Posts Tagged ‘climate change’
Leader – ‘Lives, not spreadsheets’: Hackney’s new mayor is right to doubt the dashboard — but on climate, targets are how we survive
Standing in the council chamber at the first full meeting since the Greens’ landslide, Hackney’s new mayor set out a governing creed in plain terms
Read MoreCity Hall to introduce new data centre policy amid environmental concerns
The Greater London Authority’s Assistant Director for Environment and Energy confirmed City Hall is developing a new policy which will attempt to balance the economic benefits and environmental damage of the data centres
Read MoreInside Hackney’s green economy six years after council declared climate emergency
In 2019, Hackney Council declared a climate emergency and vowed to rebuild a greener borough. Six years on, how close are they to fulfilling that pledge?
Read MoreGrassroots renewable energy group transforms West Hackney church into ‘greenest in the country’
Stokey Energy has now installed solar panels on more than a dozen buildings across the borough, including a West Hackney church
Read MoreClimate campaigners urge council to ‘lead by example’ on plant-based catering
Plant-Based Hackney fears Town Hall is ‘nowhere near as ambitious as it claims to be’
Read MoreFrom McQueen to green
Meet Brett Mettler, the former high fashion designer teaching kids the beauty of sustainability
Read MoreHackney Council unlikely to hit target of switching to electric vehicles by 2030, officers admit
More ‘realistic’ transition date needed, says Town Hall’s fleet manager
Read MoreLegendary designer Katharine Hamnett backs Oxfam’s Secondhand September campaign
Hamnett visited her local branch in Dalston to support the charity’s #SecondHandSeptember drive
Read More‘Inspire residents’: Activists plead with Hackney Council to commit to fully plant-based catering
Town Hall urged to follow other councils in signing up to Plant Based Treaty
Read MoreFirst electric charger in Hackney’s ‘country-leading rollout’ installed in Hoxton
Follingham Court is the first place to benefit from the Town Hall’s partnership with energy firm Zest
Read More‘Fantastic opportunity’: Circular economy hub tackling food and plastic waste to launch in Hackney Wick
The Loop will offer work and event space to people trying to create environmentally-friendly products
Read More‘Medievalism’: Campaigners bristle as Hackney’s transport boss puts borough forward for road pricing pilot
Cllr Mete Coban says ‘affordable road user charging’ is next step in cutting carbon – much to the chagrin of Free Our Streets group
Read More‘We need more Hackneys’: Borough sees biggest drop in motor vehicle use of anywhere in London, according to new report
Research by London Cycling Campaign reveals a 37 per cent decrease between 2010 and 2020
Read MoreThree thousand electric vehicle charging points to be introduced in Hackney by 2030
Borough’s transport chief says rollout will alleviate concerns that some people have about switching to electric
Read More‘London must adapt to deal with extreme weather,’ warns Sadiq Khan
Top thinktank says capital is ‘unprepared for the effects of climate change’
Read MoreNominations open for this year’s Hackney Design Awards – with two new categories added
The biennial celebration of the borough’s architecture will now recognise ‘innovative and low-carbon designs’
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Scythe in pleasure
Kate Poland on the joys of sweeping a blade through the blades, and why it’s actually kinder and more efficient than a machine
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Bringing in the rain
Kate Poland on how we can use the weather to create big change
Read MoreHow green is Hackney?
In the wake of the COP26 climate conference, Lizzie McAllister looks into how Hackney fares on major environmental issues
Read MoreSustainably made play about climate change activism and class identity is coming to Hackney
Boundless Theatre production by award-winning writer Nessah Muthy arrives at Hackney Showroom on 13 November
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