A profound change is happening on highways across the county. More and more roadside verges are being left to grow through summer,...

Redbridge Council is exploring options for a new environmental policy which looks at conservation, wildlife and ecology plans in the...

Following a campaign by Wild Wanstead, 38 residents and biodiversity groups wrote to the council this summer asking for the Grow Zones...

Live near a street tree? Why not adopt it and plant wildflowers at its base? It’s that time of year when residents can adopt tree pits to...

A new YouGov poll has found that 70% of the public want to see nature enhanced, primarily by increasing the number of birds, butterflies,...

Thames Water has established two huge Grow Zones covering over 3,400m sq. at the pumping station by Redbridge Roundabout. The areas will...

There has been a surge of interest in composting as garden waste collections have been stopped by councils because of the coronavirus....

On Saturday 7 March, 10am - 1pm come along and join the Vision Nature Conservation Rangers and Wild Wanstead to help us plant wildflower...

2020 should see more happy bees buzzing around the streets of Wanstead as a massive 80 new tree bases were adopted by residents to grow...

Just ditch the throwaway cup and switch to a reusable one instead, and our lovely Wanstead cafés will give you a discount on takeout...

Adopting a tree pit might seem a small thing to do in the face of such a monumental decline in our native wildlife, but in places where...

Well done to East London bakery, Ingles, which has achieved a massive reduction in its use of plastics… with plans afoot to cut back even...

The supermarkets have broken their pledge to cut down on plastic… by using more this year than ever before. Together, the 10 biggest...

Despite calls to urgently reduce emissions, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has risen again to reach its highest ever level in latest...

*** IN THE NICK OF TIME, THE PLANTS HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED!!! COME AND GET EM *** 10.30am – 12noon, Saturday 23 November, entrance to...

Electric vehicles are an important way of dealing with the environment crisis - reducing carbon emissions as renewable electricity...

At this year’s Wanstead Fringe, an event was held to discuss how to turn a regular residential extension into a garden in the sky. Here...

Local botanist, Iain Ambler, reports on the plants and insects thriving in Wanstead's new wild areas. Lots of Wanstead residents will be...

Gardens in the sky: How to put a green roof on your extension. 7.30pm - 8.30pm, Tuesday 10th September 2019, The Larder, 39 High Street,...

The Stow Brothers don’t’ just help people seeking greener pastures – they’ve gone greener themselves! In a guest blog post, CLEANER...