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The Refill Revolution: How One Campaign Cut Plastic Waste Across Britain

The Refill Revolution: How One Campaign Cut Plastic Waste Across Britain

Refilling is no longer just for water bottles. Across Britain, people are topping up pasta jars, detergent bottles and coffee cups as part of a fast-growing movement that’s cutting waste, saving money, and reshaping everyday shopping.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Oct 28, 2025
Pollution to Protection: How Farmers are Rewilding their Fields

Pollution to Protection: How Farmers are Rewilding their Fields

Rain falling on a fertilised field may seem harmless, but when it carries nitrates, phosphates and other agricultural residues into nearby rivers and streams, it fuels one of the UK’s most persistent environmental problems.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Oct 21, 2025
The Moss That Holds Back the Storm: Why Peatland is Britain’s Forgotten Flood Defence

The Moss That Holds Back the Storm: Why Peatland is Britain’s Forgotten Flood Defence

Walk through a rain-soaked moor on a winter’s day and you will feel it underfoot, the soft, springy ground that seems to drink in the downpour. It is not just mud or moss. It is one of Britain’s most overlooked natural assets in the fight against flooding: peatland.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Oct 2, 2025
Stormwater, Smart Tech and the Next Generation of Water-Sensitive Cities

Stormwater, Smart Tech and the Next Generation of Water-Sensitive Cities

The first thing most people think when it rains in a city is not wonder at the gift of water, but worry. Will the drains cope? Will the road outside flood? Will the river break its banks again?

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Sep 30, 2025
World's First Global Water Yearbook Launches as Water Crises Reshape Governance Worldwide

World's First Global Water Yearbook Launches as Water Crises Reshape Governance Worldwide

Free pioneering publication delivers comprehensive analysis across 8 regions as UK abolishes Ofwat and nations confront unprecedented water challenges

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Sep 26, 2025
River Rangers: Retired Volunteers Patrolling and Protecting Local Streams

River Rangers: Retired Volunteers Patrolling and Protecting Local Streams

When people think of retirement, they often picture leisure, travel or time with family. Yet for a growing number of older adults, retirement has opened the door to something equally rewarding: becoming guardians of local rivers and streams. Across the UK, retired volunteers are stepping forward as “river rangers”, patrolling waterways, recording wildlife, monitoring pollution and fostering community pride.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Sep 26, 2025
Fish Come Home: Biodiversity Booms in Rewilded Rivers

Fish Come Home: Biodiversity Booms in Rewilded Rivers

Across Britain and Europe, rivers that were once engineered into rigid channels are being allowed to breathe again. Concrete embankments have been removed, floodplains reconnected, and meanders re-introduced.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Sep 25, 2025
Thames Water’s Offshore Empire: What We’re Learning This Week

Thames Water’s Offshore Empire: What We’re Learning This Week

As Britain grapples with crumbling infrastructure, polluted rivers and rising household bills, new revelations about Thames Water’s offshore financial structure are fuelling fresh outrage.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Sep 15, 2025
Data Drought: Why We Still Don’t Know Enough About Our Water

Data Drought: Why We Still Don’t Know Enough About Our Water

We live in an age of unprecedented information, where data drives everything from shopping habits to space exploration. Yet when it comes to one of the most vital resources on the planet, we are still in the dark.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Sep 11, 2025
Restoring Respect: How a Water Ceremony Helped Heal a Divided Community Post

Restoring Respect: How a Water Ceremony Helped Heal a Divided Community Post

Water has always been more than a physical necessity. Across cultures and throughout history, it has symbolised life, renewal and connection.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Sep 10, 2025
The Plastics Pipeline: How Microplastics Pollute Our Rivers

The Plastics Pipeline: How Microplastics Pollute Our Rivers

Plastic pollution has become one of the defining environmental challenges of our time. While images of ocean plastic islands and entangled marine wildlife dominate headlines, a quieter crisis is unfolding closer to home: the pollution of our rivers by microplastics.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Sep 9, 2025
Lake Powell on the Brink: Deadpool Dilema.

Lake Powell on the Brink: Deadpool Dilema.

Lake Powell, the United States’ second largest reservoir, remains haunted by the spectre of reaching “deadpool”. This is the point at which water can no longer flow through Glen Canyon Dam to supply downstream users

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Sep 1, 2025
The Road Ahead: Repairing Trust, Infrastructure and Our Relationship with Water

The Road Ahead: Repairing Trust, Infrastructure and Our Relationship with Water

From crisis to commitment, where the Commission must take us next

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Aug 20, 2025
Water Justice: Who Pays, Who Profits, Who Suffers?

