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Sustainable Hackney Xmas Social at The Pembury Tavern

December 16, 2024 from 7pm to 11pm
You are invited to this year's Xmas / end of the year social at The Pembury Tavern.  Come along and meet others, celebrate achievements of the past year and start planning for the next.  All are welcome.See More
Nov 10
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Next Film for Action - Save the Date at St Paul's West Hackney

November 22, 2024 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm
The film explores concrete solutions individuals and communities worldwide can use to move toward a more circular economy.It will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A session to explore the topic further. The panel features:Patrick Scally, Executive Lead - Hackney Wick & Fish Island Community Development Trust (HWFI CDT)Alpesh Patel, Director - Refill TherapyCassie Quinn, Founder & Creative Director - CQ StudioGoing Circular was produced by “Circle Economy”, a global impact…See More
Oct 30
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East London Waterworks Park - help save the vision!

Jul 13
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The East End Trades Guild's Manifesto for the New Economy

The East End Trades Guild have a Manifesto for the New EconomyThe East End Trades Guild (EETG) is an alliance of 400 small independent businesses, socially trading organisations and self-employed people all working together for the common good in East London. The Guild is rooted in a Community Organising approach and aims to help build a bridge towards a fair, inclusive and sustainable economy.Read more about the Guild and it’s Manifesto for the New Economy at…See More
Apr 28
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Keep Our NHS Public

Can’t get a GP appointment? Struggling to find a dentist? Have a friend or family member on a surgical waiting list? If the answer is ‘Yes’ to any of the above, then you are not alone. People all over the country are struggling to get the care they need for a decent quality of life. Ahead of the General Election later this year, Keep Our NHS Public is launching a new campaign to build support for our vision for a People’s NHS. Sustainable Hackney is…See More
Apr 21
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Silo - zero waste restaurant film

Every year, the UK food indus­try wastes 1.9 mil­lion tonnes of food. This film doc­u­ments the sto­ry of one chef and his efforts to change this.Five years ago, Douglas McMaster opened the restaurant Silo, hoping to change the unsustainable practices of modern food systems.His aim was simple, yet frighteningly ambitious: create an award-winning menu using a zero-waste food system designed from scratch.This is the (9 minutes) story of that restaurant’s first five years:…See More
Nov 14, 2021
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Plastic Free Hackney film screening - The Story of Plastic at Hackney

June 11, 2021 at 6pm to June 16, 2021 at 7pm
 To mark World Refill Day, Plastic Free Hackney invite you to join them in watching The Story of Plastic. This will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A on Wed, 16 June 2021 from 19:00 – 21:00 BST.  Watch The Story of Plastic trailer at: https://youtu.be/37PDwW0c1so About this event The Story of Plastic is a searing expose revealing the ugly truth…See More
Jun 2, 2021
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Oct 31, 2020
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THIS YEAR'S SUSTAINABLE HACKNEY FILMS FOR ACTION

Sustainable Hackney's UK premiere screening of Mary Janes:  The Women of Weed on 7th March went very well but then COVID-19 came along, and the rest of our film season is now unfortunately on hold.We are not yet sure when we'll be able to show the next film but still have the following dates in mind:Friday 1 May - cancelledFriday 10 July - to be confirmedSaturday 26 September - to be confirmedFriday 20 November - to be…See More
May 27, 2020
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Mar 24, 2020
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Sustainable Hackney Films for Action Event at St Paul's West Hackney church hall

March 7, 2020 from 7pm to 11pm
Our first film of 2020 is Mary Janes: The Women of Weed.The film is about women who are leading the cannabis industry and how 'cannabis liberation intersects with the most urgent social justice issues of our time, how this green revolution has big effects on environmental sustainability, ending the War on Drugs and the Prison-Industrial Complex, and the destructive domination of Big Pharma’. It's part of the…See More
Feb 13, 2020
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The Dirty War on the NHS at Minerva Community Centre

February 12, 2020 from 7pm to 8pm
    Free screening of this important new film by John Pilger  (any voluntary donations made will be passed on to the film maker).See how banks, insurance and private medical companies now run the NHS for greed not need. The increasing financialisation of the NHS began with stealthy privatisation in the 1990s and was accelerated by the 2012 Health and Social Care Act.Patients are being dumped on the streets in the middle of the night to save money, and 20% of taxpayer funding now goes on…See More
Feb 2, 2020
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Towards a Dalston Plan consultation

Towards a Dalston Plan consultation on key issues and objectives - launched on Monday 27 January 2020.The consultation document and questionnaire is published alongside the Dalston Conversation report and is available at https://dalstonplan.commonplace.is/.How to have your sayTo view the key issues and objectives, and to have your say on the objectives, visit:…See More
Jan 26, 2020
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Sustainable Hackney at Hackney's Sustainability Day 2019

Here is a picture from Hackney's Sustainability Day 2019, on Sat. 16 Nov. It was great seeing you at our stall! There were lots of questions about Hackney Fixers, Fairtrade, Education for Sustainability and joining our mailing list. …See More
Jan 22, 2020
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Positive Money meeting on Land value Tax at Positive Money on Land Value Tax

November 13, 2019 from 7pm to 9pm
Positive Money Hackney & Positive Money Tower Hamlets are holding a joint meeting on Wednesday 13th November at 7pm. John Campbell will be presenting a talk on Land Value Tax. This is a practical proposal that could provide funding for housing and transport needs and many other issues that suffer from inequality. It has briefly been in UK law before as far back as 1931, so government have already seen the usefulness of having a simple system like LVT that is fair for all. If properly…See More
Nov 4, 2019
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East London Waterworks Park - help save the vision!

Posted on July 13, 2024 at 17:26 0 Comments

The East End Trades Guild's Manifesto for the New Economy

Posted on April 28, 2024 at 14:01 0 Comments

The East End Trades Guild have a Manifesto for the New Economy

The East End Trades Guild (EETG) is an alliance of 400 small independent businesses, socially trading organisations and self-employed people all working together for the common good in East London. The Guild is rooted in a Community Organising approach and aims to help build a bridge towards a fair, inclusive and sustainable economy.

Read more about the Guild and it’s…

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Keep Our NHS Public

Posted on April 21, 2024 at 21:00 0 Comments

Can’t get a GP appointment? Struggling to find a dentist? Have a friend or family member on a surgical waiting list? If the answer is ‘Yes’ to any of the above, then you are not alone. People all over the country are struggling to get the care they need for a decent quality of life.

 

Ahead of the General Election later this year, Keep Our NHS Public is launching a new campaign to build support for our vision for a People’s NHS.…

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Silo - zero waste restaurant film

Posted on November 14, 2021 at 18:30 0 Comments

Every year, the UK food indus­try wastes 1.9 mil­lion tonnes of food. This film doc­u­ments the sto­ry of one chef and his efforts to change this.

Five years ago, Douglas McMaster opened the restaurant Silo, hoping to change the unsustainable practices of modern food systems.

His…

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At 16:52 on August 13, 2014, Mary Atkinson said…

Many thanks Michael.  I hope to be at the next meeting

At 20:48 on June 25, 2013, John Little said…

Hi Michael

We certainly reduce the herbicide use by using plants but at the moment would find it difficult to use less, especially on the hard surfaces.

Happy to chat through, on the estate most weeks if you wanted to come down.  

 
 
 

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