Boris Is Thinking About Plastic Bags
He’s pondering a 5p levy on single use plastic bags but what about a plastic-bag free Games, eh?
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London Olympics Misses Renewable Energy Target
The ODA will miss some sustainability targets. This is not good, but it’s even worse in our heads thanks to BBC4.
Clarence House To Get Solar Panels
Prince Charles has won planning permission to install 32 solar panels on the roof of his London home. Clarence House, his furtive pseudo-palace between the Mall and Pall Mall, is already ‘carbon neutral’, thanks to carbon offsetting, efficient boilers and reliance on energy generated from …
Cows On The Tube This Morning
If you rubbed your bleary eyes on the tube this morning you may have been alarmed to clock bovine shaped travellers on your carriage. Cows herded at Euston around 6.30am this morning and joined the early CoMOOte to launch a new Friends of the Earth …
Down to Earth Dining @ Arcola Theatre
By platdujour If you missed the amazing feeding of the five thousand, freegan style, in Trafalgar Square late last year you can get a taste of communal dining comprising food that would otherwise have gone to waste on a more intimate scale at Arcola Theatre, …
More Local Food For Londoners
By deluxis Proof that we’re thinking more locally and sustainably comes from a new study carried out on behalf of the South East Food Group partnership, that says 2 out of 3 Londoners buy, or would like to buy, more local food. It also finds …
Mapped: Climate Camp Swoop Sites, Today At Noon
View Climate Camp Swoop Points in a larger map Some will condone, some condemn the Climate Camp activity, which begins today. Whichever side of the divide you’re on, you might be interested to know whether any of the demonstrating parties are moving through your neighbourhood. …
Urban Gardening Interview: London Vegetable Garden
Last we heard, Boris was all up for Londoners sprouting veg in their nooks and crannies to feed the Olympian influx from our own rooftops, windowsills, back yards and balconies. Great, in theory, but left to our own devices we keep buying bags of salad. …
Savoy Swill-Power
Londonist really hearts the Savoy. Many (many) years ago, when this Londonista was a carefree social butterfly (well, a student anyway), she went to a ball there. Not possessing the wherewithal to stay at the iconic Strand building, she thought she’d just chill in the …
Serving Gruel To Be Kind
Image by TikiChris, with thanks. We often have great recommendations for what to have for lunch in your busy working day, and today’s offering is: a free bowl of gruel at the Royal Society of Chemistry. The thin oatmeal, water and milk will be offered …
London Councils Bail Out On Bag Ban
Disappointment of the day comes from London Councils who have withdrawn the ban the shopping bag Bill which received so much support from Londoners. Instead, they hope that the government’s Climate Change Bill will have a bigger environmental impact, encouraging a voluntary reduction in plastic …
