About this theme
This theme covers topics relating to protecting, restoring, enhancing and caring for our natural environment. It is one of our current programmes for Fellowships, launched in 2023, and has been developed in consultation with our environment working group. Fellows’ stories.
Fellows' updates September 2025 Fellows' update: Henry McGhie
Henry McGhie (CF 2020) hosted a webinar with the Latvian Museum Association on promoting peaceful, resilient communities through museums and libraries, drawing on his Churchill Fellowship research.
By Henry McGhie, 2025
Blogs & conversations The environmental saviour that is… Donkey milk
As part of his Churchill Fellowship, Ross Watson travelled to the Balkans to see how four countries collaborate to remove invasive non-native plants along the 1000km Sava River. In Serbia’s Zasavica reserve, he found donkeys and horses grazing semi-ferally on invasive plants – turning a major environmental problem into prized products like milk, cheese, and soap. His Fellowship showed how being creative and using the right tools in the right way can bring environmental, economic, and community benefits – lessons he is keen to apply in the UK.
By Ross Watson, 2025
Fellows' updates August 2025 Fellows' update: Jemima Lovatt
Jemima Lovatt (CF 2025) has contributed analysis of the Independent Water Commission’s Final Report on Regulator Reform.
By Jemima Lovatt, 2025
Fellows' updates July 2025 Fellows' update: Ross Watson
Ross Watson (CF 2023) contributed to the Summer 2025 edition of Scottish Forestry journal for the Royal Scottish Forestry Society with an article on his Churchill Fellowship research into the management of invasive non-native plants.
By Ross Watson, 2025
Report Improving the sustainability of forensic consumables: the easy wins
By Rebecca Henderson, 2024
Fellows' updates May 2025 Fellows' update: Nikki Taylor
Nikki Taylor presented at the 2025 European Cetacean Society conference in the Azores, highlighting international case studies of successful bycatch mitigation gathered during her Churchill Fellowship.
By Nikki Taylor, 2025
Fellows' updates May 2025 Fellows' update: Jason Williams
Jason Williams collaborated with students from Manchester Metropolitan University to create Cloudscape: Rain or Shine, an installation for the 2025 Manchester Flower Festival inspired by his Churchill Fellowship research on urban greening in Europe and Asia.
By Jason Williams, 2025
Fellows' updates May 2025 Fellows' update: Jason Williams
Jason Williams joined the BBC presenting team for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
By Jason Williams, 2025
Fellows' updates April 2025 Fellows' update: Madeleine Luck
Madeleine Luck (CF 2020) joined a panel discussion at the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering exploring how to embed sustainability into research practices.
By Madeleine Luck, 2025
Fellows' updates April 2025 Fellows' update: Jason Williams
Jason Williams delivered a talk at Manchester Museum on how we can improve urban greening in the UK, sharing findings from his Churchill Fellowship research.
By Jason Williams, 2025
