The campaign against plastic bags was one of the first that Muswell Hill Sustainability Group ran, back in 2009 - take a look at our photo to see some familiar faces! On 5th October the new plastic bag charge comes in - 5p per bag. In Wales where a bag charge was introduced in 2011, usage of plastic bags has dropped by over 70%. We will be running a street stall outside … [Read more...]
Midsummer Muswell
Midsummer Muswell, a festival to name the new square outside Planet Organic was a fantastic success. Deanna Bogdanovich and the Muswellites pulled another organisational tour de force again! Muswell Hill Sustainability Group had a very professional looking stall and talked to lots of people about our activities, forthcoming events and the Haringey Divestment petition. You … [Read more...]
Climate Coalition Lobby
On 17th June, around 100 climate campaigners from Hornsey and Wood Green descended on Westminster to meet with our new MP, Catherine West. It was all part of the Speak Up mass lobby of parliament organised by the Climate Coalition. Lots of Muswell Hill Sustainability Group members came along. We lobbied Catherine West on local, national and international issues. We … [Read more...]
Climate change hustings with H & WG candidates
On Thursday 23rd April we will be holding a Climate Change hustings with the parliamentary candidates for the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency. 2015 is a key year for global climate action, with governments meeting in Paris later this year to agree a deal on global emissions. The UK's voice in these negotiations will be key. The new government will also need to make … [Read more...]
Ed Davey MP in Muswell Hill
On 19th November 2014, Ed Davey MP, Minister for Energy and Climate Change came to Muswell Hill, to a public meeting arranged by Lynne Featherstone MP. Below is a summary of the talk and questions that followed. Based on notes by Cara Jenkinson, with gaps, I’m sure! Renewables We now have more offshore wind than the rest of the world put together. Over the last year … [Read more...]
Sign our petition this weekend!
Our first stall was a great success despite the torrential rain shower! We got 175 signatures on our petition to cut excess packaging by supermarkets and restaurant chains. The plan is to take this to local supermarket and restaurant managers as well as forwarding to our local MP Lynne Featherstone. We'll be at O'Neills on Muswell Hill Broadway again on Saturday 14th and … [Read more...]