With the election campaign now under way and politicians arguing on how to best allocate financial resources, the RSPB today launches a report urging politicians not to sideline the environment...
For over two years, YHREF has been examining two very difficult questions: What are the ‘environmental limits’ that matter in Yorkshire & Humber? How should strategy and decision-making change...
Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up at informal sessions known as Green Drinks. We have a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government and...
Sheffield Is My Planet – a partnership between Sheffield City Council and Sheffield First for Environment – is an innovative public information campaign with a brand new website and...
CO2Sense Yorkshire has announced it is offering two packages of funding to SMEs in Yorkshire and Humber that are working to cut greenhouse gas emissions through resource efficiency.
Like so many people, YHREF found themselves snowed in over the Christmas holidays. At first we spent our time making wholesome soups but there is only so much soup one...
How can we address the serious and immediate problems of recession – unemployment and low pay – and cut carbon emissions at the same time? Councillor Maya de Souza believes...
The Yorkshire and Humber Environment Index closes for submissions on 29th January 2010. Over 100 companies have already committed to take part this year. If you would like to join...
Celebrating through times of crisis: prospects and potentials for tourism, festivals and cultural events is the next in the Journeys of Expression series. Building on the established collaboration between the Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change (CTCC) and the International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA), this conference will bring together international academic researchers in the field of tourism and festival studies with policy makers and practitioners in the festivals and cultural events sector.
The University of Sheffield's Doctoral Training Centre for Interdisciplinary Energy Research students will be presenting the results of their mini-projects, future PhD projects and the Carbon Challenge at our autumn conference in the Carlton Park Hotel, Rotherham, on the 13th and 14th of September.
Guest speakers will give talks on the challenges the scientific and industrial community faces in meeting a sustainable energy future.
Key seminar on a key aspect of policy by the new coalition government on devolving powers from the centre: How best can we deliver regional economic growth in a period of deficit reduction?
How does culture fit within the Big Society, localism, and making neighbourhoods better? Is there room for culture within the the local authority improvement agenda? How can creativity help to engage people? In lean times, what is the argument for embedding culture within renewal work? Is the role of the arts in public realm bigger than public art?
This one day conference, supported by Arts Council England, will draw upon a successful and nationally unique three year programme called ‘Creative Places’ in Sheffield.
