently pulling water out of California to bottle and sell; and have said water "is not a right". Really??

ReBoot Champ: Lizzy

Lizzy Stroud, Railholidays - lots of expertise on planting, pollinators and habitat

reboot programme hits the papers

Western Morning News picks up the ReBoot programme

Our natural environment is in decline...and it's hurting the economy...

So....we've figured out that trashing our natural systems isn't a fab idea...

Cornwall County's very own Ecologist

Cornwall County has an Ecologist again...good news, we reckon...

going big on birds

How to turn the wild bird problem into a ReBoot Success...

wildlife gardening

How to make your garden a haven for wildlife, and then co-habit with them all...

reboot champ: lorna and laura

Heligan are going wild at heart. With bells on.

About Bloomin' time

Huzzah! A National Pollinator Strategy! Print-press hot this week...

environmental growth

Surely not?

climate change impacts on tourism

Climate IS Changed. And we're starting to get our heads round the impacts on tourism ...

the bath bone's connected to the sea bone...

CoaST is working with Bude Cleaner Seas to develop bespoke towel cards - and they're doing the business!

what's nature ever done for us

Tony Juniper nails it. Wake up and smell the coffee of what the world does to keep us breathing.

clean, green and gorgeous hits Bodmin

How cleaning need not be a cardinal sin against the environment...

Our Land Live Wire

Our Land Live Wire is live!

clean green and gorgeous hits Newquay

The Importance of Having Good Props....

clean, green and gorgeous in Penzance

Desiging out pollution with a new cleaning habit...

Looe Marine Conservation Group in action!

Looe Marine Conservation Group has hit the ground running...

pesticides agreed to be bad for our bees

Pesticides contribute to risks in declining bee populations, study finds

what's a catchment when it's at home, then?

Catchment. What's one of those? And do I live in one?

fishy ambassador leads the way!

Fishy CoaST Ambassador Harbour Lights is a proper Positive Deviant - go for it, guys!

so - are you fogged up?

SAS have a new campaign: save our beaches - don't pour fats, oils and greases...simple!

honey's too tight to mention....

Bees have taken a hit this year...what can we do about it?

water framework what?

Water Framework? Directive? Wossat? It's a new bit of law. From the EU. And it'll help us clean up our waters....

flood water impacts beaches, too

Marine Conservation Society warns of impact on beaches of flood run off

water, water, everywhere...or is there?

So....drought or flood? What's happening?

rspb says wind power works for birds

The RSPB, the UK charity working to protect bird populations, has given the greenlight to use wind energy to power its own activities.

south west and midlands now in drought

Official drought zones have been declared in a further 17 English counties, as a warning came that water shortages could last until Christmas.

loss of bees would cost uk 2billion a year

Every hotel, B&B, campsite and cafe garden is needed! Imagine how many acres that is!

spelman holds drought summit

As drought spreads across multiple UK counties, another Number 10 summit is held to discuss our options...

exmoor is first dark skies reserve in the uk

Exmoor is the first Dark Skies Reserve in the UK...another great success from the south west...

david attenborough and population growth

David Attenborough urges big business to protect land from population growth

moving mountains?

Kazak locals hope for green tourism salvation

thinking beyond the gates?

Julia Schonharl writes about tourism and human rights in 2012: Can we ask anybody to think beyond the fences of the holiday resort?

tamar valley: an introduction

Start here; this sets you off nicely and helps you use the Tamar Valley tools to your best advantage.

the real deficit

This is the Real Deficit. And it's in no headlines.

plastic

Plastic not so fantastic? We are using more plastic bags, an extra 300 million bags were handed out to shoppers last year!

nature on the map

Natural England have a fantastic suite of maps...

cornwall wildlife trust map

Cornwall Wildlife Trust are the fabulous wildlife guys who do extraordinary work across the county - and are good partners of CoaST.