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A site in Belfast city centre is set to be transformed into a community garden as part of an initiative to launch temporary green projects in the city.
Around £115,000 is being invested in making the city greener as part of A Bolder Vision for Belfast thanks to Belfast City Council and the Department for Infrastructure Blue Green Infrastructure fund.
The 'Grey to Green' initiative from Belfast City Council invited the city's businesses, social enterprises, charities, and...
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A flood hit council is to seek Shared Island funding to "swiftly invest" in its water way defences in the absence of a functioning Stormont Executive.
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council's (NMDDC) environment committee approved two motions this week to prepare and defend against future flood risks.
The chamber was also presented with an update on the fallout of the October/November (2023) floods in Newry and Downpatrick, with an independent consultant's report due to...
Read more: Newry, Mourne & Down to seek Shared Island Funds to 'swifly invest' in flood defences
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Knockbreda Primary School has been taking part in the Belfast City Council One Million Trees project
South Belfast school children have planted over 550 trees in an effort to boost local wildlife and the environment.
Knockbreda Primary School pupils have been taking part in the Belfast City Council One Million Trees project and have planted hundreds of trees around their school grounds on Tuesday morning.
Every year group in the school has been involved in planting the trees, with them being...
Read more: South Belfast primary school children plant over 550 trees to help local environment
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A Co Down chemical free community garden is to be extended following council approval this week.
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council's (NMDDC) active and healthy community committee signed off on the extension request from the Saintfield Community Association.
READ MORE: The Co Down community garden thriving in first year
A council officer said: "Following committee approval in June 2021, Saintfield Community Association has created an allotment and community...
Read more: Saintfield chemical free community garden gets extension approval
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Bible verses inside plastic bottles are being dumped into the River Bann in Coleraine on an "industrial scale", an environmental group has said.
The Sea2It organisation launched an appeal on social media to try and identify those responsible.
The organisation, a not-for-profit community interest company dedicated to protecting the marine environment, said it has been removing the bottles from the Bann "for years".
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