Watch a recording of the recent webinar Front Gardens on the Frontline, with information about the problems caused by paving over front gardens, which include residential flooding, hotter cities, and loss of vitally important pollinating insects.
Climate change is making our cities hotter, to the point where vulnerable people are dying from the heat, while associated heavy downpours are causing more flooding of streets and homes and leading to sewage overflows polluting our rivers. So what can we, as individuals, do to help? CPRE London say that we can start by taking the apparently trivial step of restoring front gardens that have been paved over. Join an online talk on Thursday to find out more.
The Pymmes BrookERS, a volunteer-run river action group, respond to concerns voiced about a project under consideration that would change the course and appearance of the Pymmes Brook as it flows through Arnos Park.
Enfield Council will be launching its updated Climate Action Plan at a "community networking and fun event" to be held at Edmonton Green Library on Saturday 22nd June.
The next four years are critical to tackling flooding and water pollution in London. To address these problems, London must urgently become a 'Sponge City-. But how - and why? And how can Londoners with front or back gardens help? Alice Roberts from CPRE London explains.
A couple of months ago PGC published an invitation to join in work to clear floating pennywort from the Lee Navigation. Pippa Rowlinson has been back in touch with a new date, Sunday 26th May. This time the work will be carried out in the vicinity of Springfield Marina in Clapton
Enfield Council and the North London Waste Authority are conducting a survey to find out what residents think about single-use plastics and switching to reusable alternatives.
Quentin Given from Friends of the Earth reports on this week's climate hustings, held in Wood Green, to which four of the candidates for the post of Assembly Member for Enfield & Haringey were invited.
