25 November 2025
Karl Brown argues why Enfield residents should lend their voices to a campaign to ensure that a Grade 1 Site of Importance for Nature Conservation just over the border in Haringey should no longer be classified as suitable for industrial uses
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05 November 2025
Enfield Council and the Restart Project are working together to set up a 'mobile repair café' which would operate from multiple venues across the borough, repairing electronic devices and other items, and teaching people repair skills. If you're interesting in volunteering, or just want to find out more, there's a meeting at Enfield Town Library on 22nd November.
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20 August 2025
People living in Enfield and other north London boroughs have an opportunity to take part in a 'group buy' scheme and install environmentally friendly and cheaper heating in their homes at a reduced price.
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20 August 2025
Enfield Climate Action Forum is recruiting volunteers to help schools handle the challenges of climate change.
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12 August 2025
How can we create an economy that is sustainable and does not produce so much waste, but still have access to the things that we need? In other words, how do we develop a circular economy? Join Enfield Climate Action Forum's online meeting on 28th August to hear from subject experts and put your own point of view.
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15 July 2025
Enfield Council's proposals to restore the meandering course of the Pymmes Brook as it flows through Arnos Park are supported by nature conservation volunteer group Pymmes BrookERS but opposed by park users groups Friends of Arnos Park and Arnos Park Preservation Society. In this article, Colin Barratt from Southgate District Civic Voice summarises the positions of all four organisations.
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09 July 2025
Enfield's first community tool library launches on 24th July and will be opening once a week for people to borrow a range of different tools.
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15 January 2025
Two environmental groups have published their responses to a consultation on a draft version of a new waste strategy for north London. Enfield Climate Action Forum and Stop the Edmonton Incinerator Now both argue that the draft in its current form will not do enough to improve the amount of reusable materials that are recovered from household waste and relies too heavily on incineration, which by emitting greenhouse gases is exacerbating the climate emergency.
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18 December 2024
'Micromobility bays' for rental e-bikes are being installed in streets in Enfield borough south of the North Circular Road, to support a trial in Haringey. The bays form part of a drive by Transport for London to tackle the problem of hire bikes littering pavements and causing obstructions and hazards.
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05 December 2024
If waste authority bosses thought that environmental campaigners, along with campaigners for good governance, had abandoned their efforts to put a stop to the building of a new and bigger waste incinerator in Edmonton, they have been proved wrong. An open letter sent to energy secretary Ed Miliband sets out in the clearest terms yet why the mega-incinerator makes no sense in economic terms, while the reasons why operating it would be environmentally disastrous are becoming more evident almost by the day
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16 November 2024
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.
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12 November 2024
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.
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30 October 2024
North London Waste Authority wants to know about residents' reuse habits and thoughts about single-use plastics.
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25 October 2024
Transformation of a playground at a Palmers Green primary school into a more environmentally sustainable area was celebrated this morning at a tree planting ceremony attended by the leader of Enfield Council.
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23 September 2024
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.
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29 June 2024
A recording of yesterday's election hustings for the Southgate & Wood Green constituency is now online. The LibDems were represented by their election agent as their candidate could not attend. As happened with the Edmonton & Winchmore Hill hustings, both the Conservative and Reform parties failed to take up the invitation to participate.
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28 June 2024
A recording of yesterday's election hustings for the Edmonton and Winchmore Hill constituency is now online. All candidates apart from those standing for the Conservatives and Reform attended.
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22 June 2024
Ahead of next months's general election, Enfield Dispatch, Enfield Climate Action Forum and LocalMotion Enfield are joining forces to run online hustings focussing on three of the most pressing issues that the next government has to tackle: the housing crisis, the cost of living and, last but certainly not least, climate change.
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19 June 2024
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.
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