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Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Enfield Advertiser: "Fears over North Circular fumes"

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Link to web site "TOXIC FUMES churned out by traffic along one of the busiest roads in the borough are slowly poisoning residen...

The Independent: "A bridge across London's north/south divide: Treasury gives £12bn Crossrail 2 project funds to get started"

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Link to web site "The Government is ready to announce the first steps towards building a new railway linking north and south Lond...
Thursday, 20 June 2013

[Reposted] RSA: "What is the Great Recovery - Redesigning the Future?"

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Link to web site "The current economic and environmental challenges of Take,            Make,             Dispose manuf...
Monday, 17 June 2013

The Guardian: "Trash to cash: Norway leads the way in turning waste into energy"

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Link to web site "For a country blessed with bountiful oil supplies, it may appear incongruous. But Norway is importing as much r...
Monday, 10 June 2013

Vancouver Observer: "Trashed: documentary shines light on global waste crisis"

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Link to 'Trashed' web site "Killer whales so contaminated that they were classified as toxic waste. A once-beautiful...
Saturday, 8 June 2013

Daily Telegraph: "Time Reborn: From the Crisis of Physics to the Future of the Universe, by Lee Smolin, review"

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Link to web site "Quite a few feel that an overhaul of what we mean by 'time' could lead to the next great leap in physic...
Thursday, 6 June 2013

Barnet Press: "Hundreds turn out for vigil in support of Islamic centre destroyed by fire"

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Link to web site "HUNDREDS of people came together this evening, to hold vigil outside the Islamic community centre in Muswell Hi...
Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Dailt Telegraph: "Village rallies around couple living 'The Good Life' aboard double-decker bus"

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Link to web site "A couple who live in a double-decker bus and grow their own food have won a six-year battle to keep up their ...
Monday, 3 June 2013

Foodtank: "21 Inspiring Initiatives Working to Reduce Food Waste Around the World"

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Link to web site "This week we’re celebrating World Environment Day (June 5th) by highlighting innovations working to reduce the ...
Friday, 31 May 2013

BBC: "Thanet village fights 'green' anaerobic digester energy plant"

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Link to web site and iPlayer "Residents in a Kent village are objecting to plans to build an anaerobic digestion plant on farmla...

BBC: "The time when sweets were strictly rationed"

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"The sweet-toothed British public were so keen to taste sugary treats when seven years of sweet rationing ended briefly in 1949 that...

MindBodyGreen: "How Much Do We Really Recycle? (Infographic)"

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Link to web site
Thursday, 30 May 2013

"How the Coronation kick-started the love of television"

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Link to the British Broadcasting Corporation "Television in the early 50s was basic and still waiting to take off. How did the ...

The Guardian: "It's time to stop investing in the fossil fuel industry"

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"It makes no sense to pay for one's pension by investing in companies that make sure we won't have a planet to retire on"...

Phys.org: "Dire outlook despite global warming 'pause': study"

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Link to web site "A global warming 'pause' over the past decade may invalidate the harshest climate change predictions f...

Sat 8 June: Campaign Against Climate Change

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Wednesday, 29 May 2013

North London Waste Authority: "Statement on tree management work at Pinkham Way"

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May 29, 2013 "Some residents have expressed an interest in tree management work that NLWA is proposing for the Pinkham Way site. ...
Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Pinkham Way Alliance: "NLWA - Tree Preservation Application"

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"There’s an urgent and unexpected Haringey consultation that we must briefly comment on. Please respond right away if you can; we ...
Monday, 20 May 2013

Mon 20 May: 'Trashed' film, plus Q&A with Director Candida Brady and Waste Watch

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Link to The Ritzy Cinema, Brixton "Join us for a Q&A after the screening with director Candida Brady and Tim Burns from Wast...
Sunday, 19 May 2013

"Why Green Roofs Don't Work - and How to Fix Them"

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Link to Scientific American "Researchers are trying to identify the best plant species suitable to green roofs , with an eye to d...

Sun 19 May: PWA Cafe Cabaret

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Friday, 17 May 2013

London in Colour film, 1927

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London in 1927 from Tim Sparke on Vimeo .
Wednesday, 15 May 2013

The Independent: "First Poundbury, now Bahrain: Should Prince Charles really be selling town planning to despots?"

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Link to web site "For much of the world, Bahrain is notable for unpalatable reasons related to its repression of democracy prote...
Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Crossrail Two consultation starts: but it reaches Alexandra Palace, either way!

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Not to mention: Transport for London Consultation opens on proposed routes for Crossrail 2 "The Mayor of London, Boris Johns...
Thursday, 9 May 2013

WRAP: "New phase of Courtauld Commitment targets a further 1.1 million tonnes waste reduction"

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Link to web site "Courtauld Commitment Phase 3 targets are: Reduce household food and drink waste by 5% (this represents a 9%...

Alexandra Palace secures Heritage Lottery Fund Support

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Link to Alex Palace web site "Alexandra Park and Palace Charitable Trust’s multimillion pound regeneration programme has been bac...
Wednesday, 8 May 2013

BBC: "London landfill waste to be burnt near Bristol"

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Link to web site "Landfill waste from six west London boroughs could be burnt near Bristol by the end of 2016. "Sita UK wi...
Sunday, 5 May 2013

"Barnet ex-Mayor Brian Coleman: The end of the line - A trial in Metroland"

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Gaily into Ruislip Gardens Runs the red electric train, With a thousand Ta’s and Pardon’s Daintily alights Elaine ... Link to Mr...
Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Let's Recycle: "SITA confirmed for £900m West London contract"

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Link to web site "SITA UK has been formally named as the preferred bidder for the £900 million, 25-year residual waste treatment...

Evening Standard: "French-owned Sita UK poised to land £900m waste deal"

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Link to web site "French-owned utility firm Sita UK is set to take over the disposal of rubbish in west London, in a £900 million...
Monday, 29 April 2013

The Guardian: "What links the MMR scare and austerity?"

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Link to web site "Dodgy research pushed by publicity-happy academics. False claims burnished into golden truths by irresponsible ...
Sunday, 28 April 2013

North London Waste Plan: The Empire Strikes Back

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Preparation of local plan for waste in North London "The London Boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Isling...