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Council hands out £10,500 to open repair cafés across Hackney

Volunteers will fix broken household items for free as the Town Hall marks Zero Waste Week with grants for seven community groups

Author: Hackney Citizen

Council hands out £10,500 to open repair cafés across Hackney

Hackney resident wins gold at Chelsea Flower Show with climate-resilient garden

Matthew Butler and fellow designer Joshua Parker teamed up with the Gates Foundation to create a future-proofed plot

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney resident wins gold at Chelsea Flower Show with climate-resilient garden

From McQueen to green

Meet Brett Mettler, the former high fashion designer teaching kids the beauty of sustainability

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘We don’t have another 10 years’: Hackney cookery school goes global to accelerate shift towards planet-friendly eating

Made in Hackney launches free online platform that teaches people how to set up their own community kitchens

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘We don’t have another 10 years’: Hackney cookery school goes global to accelerate shift towards planet-friendly eating

Nominations 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’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Nominations open for this year’s Hackney Design Awards – with two new categories added

Hackney Carnival 2019 – the biggest and greenest yet

Sustainability-themed celebration marked with eco-friendly initiatives

Author: Elettra Scrivo

Hackney Carnival 2019 – the biggest and greenest yet

Energy boss plans ‘roadshow’ to sign up boroughs for joint renewables drive

Calls made to use London councils’ collective purchasing power to ‘move markets’

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Big step forward’: Hackney Council to get half of its power from renewables by April 2019

Town Hall proposes working with other local authorities ‘to put rocket boosters under investment in renewable energy’

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Big step forward’: Hackney Council to get half of its power from renewables by April 2019

Energy chief leads charge to cut plastic use across the borough

Roll-out of new water fountains across Hackney planned over next four years

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Energy chief leads charge to cut plastic use across the borough

Looking to a sustainable future: Bancroft’s School sets sights on Green Flag Award in eco drive

The independent school in Woodford Green is transforming itself into an Eco-School, with massive improvements coming in plant-life, recycling, biodiversity and more

Author: Hackney Citizen

Green Room: Arcola Theatre aims to steal show in Sustainability category at The Stage awards

The magazine gave the Dalston performance hub the nod for its recent LED lighting scheme and its many other environmental credentials

Author: Hackney Citizen

Nominated: the Arcola Theatre have a chance to win big at The Stage awards. Photograph: Arcola Theatre

Saddled with Shakespeare: The Handlebards ride to Geffrye Museum

An all-bicycling theatre company is giving new meaning to the phrase ‘play cycle’

Author: Hackney Citizen

The Handlebards' all female troupe. Photograph: The Handlebards