Environment Matters on Mix 92.6

It’s a bit counter intuitive, but abandoning a piece of land to let nature take its course is not, usually, ... Read more

In this, their 30th anniversary year, there’ve been some big highs and lows for Highfield Park. In this week’s Environment ... Read more

Great Gaddesden, near Hemel Hempstead, is to see a 70 acre site become a refuge for nature as part of ... Read more

Christmas is a wonderful time of year, especially for children. Opening brightly wrapped, new toys, has really become the essence ... Read more

Ever wondered why you bother with recycling? Or perhaps thought about what happens to the stuff you put in your ... Read more

This year’s record high summer temperatures and prolonged drought has been a challenge for so many of the plants surrounding ... Read more

This year’s summer has left our gardens scorched and sad so in this week’s Environment Matters podcast we get some ... Read more

This summer has been many things – unusually hot, unusually dry, and very good for solar panels. And on Environment ... Read more

When we think about locally produced food, there’s little that gets more local than local honey, which is, of course, ... Read more

Threatened by drought, disease and even just wilful damage, our trees have never needed our help more. So it’s good ... Read more

Earlier this year we heard from 3 local artists who had decided to come together to use their considerable and ... Read more

Whilst here in the UK we moan about the cost of electricity, there are lots of good things to say ... Read more

Launched back in the spring, the Peoples’ National Emergency Briefing is a film narrated by Chris Packham, consisting of experts ... Read more

For so much of our wildlife here in Hertfordshire, prolonged hot, dry weather is a real challenge, and one of ... Read more

Whether you drive a car, cycle, or simply walk or wheel, we’re all affected by the speed of traffic on ... Read more

There’s some good news for Hertfordshire’s ancient woodland, the species that rely on it and the people that enjoy it. ... Read more

In this week’s Environment Matters podcast, Jessica Beare, Business Development Manager for Severn Trent Green Power, gives us an insight ... Read more

At this time of year, with our windows open in the evenings, we’re suddenly aware of moths. They don’t get ... Read more

Water Voles are now endangered and are classed as a Red List species. Their populations have plummeted by roughly 90% ... Read more

We’ve heard so much recently about making our food more sustainable, resilient and fair. Well, it turns out that St ... Read more

Energy prices are soaring and, with the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, our energy future feels insecure. We’re looking ... Read more

Yes, in this week’s Environment Matters podcast, Amanda Yorwerth ia talking rubbish with Louise Palmer, Waste and Recycling Officer at ... Read more

It’s half term and it’s a hot one. So how about a fun, educational, and free water based activity that ... Read more

There are many ways in which doing food better would help both people and the environment – and earlier in ... Read more

The Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is coordinating the second only Herts Rivers Week, coming up during the schools May ... Read more

Running since 2019, the Sakura Cherry Tree Project hopes to foster friendship between the Japanese and British people with the ... Read more

On 2nd May 1996, the grounds of the former Hill End and Cell Barnes Hospitals started a journey to become ... Read more

Sir David Attenborough’s latest BBC television series, Secret Garden, shows us the delightful and diverse wildlife that is hiding in ... Read more

Local environmental activists are excited about a new film which they’re being asked to share by running screenings across the ... Read more

If you’ve visited Redbourn, you’ll know that it’s a quiet village with a beautiful and huge village green, a church ... Read more

For one year it’s been saving people money, saving people space in cramped homes and reducing the environmental footprint of ... Read more

Here on Environment Matters and on Mix 92.6 generally, we like to hear from local businesses – hear what they’re ... Read more

Like me, you’re definitely part of the issue we’re going to hear about in this week’s Environment Matters podcast. It’s ... Read more

There’s lots going on in the world of regenerative farming here in Hertfordshire. And now there’s another Hertfordshire event putting ... Read more

The move to electric vehicles and away from vehicles which burn fossil fuels is an essential part of lowering our ... Read more

Sir David Attenborough has shown us plastic in the oceans, we ourselves see plastic litter on our streets and even ... Read more

The jewel in the natural crown of Hertfordshire is the chalk stream rivers that flow through it. In fact, we ... Read more

Watford was the first district council in the country to introduce a bike-share scheme back in 2020 and Watford BC ... Read more

You’ve probably heard of regenerative farming and the suggestion that it can feed us all sustainably whilst solving the climate ... Read more

Damp cardboard for recycling has been a bit of a controversy online locally. So in this week’s Environment Matters we’ll ... Read more

Have you noticed how helping people and the environment so often go hand in hand? Take the East Herts Uniform ... Read more

The publishing of the Hertfordshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy could be the key to big changes to help local wildlife. ... Read more

Junior members of the Green House Climate Club have been testing things again – this time the air. And they’ve ... Read more

In this week’s Environment Matters we’ve even more of your nature highlights from 2025. So if you need some uplifting ... Read more

It’s a really special podcast this week – a heart warming compilation of listeners nature highlights of 2025. Hear about ... Read more

Junior members of the Green House Climate Club have been putting another eco product to the test – this time ... Read more

Airport expansion is being given the green light across the UK in the hope that it will deliver the economic ... Read more

We know about the importance of us humans being connected to nature and how, here in the UK, surveys show ... Read more

Whilst there’s a lot of bad things about climate change, there are some upsides too. And one of them is ... Read more

Not long ago we found out that Britain is one of the least nature connected countries in the world. Which ... Read more