Exiled from Hackney

Do you know anyone exiled from our corporate police state? My best friend has just fled…

Biofuelwatch is looking for a full-time Bioenergy Campaigner.  This is an opportunity to join the Biofuelwatch team for a minimum of 6-8 months of maternity cover position, although we hope to be able to extend this longer-term (subject to successful fundraising by the team). As a Bioenergy Campaigner, you will be working alongside a small team to support local groups running community campaigns in opposition to proposed biofuels and biomass power stations across the UK.  Additionally, you…

Sustainable Hackney supports the campaign by Stokey Local objecting to the proposed development at Wilmer Place.  To read more about the campaign see Stokey Local.

The deadline for comments on the proposal is this Friday 21st September.

Bring your family and friends and your wildlife costume to a free, fun family event at Waterworks Nature Reserve Lamas Rd on Saturday 15th September, 10am -4pm.

Experience a range of activities and entertainment against the back drop of a stunning wildlife community  garden.

For more information:…

“Just then they came in sight of thirty or forty windmills that rise from that plain. And no sooner did Don Quixote see them than he said to his squire, ‘…I intend to do battle with them and slay them. With their spoils we shall begin to be rich for this is a righteous war...’

‘Take care, sir,’ cried Sancho Panza. ‘Those over there are not giants but windmills. Those things that seem to be their arms are sails which, when they are whirled around by the wind, turn the…

Hackney Council's Voluntary and Community Sector Grants Programme for 2013/14 is open for applications.

The grants support the delivery of the six objectives contained in Hackney's Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS) which are:

• Objective 1: Reduce poverty by supporting residents into sustainable employment, and promoting employment opportunities.
• Objective 2: Help…