Your environment

• Plot ideas to help nature on interactive map

  15 May 2024

  1 minute read

  People are being urged to have their say on how best to protect and improve nature as the deadline for two surveys approaches.

• Stroll into spring with this year’s Walk Leicester Festival

  30 April 2024

  2 minute read

  A MONTH-long festival to encourage more people to enjoy the great outdoors and explore their local area on foot, gets underway this week.

• New online guide offers ideas and advice on cutting carbon

  25 April 2024

  1 minute read

  A NEW online guide to actions people can take to help Leicester in its response to the climate emergency is now available.

• Have your say to help make space for nature

  10 April 2024

  1 minute read

  City residents are being asked to help shape an ambitious new nature strategy for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

• Leicester’s network of Tiny Forests continues to grow

  15 March 2024

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S network of Tiny Forests is continuing to grow thanks to a partnership between the city council and a leading environmental charity.

• City’s new grassland plan wins national award for innovation

  11 March 2024

  2 minute read

  A NEW plan to manage Leicester’s urban green spaces in ways that benefit the environment and help nature thrive has won a national award for innovation.

• Funding secured for natural flood management scheme

  11 March 2024

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER is to receive £834,000 of Government cash to help tackle flood risk using nature-based solutions. 

• Netball players team up to plant trees

  22 January 2024

  1 minute read

  MEMBERS of a local netball team have joined Leicester City Council’s environmental rangers to plant dozens of small trees.

• Have your say on new climate emergency action plan

  19 January 2024

  3 minute read

  THERE’S still time for people to have their say on the next phase in Leicester’s aim to become a net zero and climate-ready city.

• Waste collection changes in city over Christmas period

  7 December 2023

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council will be making changes to its regular waste and recycling collection days due the Christmas bank holidays.

• Essential tree works scheduled for New Walk railway bridge

  29 November 2023

  1 minute read

  URGENT work to remove a small group of trees that are presenting a risk to the structural integrity of a railway bridge is to get under way on Monday (4 December).

• Project has helped local businesses cut carbon and reduce bills

  28 November 2023

  4 minute read

  A SCHEME set up to help businesses reduce their carbon emissions has supported over 200 firms in Leicester and Leicestershire with funding totalling more than £1.1million.