The BGS is focused on public-good science for government and on research aimed at understanding the earth and its environmental processes, helping society use natural resources responsibly, managing environmental change, being resilient to environmental hazards, and adapting to climate change.
Research Areas:
1) Adaptation to a changing environment
2) Better use of energy resources and raw materials
Their research is split into several areas, which include: the safe geological disposal of radioactive waste, carbon capture and storage; Innovative use of the underground to store energy; clean power and heat, including shallow and deep geothermal energy sources and the offshore siting of wind farms and tidal barrages; adapting effectively to environmental change and helping to develop community resilience to environmental change.
The Word Forest Organisation is a young charity founded by passionate environmentalists based in the South West. They plant trees, build schools, facilitate education and support women’s empowerment in rural Kenya. Trees planted in the tropics grow up to ten times faster than anywhere else on the...
Passionate about nature, dedicated to saving it. Since the RSPB started on their mission in 1889, the threats to nature have continued to grow, but they’ve grown to meet them too. The RSPB is now the largest nature conservation charity in the country, consistently delivering successful conservati...
The Beach Co-op began in 2015 when a group of volunteers started meeting every new moon to collect marine debris at our local surf break – the rocky shore at Surfers Corner in Muizenberg. They wanted to do something for the ocean that gives us so much. This vision underlies the work they do today...
