On May 6th London goes to the polls for the delayed 2020 London Assembly Election, and we are incredibly proud that Siân Berry and Caroline Russell are standing again to help turn London Green. In the last five years, Caroline and Sian have achieved real change in the London Assembly, including: Winning a big change […]
The NOcado campaign began at the start of 2020, shortly after our shocked community in Tufnell Park/Upper Holloway found out that Ocado had been given permission to open a 24/7 depot in a small vacant light industrial estate right next to a primary school and nursery. In fact, permission had been given months earlier, but […]
The campaign to save the trees at Dixon Clark Court should be viewed with great sadness. We should thank the determined and intrepid protestors on the site, as well as many others in the Borough, for focussing our attention on the vital need to retain all our sizeable trees for their contribution to our health […]
Homes are a major source of CO2 emissions. To achieve the government and the council’s zero-carbon targets, as well as reduce fuel poverty, we need to carry out ‘deep retrofit’ energy improvements to tens of thousands of existing homes in Islington – comprehensive ‘whole house’ schemes, going far beyond a double-glazed window here and a […]
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, it makes absolute sense to cut air pollution and make our streets safer and more pleasant for walking and cycling by reducing the number of local car journeys. Barely a quarter of Islington households own a car, so the new Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, which came into being in […]
Read More… from Caroline Russell on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
A Green-led initiative has seen Islington council becoming the first London borough to commit to a pilot for universal basic income (UBI). UBI is a non-means tested payment, providing locals economic security which comes at a time when it’s needed the most. It is a reliable base that people- young and old, can support themselves […]
Read More… from Green Councillor Calls for Universal Basic Income in Islington
In September the Community Plan 4 Holloway organised a well attended ‘Placard Parade’ outside Holloway Prison. Members from the local community joined the organisers and other local groups to show through messages on placards their expectations for the site. The area of the former prison is larger than Tufnell Park Playing Fields, and this huge […]
Latest figures show that Islington recycled or composted only 29.6% of its household waste in 2019-20 – fractionally up on the year before but still well below an original target of 37% by 2020. Central government cuts to local authorities since 2010 have seriously harmed the ability of local councils to function, with Islington having […]
Temporary wider pavements are helping safe distancing at shops, bus stops, etc, but Green Councillor Caroline Russell is working with Canonbury School to help make their one permanent. Even before the 2020 pandemic made social distancing essential to protect our families and loved ones, the school streets project was designed to improve air quality and […]
In December last year, local residents jumped into action when Ocado planned to build a diesel depot next to a primary school. The site threatened to worsen the health of many local kids with no regards to already illegal levels of air pollution across London. The Nocado campaign presented a hundred pages of evidence to […]
