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March News

  • Mar 30
  • 3 min read

Welcome to Sustainability News. In March we have quite some things happening. From small localised occurrences to world wide changes.



  1. Brownfield site to be turned into nature reserve


"Young people are taking a leading role in turning a brownfield site into a community nature reserve over the next three years.

Grow Wilder is a five-acre urban nature reserve on the edge of Bristol and is part of Avon Wildlife Trust's Intergenerational Action for Climate and Nature programme.

The programme recently received £870,000 from the National Lottery Community Fund and organisers hope that young people can help use that funding to transform the space.

The project is also keen for the local community to have a stake in the new site and have invited them in for tours and discussions through community open days."




  1. St.Pancras Station in London, UK could become better for us train lovers


"Eurostar could soon have a competitor in the famous rail connection between the UK and mainland Europe. London St Pancras Highspeed, the company responsible for the station, hopes a redesigned terminal could attract new railway operators to compete with Eurostar, reported the Times.

Direct services could then run to Frankfurt and Cologne as well as Geneva and Zurich, or even as far as Milan.

Robert Sinclair, the chief executive of London St Pancras Highspeed, added: “Joining forces with Eurotunnel is another exciting step on our journey to realise a future where high-speed rail is the preferred option for travelling to Europe."


Source: The Standard (https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/st-pancras-eurostar-france-germany-italy-switzerland-direct-trains-b1212434.html)



  1. Florida is advancing the State Park Preservation Act


"Tuesday marked Day 1 of the Florida legislative session, and already, a high-profile bill to prohibit the construction of golf courses, hotels and pickleball courts in state parks is gaining traction.

House Bill 209, called the State Park Preservation Act, passed its first committee with bipartisan support. The vote marked the first time the bill had advanced in the Florida House after a similar Senate version also got a unanimous committee vote during lawmakers' pre-session meetings.

Lawmakers filed the proposal after the Tampa Bay Times revealed last summer that the DeSantis administration was secretly planning to add potentially destructive amenities to parks across the state. The centrepiece of the plan was putting golf courses on the scrubland in Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Martin County."




  1. Second Hand apparel global sales increased by 15% in 2024


"Artificial intelligence will spur on sales of secondhand clothing, according to the boss of one of the biggest online resale sites, after global sales rose 15% last year – more than four times faster than the wider market.

Pre-loved clothing items now account for $227bn (£175bn) or 9% of total fashion sales, according to a report by analysts at GlobalData for online the clothing reseller ThredUp. The figure represents a big leap over the past five years and has led to resellers eating into the market share of major clothing retailers."



  1. Bayer ordered to pay $2 billion in latest Roundup weedkiller lawsuit

"A jury in Georgia has ordered Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in damages to a man who says the company’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, according to attorneys representing the plaintiff.


The verdict marks the latest in a long-running series of court battles Monsanto has faced over its Roundup herbicide. The agrochemical giant says it will appeal the verdict, reached in a Georgia courtroom late Friday, in efforts to overturn the decision.


The penalties awarded include $65 million in compensatory damages and $2 billion in punitive damages, law firms Arnold & Itkin LLP and Kline & Specter PC said in a statement. That marks one of the largest legal settlements reached in a Roundup-related case to date."




  1. Parisians voted for a further 500 streets to become pedestrianised


"Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.

Some 65.96% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, while 34.04% rejected it, official results showed. Only 4.06% of voters turned out in the consultation, which was organised by the municipality.

This was the third such referendum in Paris in as many years, following a 2023 vote that approved a ban on e-scooters, and a decision last year to triple parking charges for large SUVs.

The referendum will eliminate 10,000 more parking spots in Paris, adding to the 10,000 removed since 2020. The city's two million residents will be consulted on which streets will become pedestrian areas.

Paris town hall data shows car traffic in the city has more than halved since the Socialists took power in the capital at the turn of the century."


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