Sustainable Hackney

Fix, Learn, and Connect at Community Repair

Join one of our Community Repair sessions this Saturday, 7th March:

www.fixingfactory.org/community-re...

Support Right to Grow Motion Debate at Hackney Town Hall Wed 4 March 6-7pm
The Council will be debating and passing the Right to Grow motion which has the Labour Party Support. Come and support 6-7pm outside Hackney Town Hall. hackneyrighttogrow.uk

End the sewage pollution scandal We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...

Are you watching Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

End the sewage pollution scandal We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...

Are you watching Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

Restored Peatlands Could Become Carbon Sinks Within Decades - Eos That’s much faster than what most scientists thought.

Restored Peatlands Could Become Carbon Sinks Within Decades eos.org/articles/res...

We need to get serious about tackling corruption through political donations The government's reforms are welcome but they won't end political corruption

Abraham Lincoln associated democracy with “government of the people, by the people, for the people”.

Possibilities are subverted as corporations and super-rich buy political parties and legislators

Yet no govt wants to ban political donations which buy influence/power for the super-rich.

Chris Stark: The economics of clean energy ‘just get better and better’ - Carbon Brief Chris Stark is head of the UK government’s “mission” to deliver clean power by 2030

NEW – Chris Stark: The economics of clean energy ‘just get better and better’ | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @chrisstark.bsky.social

Read here: buff.ly/5MhSfXQ

This shocking illegal M25 waste site has kept on growing - despite an Environment Agency investigation The "absolutely heartbreaking" landfill looks unrecognisable from what it once was. It could soon spill into the River Roding, London's third biggest river.

This is shocking. Our rivers are already under immense pressure, and this rubbish dump sits just metres from the River Roding. Regulators and local councils must act immediately to safeguard this precious river. news.sky.com/story/this-s...

Tower Hamlets and Hackney Friends of the Earth present Sauvages in support of Planet over Profit groups.friendsoftheearth.uk/planet-over-...
6 Mar 2026, 19:00 – 23:00
Film starts 19.30
St Paul's, 184 Stoke Newington Rd, London N16 7UY, UK
Q&A, speakers tba
www.eventbrite.com/e/friends-of...

The Panel for our next Film for Action, The Happy Man Tree
on Friday 6th February
at St Paul's Church, 184 Stoke Newington Rd, London N16 7UY
7 pm to 10 pm
Doors open 6.30

🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero

1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!

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STOP INAPPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT IN THE LEE VALLEY PARK! I live in Hackney, close to the border with Waltham Forest, I have been an active campaigner for the marshes since 2012.

We've transferred funds from a successful legal campaign to stop the Waterworks Centre & surrounding land being re-designated for housing development to a new page. The threat to this closed Asset of Community Value and the wider area remains, so we will be ready www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-th...

Films for Action: The Happy Man Tree The Happy Man Tree Film is about a campaign to save a 150-year-old London Plane tree in Hackney on Woodberry Down Estate.

Our next Film for Action, The Happy Man Tree.
St Paul's Church, 184 Stoke Newington Rd, London N16 7UY,
Friday, Feb 6
7 pm to 10 pm
Doors open 6.30
Panel discussion
Free, donations welcome
Tickets:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/films-for-...

Sustainable Hackney Xmas Social Friday 12 December, from 7.30pm All are welcome to join the Xmas Social in The Pembury Tavern - come along for the whole evening or just drop in for a while to say hell... Webinars by POP (People Owned Power) Following the Screening of Power Station – Hannah Ballard, Head of Community & Marketing at POP, spoke of online sessions for people who want to bring renewable en...

The latest Sustainable Hackney Newsletter here sustainablehackney.org.uk/so/ccPhkWbe9...
@sustainhackney.bsky.social @saveleamarshes.bsky.social

There is a clear pattern of Steve Reed looking people in the eye and making promises that he completely bulldozed over months later.

Journalists- This needs more attention.
Residents- We need to let our collective anger unite us in action. ✊

Sign the invoice to GlaxoSmithKline I just signed the massive £3.4 billion invoice going direct to GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline is quietly receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks based on broken promises. I’ve just signed this huge invoice from the British public, asking for the £3.4 billion back, add your name here: 38d.gs/rahh

It's time for cruelty-free wool! Say NO to live lamb cutting! action.eko.org/a/stop-sourc...

Take Big Money Out of Our Politics British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...

There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

Deep sea mining in the Arctic stopped once again - Greenpeace International Oslo, Norway,  3 December – The newly elected Norwegian government[1] today ruled out deep sea mining licenses in Arctic waters until at least the end of 2029. The agreement to…

Deep sea miners thought it would be easy to start mining the Arctic seafloor… 🤨

But thanks to campaigning, Norway has just halted all deep sea mining development!

Wherever this industry tries to start, it fails. We can protect the oceans from extraction 💪

www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

"A ticking time bomb"

Dr Barbara Kneale tells Martin Stew what it's like to live near the Jameson Road Landfill. Local residents describe foul odours from the landfill, bordering a former chemical plant waste site. ITV News covered our report on landfill pollution with @investigate-europe.eu

Webinars by POP Energy Following the Screening of https://power.film/  –  Hannah Ballard from POP energy https://www.pop.energy/ spoke of webinars for people who want to bring renewable energy to their community, with the ...

www.sustainablehackney.org.uk/post/webinar...
Are you inspired by the film power.film Webinars by www.pop.energy/ to learn how street by street approach works.
@sustainhackney.bsky.social

Objection to the Lea Bridge Gas Works development The latest iteration of the Lea Bridge Gas Works development is out for consultation. We previously wrote about the development here: Here is our latest objection, which you can use to craft your o…

Save Lea Marshes objection to the Lea Bridge Gas Works planning application www.saveleamarshes.org.uk/2025/11/26/o...

Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment

This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

@sustainhackney.bsky.social Films for Action Fri 21 Nov with panel discission after www.sustainablehackney.org.uk/event-detail...

URGE YOUR MP to keep Amendment 40 in the Bill The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is set to return to the House of Commons this week (week commencing 10 Nov). There is an opportunity to limit the damage the Bill will have but we need everyone to...

Please be aware: We have been asking supporters to write to their MPs asking them to support Amendment 130. In the new list of amendments from the Government this is now Amendment 40

Debate begins today. Act now! act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...

📢Pick up recycling receptacles at Hackney Service Centre, 1 Hillman Street, E8 1DY between 10am-2pm this Friday 14th November♻️#HackneyRecycles

This is laudable. However, please do not include Hackney Marshes as a 'wild swimming' destination. The banks of the river are a SMINC. Even if sewage is reduced, the water is shallow and highly contaminated with leachates from bomb rubble buried underneath the marshes ⚠️

The definition of ‘grey belt’ is vague. This risks opening up Green Belt land to unnecessary development. We're supporting CPRE Hertfordshire's petition in calling for change. Sign the petition.

🔗 https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/help-protect-our-green-belt-petition-to-change-the-grey-belt-definition/

Petition: Stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 to Protect Nature We think the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 threatens irreplaceable habitats, weakens environmental protections, and ignores pressures on public services. We urge the Government to withdraw it ...

Please sign and share the petition

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...