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Backing Welsh food innovation
Backing Welsh food innovation Afallen has played a pivotal role with helping bring a new food to Welsh markets. The Lion’s Mane mushroom burger has proved to be a popular addition at the popular Swansea eatery and coffee shop ‘Ground‘. The mushrooms are harvested in Trimsaram, Carmarthenshire, and combined with other ingredients to produce a…
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Cardiff National Park City; could you be the new Chair?
The Cardiff National Park City movement is seeking a passionate and driven person to help make Cardiff one of the most nature-friendly cities in the world. The National Park City movement is well-established internationally, with London and Adeleide already being confirmed as National Park Cities, and several other cities such as Breda, Glasgow, Chattanooga and…
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We want you to have our transport impact spreadsheet!
We’ve been monitoring our transport impact in Afallen for just over a year now, as part of our assessment against the Seren EMS. Our data is imperfect; it relies on individuals filling out their individual trips made, and we all have pressing priorities. But – it’s a start, and it gives us an idea of…
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Nor-way in the lead on electric vehicles
The European Environment Agency has updated its data on the number of new electric vehicles purchased in Europe. When analysed as a proportion of the total cars, Norway is the out-and-out leader. The UK is a mid-table player, but this disguises very large variations by country. Northern Ireland and Wales are both poorly served by…
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Supporting the vulnerable: Challenge 2050
This blog post was written for Cymorth Cymru by David Clubb, ahead of him holding a presentation and workshop on climate change at their annual conference on March 26, 2020. How about this for irony; those who have contributed least to climate change, stand to suffer the greatest (1). This is as true globally as…
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Wales underwater?
The Wales of 2050 will be a very different place. Our society, technology, culture and economy have always changed over generational timescales, so there’s nothing inherently original or insightful in my opening statement. However the changes to come will be manifestly different to those experienced by previous generations. That’s because our current and future generations…
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Congestion Charge Cardiff – the Future Generations Approach
We think that a Congestion Charge – or Clean Air Zone – should be implemented in Cardiff. It’s in line with the Well-being Goals.
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An urban National Park for Wales
Afallen has been following the development of the National Park City concept with interest. We want to help bring it to Wales.
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Our environmental commitment
Here’s where we describe how we practise what we preach on the environment
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Plastic pollution in Wales
David Clubb talked to Radio Cymru this morning about plastic pollution in Wales. Here’s the recording.