Archive for the ‘The Environment’

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    Walking in a Winter Walthamstow
    As Snow falls in E17, Flickr users are out and about taking some wonderful photos. Watch a slideshow below.
    by blackhorseroad at January 6th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
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    Maintaining our trees
    Local residents rightly value the trees that line our streets, and many have expressed concern to BAG at the quality of the councils maintenance of our trees. BAG have previously contacted the council regarding the erratic pollarding of trees, bracket fungus, and the failure to replace felled trees. Below are the latest two emails from BAG to the council detailing residents...
    by blackhorseroad at December 4th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
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    BAG Harvest event
    Thanks to everyone who showed up for our community garden/harvest celebration on the Douglas Eyre playing fields. The apple press was a particular hit with the look on some of the kids faces when the juice poured forth worth putting the event on for alone. The BBQ didn’t kill anyone, and the apple bobbing was as ever a reliable bit of fun. Many residents discussed...
    by blackhorseroad at September 29th, 2009 at 05:09 pm
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    Community Premiere of The Age of Stupid, 22nd May
    Transition Films is showing The  Age of Stupid in Waltham Forest on Friday, 22nd May. Communities around the country are also holding screenings of the film at the same time to raise awareness about the effects of climate change. Pete Postlethwaite stars as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055 and asking ‘Why didn’t we stop climate change while we had...
    by blackhorseroad at May 18th, 2009 at 10:05 am
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    Cut household bills – Join our ECO Teams
    Join one of our ECO Teams – reduce your impact on the environment and save money! • Cut household bills                          • Make new friends • Environmental benefits                    • Health benefits • Visits to eco-houses No one can do everything – but we can all do something! BAG is currently recruiting for 2 EcoTeams...
    by communications at November 4th, 2008 at 04:11 pm
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    Waltham Forest – a Transition Community?
    This Saturday (25th) take part in a day of information, energy raising, informal networking, discussion and planning. Saturday 25th October Quaker Meeting House 1a Jewel Road (Off Hoe Street) Walthamstow E17 4QU Final Transition Document PDF 11am-1pm Want to know more? Film: The Power of Community – a documentary about Cuba’s response to Peak Oil. Experience...
    by blackhorseroad at October 23rd, 2008 at 10:10 pm
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    Banishing To Let Signs
    Estate agents using the houses they’ve sold or let as free advertising space is a common grumble from Walthamstow residents. Aside from the visual clutter, it gives the impression that the area is transitory with people constantly moving in and out. The law states that Estate Agents must remove boards within 14 days of a property being sold or let, and Waltham Forest...
    by blackhorseroad at October 11th, 2008 at 09:10 am
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    North London Waste Plan consultation results
    The North London Waste Plan have declared their consultation period with residents to be over. The results are summarised in a whopper of a PDF file on their site; you can look at it here. There are several references to the Blackhorse area including this about residents opinion: A significant number of respondents expressed specific opposition to the use of the Blackhorse...
    by Waste and Recycling at June 27th, 2008 at 11:06 am
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    Waste row rumbles on…
    The Walthamstow Independent (14/03/08) featured the continuing row over plans for new waste facilities in the area. For some reason Walthamstow is to be saddled with half the facilities needed to serve all of North London, with Blackhorse Lane as one site. Plans include a hazardous waste-processing facility, an incinerator, and recycling centres. The locations...
    by blackhorseroad at March 17th, 2008 at 10:03 am
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    Government sets sights on green belts
    Worrying development that undermines the protection of our green belt land… A government amendment to the Planning Bill could see planning powers transferred from local authorities to Regional Development Agencies(RDAs). The amendment, tabled by local government minister John Healy, would see RDAs, quangos whose members are appointed by the government and are accountable...
    by blackhorseroad at February 11th, 2008 at 02:02 pm
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    Your chance to tell the Council about your environmental concerns
    Submit your views on climate change to the council via this link and they’ll send you a low energy bulb. You could even win a prize! The deadline is this Friday, the 15th Feb.
    by blackhorseroad at February 11th, 2008 at 02:02 pm
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    Consultation on the North London Waste Plan
    A member points out that the Community Council meeting on the 28 Jan coincides (coincidence?) with a NLWP consultation. Dear all In case you haven’t seen the latest copy of WFM, there will be a public workshop at EduAction Conference Centre, Queens Road, E17 between 6.30pm and 8.30pm on Monday 28th January about the North London Waste Plan. The purpose of the workshop...
    by blackhorseroad at January 21st, 2008 at 01:01 pm
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    Local press picks up school story…
    If you haven’t seen it already, the Walthamstow Guardian has a piece in it about the Council’s plans to build a new Willowfield School on the playing fields behind Edward Road. A couple of BAG members got themselves quoted, which is nice! Read the article here.
    by blackhorseroad at January 15th, 2008 at 10:01 am
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    Flood risk map
    Hi all, Since the Council has put the rebuilding of Willowfield School on green belt land back on the agenda, we thought that a reminder of the actual flood risk would be a good idea. Remember, the Council’s argument is based on the idea that the Douglas Eyre Playing Fields are not as much at risk of flood as had been previously thought; this view is based on historical...
    by blackhorseroad at January 8th, 2008 at 11:01 am
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    Ken opposes incinerators and says it’s councils that decide.
    Ken Livingston wrote a sharp little letter in response to the Walthamstow Guardian’s suggestion that it was Ken who had decided to ram incinerators down our throats. (See original post about it here.) We’ve made a .pdf file of the page with the letter, which you can read here.
    by blackhorseroad at December 17th, 2007 at 04:12 pm
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    Danger of incinerator in the BHL area
    Local residents are on high alert after the announcement that Waltham Forest will become home to three of six new waste processing plants planned for North London. The Walthamstow Guardian confirms that “the types of plants needed include a hazardous waste processing facility and an incinerator, as well as recycling centres.” [see article here] This is naturally...
    by blackhorseroad at November 30th, 2007 at 12:11 pm