biodiversity – Hackney Citizen

Jan Fuscoe: Awards triumph for East London Waterworks Park shows ‘huge public appetite’

By Jan Fuscoe | Friday 27 September 2024 at 19:10

Community-led vision to turn disused land into a green oasis won People’s Choice at Reimagine London event

First stage of major council development at De Beauvoir estate wins approval – but residents slam ‘irresponsible’ loss of mature trees

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 29 July 2022 at 17:37

Scheme will see 189 new homes built, with the Town Hall arguing its proposals will bring a net gain in biodiversity

‘Devastation’: Residents on Hackney estate urge council to stop using weedkiller after their herbs were destroyed

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 28 June 2022 at 20:09

Calls for biodiversity training for Town Hall contractors after plants on Kingsgate estate were laid to waste

‘Why destroy a beautiful wildlife corridor?’ Residents question Hackney Council over ‘weeding’ of tree pits

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 27 May 2022 at 17:36

Locals in shock after the flowers they had planted around street trees were pulled up

Volunteers begin project to make River Lea an ‘oasis for wildlife’ again

By Lizzie McAllister | Friday 29 April 2022 at 13:34

Wildlife Gardeners of Haggerston team up with council staff to plant vegetation and build habitats along the eroded riverbanks

The Citizen Gardener: ‘A lack of plant diversity means one in five species could be under threat’

By Kate Poland | Friday 10 January 2020 at 13:14

Kate Poland on the biodiversity crisis, how individuals can plough their own furrow amid the seed industry’s oligopoly, and why sprouts are not just for Christmas

Plastic-Free Hackney forges ahead with canal rewilding project

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 18 September 2019 at 14:09

Call for volunteers to help with canalside clean-up

Looking to a sustainable future: Bancroft’s School sets sights on Green Flag Award in eco drive

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 23 May 2018 at 14:27

The independent school in Woodford Green is transforming itself into an Eco-School, with massive improvements coming in plant-life, recycling, biodiversity and more

Vole patrol: Conservationist takes to Marshes to find out about its shrews and other small mammals

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 16 August 2016 at 12:23

Nathaniel Legall says species including water vole and pygmy shrew inhabit the area

London Wildlife Trust secures £1.5m for nature reserve on East Reservoir

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 22 September 2014 at 11:31

Woodberry Wetlands will help encourage Pochard ducks and Reed Buntings

Friends of the Earth create buzz with bee count app

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 31 July 2014 at 15:16

Charity launches Great British Bee Count mobile app launched to track decline in bee population