One year ago, independently owned coffee chain Boston Tea Party (BTP) – which has 22 coffee shops across the UK, including in Exeter, Plymouth and Barnstaple – took the bold step of banning the use of single use coffee cups. It is celebrating its first Cuppaversary by making 1st June ‘National Making Things Better Day’.
From now on, each year on 1st June, BTP will pledge something more for the planet. This year, it is removing single use plastic milk bottles.
Boston Tea Party’s 22 cafés currently use a staggering 190,000 single use plastic milk bottles every year, and milk...
Join Devon Wildlife Trust and the University of Exeter on the Streatham Campus on Saturday 22 June for a fun family day out to discover a wealth of wildlife.
The event is being run in partnership between Devon Wildlife Trust and the University of Exeter as part of the Festival of Ecology which forms part of the British Ecological Society’s centenary celebrations.
The Race to Discover the Local Biodiversity will take the form of a Bioblitz. A Bioblitz is where you find, indentify and record as many plants and animals in one area as possible.