This page is the beginnings of a portal for London community action in response to Ecological emergency. The majority of our information about this is collated via our place pages...Near you.
Events[edit | edit source]
June 22 - 30, Sat - Sun — London Rivers Week 2024, This year’s theme is ‘London is a river city’, with a focus on health and well-being and cultural activities, thames21.org.uk
Biodiversity[edit | edit source]
- London Wildlife Trust
- West London Organic and Wildlife Gardening Association (WOWga)
- Wikipedia:category:Nature reserves in London, Sites of Special Scientific Interest in London
Rewilding[edit | edit source]
- Citizen Zoo, Rewilding our future, added 14:44, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Environment quality[edit | edit source]
- Mums for Lungs, "group of London parents, established in Brixton in 2017, when a number of us were on maternity leave together. Walking around South London with small babies we became aware of the toxic levels of air pollution on London's streets. Our movement has grown rapidly in the last three years. We've been joined by many more mums — and dads — with children of different ages, and we've established two branches in East Sheen and Walthamstow (E17). We are united in our commitment to deliver clean air for everyone — for our children and future generations. We are a grassroots organisation with no formal structure. Most of our members are ordinary people with no specialist background in air pollution, who volunteer their time to campaign." added 14:46, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
Resources
- School Streets: Reducing children's exposure to toxic air pollution and road danger, mumsforlungs.org, Research concerning 4 cities: London, Birmingham, Bristol and Leeds, Jan 2021
- Breath London, South East London
- Clean Air in London
- Love Clean Air, South London air quality
- #londonschoking
Open spaces[edit | edit source]
Explore South East London's Green Chain
Green space in central London consists of five of the capital's eight Royal Parks, supplemented by a number of small garden squares scattered throughout the city centre. Open space in the rest of the region is dominated by the remaining three Royal Parks and many other parks and open spaces of a range of sizes, run mainly by the local London boroughs, although other owners include the National Trust and the City of London Corporation.
London is made of 40% public green space, including 3,000 parks and totaling 35,000 acres.
- Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC (GiGL), "the capital’s environmental records centre", gigl.org.uk, added 12:31, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
Community river action[edit | edit source]
Thames21 welcomes Government’s plan to ban plastic in wet wipes, thames21.org.uk (Apr 22, 2024)
- Thames21, putting healthy rivers at the heart of the community. "The voice for London’s waterways, working with communities to improve rivers and canals for people and wildlife." Thames21 on youtube.com
Trees, woodland and forest[edit | edit source]
Thames Chase community forest, 9842 hectares (24,320 acres/38 square miles) located in 47 sites in London and Essex, England. Its stated aim is
- ...to renew and regenerate the landscape at the edge of East London and South Essex by creating Thames Chase, the Community Forest: a varied wooded landscape for local people to influence, create, use, enjoy and cherish.
It has been managed as a community forest since 1990. The forest centre is located near Upminster and is surrounded by 56 hectares (140 acres) of new woodlands, meadows and ponds. W
See also[edit | edit source]
- Topic overview: Ecological restoration, Community action on biodiversity, Rewilding, Environment quality activism, Open spaces activism, Trees, woodland and forest
- UK context: Ecological restoration UK, Community action on biodiversity UK, Rewilding UK, Environment quality activism UK, Open spaces activism UK, Trees, woodland and forest UK
