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Volunteers get together to help maintain Croydon’s park life
Our environmental affairs correspondent, CHRIS PECKHAM, reports on a new group established to safeguard our green spaces Last week saw the latest meeting of the fledgling Croydon Parks, Woodlands and Greenspaces Forum: a group that brings together all of the … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon Federation of Allotment and Garden Societies, Environment, Friends of Addiscombe Railway Park, Friends of Ashburton Park, Friends of Croham Hurst Woods, Friends of Farthing Downs, Friends of Grange Park, Friends of Haling Grove, Friends of Marlpit Lane Bowling Green, Friends of Millers Ponds, Friends of Selsdon Woods, Friends of Wandle Park, Friends of West Norwood Cemetery, Gardening, Health, Kenley Airfield Friends Group, Lakes Playground Action Group, Lloyd Park, London-wide issues, Timothy Godfrey, Wandle Park, Wildlife
Tagged Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Environment, Parks
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Put River Wandle in the picture for chance of £600 first prize
Photographers are being encouraged with a £600 first prize to capture the essence of the River Wandle. The Wandle Valley Regional Park Trust is running the competition, which will provide images of the river for its website.
Posted in Activities, Environment, Wandle Park, Wildlife
Tagged Environment, River Wandle
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Frog night at Wandle Park, Thu Apr 30
Posted in Activities, Broad Green, Education, Environment, Waddon, Wandle Park, Wildlife
Tagged Broad Green, Environment, Waddon, Wandle Park
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Wandle Park River and Pond Day, Apr 12
Posted in Activities, Broad Green, Friends of Wandle Park, Waddon, Wandle Park
Tagged Broad Green, Environment, Waddon, Wandle Park
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Friends of the Earth Green Beanfeast, Green Dragon, Dec 15
Posted in Activities, Croydon Greens, Environment, Pubs, Transition Town
Tagged Croydon, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Green Dragon, Transition Town
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South Norwood Country Park family fun day, Oct 25
Family Fun Day South Norwood Country Park Saturday, 25 October 2014, 12 noon – 4pm Have fun with nature! Bring a picnic and enjoy an afternoon of activities bushcraft, den building, water filters, natural navigation, bug hunts, nature walks, games, … Continue reading
Apprenticeship scheme gets to work on the Wandle Valley
A horticulture training scheme in the Wandle Valley is being launched tomorrow by Groundwork London. Working together with housing associations and local authorities, Groundwork London uses environmentally sustainable schemes to try to fulfill three main aims: “creating better places”; “greener … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Environment, Wandle Park, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Environment, River Wandle, Wandle Valley
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Fundraising walkabout at Beddington Farmlands, Aug 30
Posted in Croydon Greens, Environment, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington Farmlands, Environment, Green Party, incinerator, Sutton, Viridor
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Life can be a bowl of cherries in your own urban orchard
ESIAH LEVY, @CroydonGardener on Twitter, has already explained how even the most modest of town centre homes can have a herb garden and grow their own vegetables with some raised beds. Here, he explains that producing delicious fruit is possible, … Continue reading
Posted in @CroydonGardener, Gardening
Tagged Broad Green, Croydon, Environment, Gardening, Old Town, urban gardener
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Raise your garden’s prospects with new beds and some worms
ESIAH LEVY, @CroydonGardener on Twitter, suggests that using raised beds in small town centre gardens and yards is an excellent way to grow a range of healthy – and productive – plants Having a raised bed in any garden is … Continue reading
Posted in @CroydonGardener, Croydon Greens, Environment, Gardening
Tagged @CroydonGardener, Croydon, Environment, Gardening
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Summer butterfly walk, Farthing Down, July 20
Posted in Coulsdon, Environment, Friends of Farthing Downs
Tagged Coulsdon, Croydon, Environment, Farthing Down
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Visit Selsdon Woods for coppicing and charcoal-making
The Friends of Selsdon Wood are holding its annual charcoal-making event this bank holiday weekend, May 24 to 26. The Friends’ team will be led by Neale Fox, but more helpers are welcome to volunteer. Timings may vary depending on the … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Friends of Selsdon Woods, Walks, Wildlife
Tagged Environment, Friends of Selsdon Woods, nature reserve, Selsdon, Selsdon Woods
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Lambert and Lucas focus on the fracking threat in the capital
Caroline Lucas, the country’s first Green MP, and London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert will be in Croydon this afternoon to highlight the threat of fracking in the capital. Lambert and Lucas will visit a potential fracking site just a few … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Greens, Environment, Fracking
Tagged Caroline Lucas, Croydon, Environment, Fracking, Green Party, Jean Lambert, shale gas, Tory
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Volunteers wanted to help chart the Wandle’s history
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations, Environment, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, ecology, Environment, Groundwork, London, River Wandle, South Croydon, Waddon, Wandle Park
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Put in the Groundwork to help reflect the River Wandle on film
An environmental charity is working this summer to produce a film to tell the story of the River Wandle, and they want community groups and locals to help make the film. Groundwork is a national charity, established over more than … Continue reading
Stop The Incinerator ‘Beer and Bingo’ fund-raiser: Apr 28
Posted in Addiscombe West, Environment, Waste incinerator
Tagged Addiscombe West, Environment, Health, incinerator, Sutton Council
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Croydon among worst boroughs for axing street trees
In Croydon, where hundreds of residents were forced to evacuate their homes in February due to flooding following the wettest winter since records began, the council has managed to axe 1,703 street trees in three years – about 5 per … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Health, Jenny Jones, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London
Tagged Croydon, Environment, flooding, Global warming, Jenny Jones, Street trees, Trees
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Jones critical of ‘crass stupidity’ of national flood planning
What can be done to avoid the worst impact of the floods that have blighted large areas of Kenley and Purley, and closed a major A-road in the area for the best part of a month? Jenny Jones, the 2012 … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Coulsdon, Croydon Greens, Environment, Fracking, Gardening, Jenny Jones, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon, Environment, flooding, floods, Green Party, Jenny Jones, Kenley, London, London Assembly, Purley, Tory
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JLS singer ‘horrified’ by toxic pollution caused by incinerator
JLS singer Jonathan “JB” Gill has added the X Factor to the anti-incinerator campaign by giving his personal endorsement to the rapidly growing local movement that is bidding to stop the building of a waste incinerator at Beddington Lane. “At … Continue reading
Croydon Council’s “non-drop” trees that cost us all extra
Tomorrow, our neighbours in Sutton will be able to mark the end of the holiday period by placing their used and unwanted dying old Christmas trees outside their homes for collection, free of charge, by the local council. In Lambeth, … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Croydon Council, Environment, Fly tipping, Gardening, Lambeth Council, Refuse collection, Sutton Council
Tagged Christmas, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Environment, Fly-tipping, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, re-cycling, rubbish
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Croydon Ecology Centre open weekend: June 8-9
The Croydon Ecology Centre at Heathfield House is staging its summer open weekend on Saturday and Sunday, June 8-9. Open from 11am to 5pm both days, entry is free. At 3pm each day, there is a guided tour of the … Continue reading
Croydon Green Fair 2013: North End, June 15
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Croydon Greens, Education, Environment, Gardening, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Environment, Green, incinerator, Wildlife
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Music to your ears? An everyday – and night – tale of Croydon
Driven out of their home by loud music from next door, after a sleepless night for himself and young son, a resident of THORNTON HEATH has contacted Inside Croydon about the council’s lack of protection for some of its residents … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Health, Thornton Heath
Tagged Croydon, Environment, Gloria Gaynor, Hearing, Noise pollution, Thornton Heath
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