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BBC News
09-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Herefordshire museums get cash for climate change activities
Funding for activities designed to provoke discussions about climate change and the planet has been awarded to museums in awards of £3,000 and £2,000 will be spent on activities that engage people and encourage them to join in the conversation about the "huge effects" of climate change and people's "impact on our natural world", Damian Etheraads museum and art gallery lead at Herefordshire Council said competition for the grants was extremely tough and staff were "thrilled".He said the funding would allow them to connect with people in new ways around the subject. The £3,000 award from the Natural History Museum's Fixing our Broken Planet programme will be used to work with young people and create an exhibition looking at the impact of climate change locally that will run from this August to March next the £2,000 award is being spent on activities in Malvern in June to raise awareness about an event taking place this year, which is planned to inspire wonder for the natural world and spark a climate change Herds is a worldwide project that will see more than 100 life-sized animal puppets being taken on a journey of 20,000km across Africa and Europe between April and are two UK destinations for the procession, in London and Manchester. The actual procession will not visit Herefordshire. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Sky News
11-02-2025
- Science
- Sky News
Whale earwax and parasitic worms go on display at Natural History Museum as part of 'broken planet' exhibition
Whale earwax and parasitic worms are going on display at the Natural History Museum in a new exhibition about the "broken planet". The free new gallery is designed to "explore the biggest challenges facing our planet" and provide visitors with solutions and positive actions they can take. It is the first new, permanent gallery to open at the famous London museum since 2016. 'Fixing our Broken Planet' will feature bacteria that can be used to extract valuable copper from mine waste, show how bison are redesigning British forests for the better and explain how DNA analysis is fighting mosquito-borne diseases like malaria. Specimens like a Sumatran rhinoceros, parasitic worms and whale's earwax will be on show, curated to tell the story of the relationship between people and the planet. It comes amid mounting warnings about humans' impact on the natural world, including via "dangerous climate breakdown". Visitors will be given "practical, evidence-based choices they can take to combat the planetary emergency" as demand for food, materials and energy soars. Museum director Dr Doug Gurr said: "Our scientists have been working to find solutions for and from nature. Fixing Our Broken Planet places this research at the heart of the Museum... showing that we all have the power to make change." Opening in April, it is part-funded by the government's Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The gallery will "[demonstrate] how we can all make a difference", he added. Last week, the museum crowned a photo of a badger looking at graffiti as the winner of the wildlife photographer people's choice award.
