Making the Circular Economy Work
Hosted by Tevi, this online session brought together sustainability professionals and businesses that successfully contribute to a circular economy (CE) transition in Cornwall, Scotland and the Netherlands and aimed to reconcile best practice approaches. The event involved the presentation of three programmes aiming to promote the transition to CE through business support, stakeholder engagement and […]
Connecting with nature in Cornwall
The fourth event in a series sharing projects promoting our connection with nature, this event brought together enterprises BF adventure and Nature Connects to showcase their successes in engaging people with nature and to discuss the challenges they have faced. Dan Raven-Ellison also shared insights into campaigning for increased connectivity between people and nature through […]
Improving Soil Health in Cornwall for Landowners and Farmers
Following on from the successful Field to Fork webinar, Tevi and Agri-Tech collaborated on this webinar: improving soil health in Cornwall for landowners and farmers. This event aimed to demonstrate current technological advancements and innovation in Cornwall, by showcasing three brilliant projects run by organisations directly tackling the decline in soil health occurring within the […]
Connecting and Regenerating Land for People and Nature
Tevi’s Connecting and regenerating land challenge network aims to explore the challenges faced by landowners and businesses looking to improve their land’s productivity and biodiversity by sharing solutions, demonstrating successful case studies, and providing support. This event showcased key examples of local regenerative land approaches for improvements in land productivity, ecosystem services and nature provisioning. […]
Front-line advances in the low carbon energy transition
On the 9th September, Tevi’s Vicky Smyth interviewed Chris Coonick from WREN (Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network), Amanda Forman (Planet A Solutions) and David Bowers (BP Group Technology) as part of our ‘in conversation with’ series. The interactive Q&A session was moderated by Vicky Smyth and aimed to reconcile best practice approaches. The ‘in conversation with’ […]
Tevi’s contribution to CIoS LIS opportunities
Programme overview Launched in January 2018, Tevi has quickly become one of CIoS most recognised and high impact enterprise support programmes. A Priority 6 ERDF–funded partnership programme, Tevi uses circular economy and environmental growth strategies to help businesses improve the resilience of their processes, increase productivity, and play their part in growing Cornwall’s unique natural environment. Tevi has directly supported 255 businesses and is on track to surpass its output targets. While this progress evidences Tevi’s success, there […]
Academics & business leaders discuss Cornwall’s Circular Jobs Monitor
Described by Professor Stefano Pascucci as “A historical moment” this session introduced Cornwall’s Circular Jobs Monitor and provided the opportunity for academics and business leaders to discuss the report findings and potential impact. The baseline report was recently published through a collaboration between Tevi and Circle Economy in the Netherlands. The full report can be downloaded here. […]
Sustainable Food: Innovative Approaches to Procurement and Surplus
Changing our food system is one of the most impactful actions we can take to address climate change, create flourishing rural communities, and rebuild biodiversity. The current food system has resulted in the loss of many small scale food producers and manufacturers to national conglomerates. It has also resulted in inconceivable volumes of food being […]
TeviLIFE-C Camera Traps
March and April 2020 were set to be a busy few weeks for the TeviLIFE-C team to install more of the much-awaited, live–streaming nature cameras. Then the global pandemic struck. Unable to visit the far reaches of the county—including wildlife locations on the Isles of Scilly—the team came up with a parcel-sized alternative. The core aim of Tevi is to help businesses grow, whilst also encouraging growth in the natural environment. Our online portal […]
What can Cornwall Wildlife Trust do for your Business?
Author: Catherine Pinney Focussing on business support was the topic for our recent Tevi event titled: “What can Cornwall Wildlife Trust do for your Business?” Enthusiasm ran high during the session, which featured case studies from existing business supporters which have benefitted from their links with the Trust, who are also a Tevi project partner. […]
