Can some suitably practical local person please apply to be included in the Restart Project's London "how to" session on 14th September: how to get started running a Restart Party or community repair event - logistics, tools, venues, health & safety as well as a Restart Party, apparently.

The Project recently ran their first ever event…

Lots of great ideas from the people at last night's meeting! Thanks for coming and contributing.  

Click the photos for transcripts.

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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…

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…

We've revamped our discussion forum, with sections for…

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.

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…

From the Royal Geographical Society, here is a Hackney walk about urban land use. Titled ‘Beans, berries and bees’ the walk visits urban spaces in Hackney being used to grow food and explores the potential of urban gardening in the borough. You can see the walk at the link here: Beans, berries and bees.…

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We've submitted our response to the Development Management Local Plan consultation.  SH.consultation.response.DMLP.pdf Thanks for your input.

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Hackney Council is consulting on two important planning documents. Sustainable…

Hackney's cabinet has approved two new planning documents which will have a major influence on the future development in the borough.

• Development Management DPD development policies for the borough
• Site Allocations DPD specific sites for future development

The consultation period runs from…

Hackney Council is replacing the previous neighbourhood forums with 19 ward forums.  Some forums have already started and others are having their first meetings in the next few weeks.

This could be an opportunity to get involved and get green issues onto the agenda for your area.

For details of the forum meetings for your ward see Hackney Ward Forums

Ward…