Hackney Council has released waste and recycling data following a Freedom of Information request by a member of the Sustainable Hackney Steering Group:-.  

• The data release is given here LBH.WasteData2011-12.pdf.
• For an Excel version…

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Proposals for the Chelsea-Hackney tube line, first mooted in the 1930's are back on the table once again.  A working group from business consortium London First, chaired by former transport secretary Lord Adonis, has published a report urging support for Crossrail 2 and favouring route option B below.  If the proposals win political and financial support it will be at least 2033 before the…

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Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) - Exploring a pathway towards emancipatory welfare conditions in the EU ...

http://ec.europa.eu/citizens-initiative/public/initiatives/ongoing/details/2013/000001



European Citizens initiative: A historical campaign has born | Basic…

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More details available at -

http://www.hackney.gov.uk/museum-exhibitions.htm

http://www.climatechangecafe.com

Exhibition opening at Hackney Museum on 8th Feb…

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A focal point for Clapton, Walthamstow and the Lee Valley



Currently visible but out of reach behind steel fencing, the Red House is the outstanding feature of the Thames Water site opposite the Princess of Wales pub, Lee Bridge Road. On February 4th a group of local residents saw the area from the opposite side of the river.



Seen from the Thames Water site, the weir, the Princess of Wales and the Lee Bridge basin promise to be a wonderful focus for leisure, recreation and… Continue

the B.I.G. idea

http://www.flickr.com/photos/russell-higgs/8486215412/

We're over half way through our winter sessions in Wick Wood. There's been a good turn out from a bunch of nice people, with all degrees of experience from nil to lots. You can still squeeze into one of the few spare slots this Sunday or Sunday 3rd March if you contact …

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Fri 15 Feb 2013 @ Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children

... The Tree is a one year collaborative project, alternating weekly between Russell Higgs and cAt Monstersmith.



The Tree was initially believed to be a Tree Of Heaven, but…

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With the change to the new recycling system coming very soon we are left in the dark about what is happening to the amount of waste and recycling in our borough.  The council has not published any data since December 2011 when the Annual Monitoring…

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There's progress at Cow Bridge. Last week a new lockable bollard appeared, and yesterday I arrived just at the right moment to see the spectacular uprooting of the gate and post. Apparently they'll be re-installed in another park, so this brand new kit won't be wasted. So, the bridge project is just about finished, and only 14 months…

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Hackney has the largest expanse of green space (815 acres) within inner city London but can we take this as a symbol for how green the borough is in general?

 

I’m a local Hackney resident and environmental documentary photographer. I try to tell stories through a series of images that encourage people to think more deeply about issues such as…

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... the latest ink edition of Hackney Citizen is out and about from today ...

... it includes season 2 episode 3 of my ongoing fumetti COMMONPLACE on page 8 :)

... meanwhile ....

.the complete season…

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... "- the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective - the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly: the guaranteed income" said MLK ...

Guaranteed income

Basic income

Citizen's income 

- London Meetup - Sun 10 Feb in Camden…

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A busy weekend of eco activity included woodland management on Saturday and tree planting on Sunday. Having finished planting 19 new trees on Hackney Downs in January

Tree…

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Volunteer power is continuing to transform Hackney's green landscape from over managed, conservative parkland into wildlife friendly, sustainable playgrounds for all. This is possible thanks to local experts, small grants and hours of dedicated volunteering.

2013 - the story so far…

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Hackney has the largest expanse of green space (815 acres) within inner city London but can we take this as a symbol for how green the borough is in general? Environmental sustainability goes far beyond simply maintaining parks and woodland to encompass recycling of natural resources, reducing our carbon footprint, investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency, encouraging biodiversity, promoting cleaner air and growing more eco-friendly food. The challenge of sustainable development…

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Londoners shouldn’t be left out in the cold

As many of you will know I have been campaigning on fuel poverty for many years. Each winter elders across London are faced with ever higher fuel bills and are often faced with the appalling choice of heating or eating. On Fuel Poverty Awareness Day last week I…

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