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2 months ago | 
greatbritishlife.co.uk | Emily Green
The second half of the 19th century was a time of enormous change, and nowhere was that more obvious than in Manchester. Cotton was king and the city was growing, as was the gap between the rich and the poor. And that widening inequality was the backdrop to much of the work of a prolific author who moved into a home in Plymouth Grove on the edge of the city in 1850.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
greatbritishlife.co.uk | Emily Green
Charles Lightoller’s life reads like that of a barely believable action hero. He was shipwrecked and faced near starvation on one of the remotest islands on earth. He was caught in a cyclone and nearly drowned off the coast of West Africa. He almost died of malaria. He suffered a harsh Canadian winter during a gold rush and returned home to Lancashire penniless, although the banjo he played to keep up their spirits survived intact.
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Jul 6, 2024 | 
greatbritishlife.co.uk | Emily Green
The world was a very different place in 1964. The average house price was under £4000, a pint of milk cost 9d and a Ford Cortina – the last word in stylish family motoring – would set you back about £600. All of those have seen huge rises since then, but none of them has seen the same sort of increase as the RSPB’s Leighton Moss reserve. The numbers there have really taken flight.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
clf.org | Emily Green
Climate change isn’t waiting. Every day we continue to burn outdated fossil fuels to power our lives, we see the real-world impacts of climate-damaging emissions. Indeed, here in Maine, we experienced those impacts first-hand in the devastating storms that wreaked havoc this past winter. Storms that downed power lines, submerged roads, destroyed wharves and piers, and left families shivering in the dark for days.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
clf.org | Emily Green
Fossil fuel-powered transportation is the largest source of climate-damaging emissions in Maine, hurting our health and the environment. If we want to slow the climate crisis and meet the state’s emissions targets, we must slash the pollution spewing from tailpipes in our cars, SUVs, vans, buses, trucks, and tractor-trailers.
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Jul 17, 2023 | 
greatbritishlife.co.uk | Emily Green
The pub had been closed for three years before Clitheroe-based James’ Places added it to their stable of venues and it has proved a popular addition. The bar and dining areas – inside and out – are packed with people happily tucking into their lunch, some of it made with ingredients from just over the road. Lancashire Life writer Olivia Assheton had turned up that morning with a huge basketful of rhubarb, as well as herbs and greens from her kitchen garden at Downham Hall.
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Jul 8, 2023 | 
greatbritishlife.co.uk | Emily Green
Canal Burscough owes its existence to the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. It was just a few scattered homes among the fields until 1774 when the men with spades arrived, carving a link between two of the north’s greatest cities. Houses were built, shops were created to serve the growing population and pubs opened to serve the weary travellers. The canal dominated activity here for decades – there were stables for the horses, a veterinary hospital at the wharf and it was a vital trade link.
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Jun 2, 2023 | 
clf.org | Emily Green
It was a crisp Sunday morning in late-May as I got my daughter ready for one of my favorite activities of the month: the annual fish run. Dappled sunlight danced through waving trees, beckoning us over trails leading to the fish ladder. We greeted the brook with the same enthusiasm as the alewife dorsal fins skimming along the water’s surface. The energy and life submerged beneath mirrored my daughter’s rich laughter. At this moment, I couldn’t help but reflect on how much I love New England.
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Apr 24, 2023 | 
kcet.org | Emily Green |Sandi Hemmerlein |D. J. Waldie
Residential lawn is going the way of the gas-guzzler across southern California. In a horticultural version of the cash-for-clunkers program, the bounty on grass offered by water agencies has gone as high as $4 per square foot. But, as the turf goes out, what's coming in? Poppy-studded cottage gardens? Disturbing tangles of weed cloth, cactus and gravel? What about retrofitting for stormwater capture? What are the ramifications in terms of heat, dust and glare?
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Mar 31, 2023 | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Emily Green
Spring is fleeting and summer is long. To mark the advent of spring, follow this climate-conscious resource and tip sheet informed by some of the mid-Atlantic’s best gardeners and educators who are out to help us turn upheaval into opportunity. What climate zones meanThe USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map classifies cold hardiness of regions in 10-degree increments according to running averages of minimum recorded temperatures.
