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- Thames21 welcomes Government’s plan to ban plastic in wet wipes, thames21.org.uk (Apr 22, 2024)
- Five years of a car-free Thames crossing, wearepossible.org (Apr 10, 2024)
- All hands to the pumps: the colourful rise of community-owned pubs, positive.news (Mar 05, 2024)
December 2023[edit | edit source]
- Greenwich: Closed pub reopens as community hub, BBC News (Dec 15, 2023)
October 2023[edit | edit source]
- Revealed: the UK’s ‘best’ new buildings, positive.news (Oct 23, 2023)
- SUVs emit more climate damaging gas than older cars do, study finds, theguardian.com (Oct 16, 2023)
- Charity uses carbon credits to make more homes energy efficient and greener – and it’s genius, bigissue.com (Oct 07, 2023)
September 2023[edit | edit source]
- Baby beaver born in London for first time in 400 years, theguardian.com (Sep 30, 2023)
- ‘I call it botanarchy’: The Hackney guerrilla gardener bringing power to the people, theguardian.com (Sep 28, 2023)
August 2023[edit | edit source]
- Clean air ‘a right not a privilege’, says London mayor as Ulez is expanded, theguardian.com (Aug 29, 2023)
- The pedal-powered ‘zero waste’ grocer taking on London’s supermarkets, positive.news (Aug 03, 2023)
July 2023[edit | edit source]
- Zimbabwe’s therapeutic ‘friendship benches’, coming to a city near you, positive.news (Jul 26, 2023)
June 2023[edit | edit source]
- A model for senior living? London’s commune for older women, positive.news (Jun 14, 2023)
- Cultural connections in the classroom, Wicked Leeks (Jun 08, 2023)
May 2023[edit | edit source]
- Where property prices are set by what local people earn, BBC News (May 01, 2023)
March 2023[edit | edit source]
- Beavers to return to London as part of urban rewilding, The Guardian (Mar 21, 2023)
Febraury 2023[edit | edit source]
- London to offer free school meals to all primary pupils for a year, The Guardian (Feb 19, 2023)
January 2023[edit | edit source]
- London to gain new garden in the sky, as the Camden Highline gets green light, camdenhighline.com (Jan 20, 2023) — Planning approval has been granted for the first section of the Camden Highline, running from Camden Gardens to Royal College Street. It will see the transformation of a section of disused railway into a new elevated urban park for London. The project is now set to offer much-needed green space to underserved communities, while creating a new global attraction for London, akin to New York’s High Line.
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