LCRN is working in partnership with the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) to provide residents of the seven member boroughs with free compost bins and composting advice to make best use of them.

If you are a resident of Hackney you may be entitled to receive a compost bin free of charge - please note that this is a very limited offer, so you'll have to be quick to register. The giveaway events will be taking place on the 4^th of March from…

Dalston Carbuncle

Greenwash, Greed and Grey Politics

The rush to cash in on Hackney's open door development policy is escalating as…

  Professor Anthony Hall, Globalisation Studies, University of Lethbridge, Canada has explored the survival strategies of indigenous peoples facing dispossession. His study, titled, the Bowl with One Spoon is in two volumes, American Empire and the Fourth World.  and Earth into Property. The latter was chosen by The Independant newspaper as one of the top books of 2010; Naomi Klein said, "I cannot overstate the importance of this book".

 Peace Place, Common Witness,…

  Just received an update from Kevin Annett in Canada, the former United Church minister who was defrocked when he exposed the genocide of Canada's tribal children in the 'Indian Residential Schools'.  Canadians 'sustain' decorum by isloating and hounding whistle blowers and murdering witnesses. See the documentary film at www.hiddennolonger.com …

Sustainable Hackney is planning to expand the coverage of its green maps over the coming months, and we've got help from Hackney Council to do it.  Hackney is providing desk space and IT facilities for an intern to work with us to add many more items to the map and develop new icons.  

The new icons allow us to separate food from food growing, local community groups from regeneration projects and cycling from other transport.  We also want to expand our coverage of the local economy…

Closing date 5th March 2012.

General Apprentice Advert (pdf)

We have celebrated the lengthening of the days with a very toasty bonfire for Imbolc.

Today we've written to Cllr Demirci, the cabinet member responsible for waste and recycling as follows:-

"Sustainable Hackney understands that a paper on a change to the recycling system for street level properties will be presented to Cabinet on 20^th March.  We feel that the proposed change should be subject to a wider debate and consultation and…