11 October 2017
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03 October 2017
Firs Farm Wetlands has won a Living Waterways Awards in the 2017 competition, which is run by the Canal & River Trust, the national charity which has the task of protecting more than 2000 miles of waterways in England and Wales.
Firs Farm, located on the borders of Palmers Green, Winchmore Hill and Edmonton, was winner of the Contribution to the Natural Environment category. The judges commented that "The highly integrated nature of this scheme, involving very active partners and.......
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22 September 2017
If you’re planning to refurnish a room the right piece might just be there waiting for you at the Barnet Furniture Centre. This valuable local asset is at the top of Colney Hatch Lane in Friern Barnet (4 Queens Parade Close, N11 3FY – tel 020 8361 6802) and should be much better known.
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19 September 2017
Enfield joins a global push towards a car-free day
World Car Free Day takes place on 22 September
Enfield schools, students and staff commit to leaving cars at home
TfL’s STARS project is also supporting the initiative across London
Families across Enfield are being asked to leave their cars at home and find alternative ways of getting into school in celebration of World Car Free Day (22 September).
World Car Free Day also coincides with Transport for London’s.......
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01 September 2017
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30 August 2017
In line with his support for Make London a National Park City, the Mayor of London is setting up a Greener City Fund to provide money for local groups to plant trees and improve green spaces. Groups have until 29 September to apply for Tree Planting Grants and until 20 October to apply for Community Green Spaces Grants.
Greener City Fund
Mayor Sadiq Khan’s new £9 million fund to create and improve green spaces and encourage more tree planting in London.
The Mayor wants.......
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02 August 2017
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02 August 2017
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01 August 2017
Forty Hall Farm has announced that over the summer months it will be opening on five days a week and has posted a short film on YouTube describing the activity of its community growers.
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Starting from Wednesday 26th July, summer opening hours will be:
Wednesday: 11.00 – 16.00
Thursday: 11.00 – 16.00
Friday 11.00 – 16.00
Saturday 11.00 – 16.00
Sunday 11.00 – 16.00
During visiting hours children can see animals in the barns,.......
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22 July 2017
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26 May 2017
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21 May 2017
Pinkham Way will be removed from Haringey's 'Site Allocations' - the Council admitted at the hearing that it wasn't needed for its employment strategy.
So, potential developers will no longer be able to argue that a development's benefit (i.e. its contribution to the borough's employment needs) outweighs the harm to nature conservation.
This is a very big win indeed for residents.
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19 April 2017
This article has been republished with permission. It originally appeared on the Greener Journeys website on 22nd April. In view of yesterday's announcement, the first sentence presumably no longer holds true.
DEFRA is due this month to publish its new Air Quality Plan. Government has already lost two court cases on this issue, so the pressure is on.
Concern over air quality is no longer just the preserve of environmental groups and it is widely recognized that we are facing a.......
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14 April 2017
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05 April 2017
The Mayor of London has announced that he intends to bring forward the introduction of the Ultra-Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) in Central London by a year. Subject to further consultation, it will now come into force in April 2019. Drivers of petrol vehicles that don’t meet Euro 4 standards and diesel vehicles that do not meet Euro 6 standards will have to pay a daily fee of £12.50 for cars, vans and motorbikes and £100 for buses, coaches and HGVs.
Initially, the ULEZ.......
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31 January 2017
An online petition on the 38 Degrees website is calling on the Mayor of London to include the whole of Greater London in the Ultra-Low Emissions Zone, for it to cover all types of vehicle and for it to come into force by 2019.
The petition was created by Daniel Jones of Enfield Green Party.
“We call on the Mayor of London and Transport for London to introduce an Ultra Low Emission Zone for all vehicles to cover the whole of Greater London by 2019.”
Why is this important?.......
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27 January 2017
In a particularly bad time for air quality (not yet over), a couple of newspaper headlines that bring home the problem.
The front page of yesterday' Evening Standard
A London head teacher today issued a heartfelt “cry for help” to protect her pupils from toxic air which has blighted the capital for days.
Effie Demetriou of Bowes Primary School, next to the North Circular, begged Sadiq Khan and Transport for London to act and cut local pollution........
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25 January 2017
Air pollution levels in London and elsewhere in the UK have been alarmingly high since before the weekend. Yesterday central London registered the highest possible alert level: 10: Black. And the extremely high and dangerous levels reached outer London. 8: Red at sites in Enfield - a value associated with central London on particularly bad days.
Pollution peaks in London 23 Jan 2017 recorded by www.londonair.org.uk (Source: Evening Standard)
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