Water Justice: Who Pays, Who Profits, Who Suffers?

A broken system that rewards some while leaving others behind

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Aug 19, 2025
Turning the Tide: The Community that Restored Its River

Turning the Tide: The Community that Restored Its River

When the water first turned murky and the fish disappeared, few in the village believed the stream could ever be clean again. Once a lifeline for wildlife and a favourite spot for children to paddle, the narrow waterway had become a neglected trickle choked with litter and algae. Yet against the odds, a small community and a group of determined conservationists brought it back to life.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Aug 15, 2025
The Trust Deficit: How the Public Lost Faith in the Water System

The Trust Deficit: How the Public Lost Faith in the Water System

This is the sixth article in our series examining the findings of the 2025 Water Commission report. Today, we focus on an issue that cuts across every aspect of the sector: public trust.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Aug 14, 2025
Drought, Deluge and Denial: Water Resilience in a Warming UK

Drought, Deluge and Denial: Water Resilience in a Warming UK

This is the fifth article in our series examining the findings of the Independent Water Commission’s 2025 report. Here, we focus on the UK’s vulnerability to climate extremes and ask whether the current water system is fit for the future.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Aug 12, 2025
Nature-Based Justice: Who Gets Left Behind When Green Solutions Gentrify?

Nature-Based Justice: Who Gets Left Behind When Green Solutions Gentrify?

As cities embrace green infrastructure to combat the climate crisis, not everyone is reaping the benefits.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Aug 7, 2025
Pipes, Plants and Pollution: Rebuilding Britain’s Water Infrastructure

Pipes, Plants and Pollution: Rebuilding Britain’s Water Infrastructure

This is the fourth article in our series examining the findings of the Independent Water Commission’s landmark 2025 report. Previous instalments have explored privatisation, regulatory oversight, and financial extraction. Today, we turn our attention to infrastructure: the hidden backbone of the entire system.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Aug 6, 2025
Follow the Money: Where Did the £85 Billion Go?

Follow the Money: Where Did the £85 Billion Go?

That is the estimated amount extracted from England’s water system by shareholders and affiliated entities since privatisation in 1989, according to the July 2025 Independent Water Commission report.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Aug 5, 2025
No Mow, Let It Flow: Councils Let Grass Grow to Save Water and Boost Biodiversity

No Mow, Let It Flow: Councils Let Grass Grow to Save Water and Boost Biodiversity

Across the United Kingdom, a quiet revolution is taking place along our verges, parks, and roundabouts. Once the domain of meticulously trimmed lawns and neat flowerbeds, these spaces are being left to grow wild.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Jul 31, 2025
Regulators on Trial: Can Ofwat and Defra Be Trusted to Fix a Broken System?

Regulators on Trial: Can Ofwat and Defra Be Trusted to Fix a Broken System?

Across the United Kingdom, frustration with the state of the water industry has been growing for years. From sewage spills in rivers to eye-watering executive pay at privatised companies, the public mood has shifted from unease to outright anger.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Jul 30, 2025
A Reckoning for Water: Inside the Landmark Commission Report on Privatisation, Pollution and the Public Interest

A Reckoning for Water: Inside the Landmark Commission Report on Privatisation, Pollution and the Public Interest

The scandal at the heart of England’s water system has finally broken into the mainstream. A new Commission report lays bare the staggering cost of decades of regulatory failure, mismanagement and unchecked profiteering.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Jul 29, 2025
Liquid Inequality: Who Really Suffers When the Water Runs Dry?

Liquid Inequality: Who Really Suffers When the Water Runs Dry?

In the drought-stricken township of Makhanda, South Africa, residents queue with buckets for hours at communal taps. In California’s Central Valley, low-income farmworker communities rely on bottled water while nearby almond orchards receive priority irrigation.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Jul 25, 2025
When the Water Rises: Learning from the Texas Tragedy

When the Water Rises: Learning from the Texas Tragedy

In the early days of July 2025, Texas witnessed yet another devastating chapter in its long history with extreme weather. Torrential rainfall inundated communities from Houston to Austin, leaving neighbourhoods submerged, families displaced, and lives lost.

Shaun Warren
Shaun Warren
Jul 23, 2025
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