Parks for London (@parksforlondon.org.uk)

It's here!!!! Get your eyes on our new draft London Local Nature Recovery Strategy, out now for consultation. This sets out key priorities for nature in London. 🌳🌱🍄🐝🪱🪲🦫🦔🦇🐦‍⬛

Thamesmead's transformation is bringing community, nature and art together- creating spaces for local people to connect and thrive. Read more about Deputy Mayor @metecoban92.bsky.social's visit to Thamesmead: www.thamesmeadnow.org.uk/news/general...

LDN Mayor Environment (@ldn-environment.bsky.social)

Lots of recruitment @ldn-environment.bsky.social! 2 roles open in the Climate Adaptation team to work on our Clean & Healthy Waterways plan & delivery, working closely with my Green (& Blue!) Infrastructure team. Especially looking for folks with a water background. www.london.gov.uk/senior-polic...

Get in there for the preorder and get some stickers too! Cats, space, French food, cycling. It has everything.

Good to finally see attention being paid to water scarcity and drought in the UK. This country needs to do more and sooner, not waiting for the crisis. This is a good basic explainer of why. #waterscarcity #waterefficiency

My sister @aecwrites.bsky.social is publishing a short story e-book and you can now pre-order it! Sweet Dreams Are Made of Confit has cats, space, France and confit...what more can one ask for? linktr.ee/aecrisostomo... #sweetdreamsaremadeofconfit #shortstories #atticebooks #nicolefrailbooks

I'm so excited to share the cover of my new short story, SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF CONFIT. It's a special space age story about cats in France and I can't wait to share it with you! Available for preorder from wherever you get ebooks! books2read.com/sweetdreamsa...

In case you missed it, my colleagues @ldn-environment.bsky.social published new guidance for Reimagining Rainwater in Highways, a guide to designing SuDS in streets www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...

I had the chance to attend the launch of the @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social Trust Youth Board's new film London's Hidden Track a couple weeks ago. It was very exciting to see what the youth board were able to do. They've shared the film and a zine online here: www.wildlondon.org.uk/youth-board

You would wish that it wouldn't be necessary, but alas it seems it is. Thanks to @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social for producing a report on the scale of impact of bats & newts on planning applications. Nature isn't the problem. www.wildlifetrusts.org/sites/defaul... #nature

Good to see water efficiency and water reuse in the news. So important to take action on these, especially given climate change impacts we're already seeing. It's not just about sewage spills.

I'm super proud to announce the launch of our £12m Green Roots Fund. This has been 2+ years in the making with lots of unsexy change management in the background. I'm super proud of my team & the others that got this set up. Now, apply for those grants!

Just back from holiday and back at it. Up in front of the ‪@londonassembly.bsky.social‬ again on Thursday this week to talk about the green belt and planning. www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...

Sad to see how little has progressed on inclusion in the gardening world, though not at all surprised. Good for Tayshan Hayden-Smith for saying something about it though. The sector can be a very exclusive place. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Look at the nice wildflower meadow they installed outside the newly refurbished Walworth Town Hall. Even some poppies for the war memorial.

Been seeing a lot of #GreenInfrastructure out and about recently. Here are some SuDS with trees on the high street in Ilford.

Great to see the completed version of this Walworth Alberta Street LTN has been turned into a mini park and play space! Seconds before I took this, kids walking home from school had been playing on it.

Came across some very nice SuDS the other day in the recently redesigned Finsbury Circus Gardens.

This @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social‬ interview from Mar 24 w/ Nick Bano about his book Against Landlords is really interesting. It's about the housing crisis as one of affordability, not of supply. Also an interesting ref (given recent echos) to the Enoch Powell speech.

Great to return to @londonssembly.bsky.social #AssemblyEnvironment yesterday for a discussion on trees and the impacts of climate change. I was able to share a lot about the updated London Urban Forest Plan.

I'm up in front of the @londonassembly.bsky.social‬ Environment Committee again this week, this time to talk about trees and climate change. www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...

Good review by @urbanparksgirl.bsky.social for MHCLG of the successes & challenges of parks management in the UK. Nothing too new, but good reminders about long-term revenue funding, skills shortage, community engagement, inclusion, collaboration & outcomes-based thinking. www.gov.uk/government/p...

In case you missed it, the consultation is now open on the direction of the new London Plan. Balancing the need for housing and tackling the climate and ecological emergencies will be a key challenge. Have your say until 22 June. www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s... #LondonPlan

Belatedly came across this, but anyone in the environment sector should listen to this ENDS Report Eco Chamber podcast about the environment sector's problem with race. I feel this all so much. It's very very lonely here, especially in the nature and water sectors. www.endsreport.com/article/1896...

Nice video showing some of the Wildlife Gardeners of Haggerston nature recovery and river restoration work on Hackney Marshes (funded through some of our @[email protected] funding) bit.ly/4iaZdbx #naturerecovery #hackneymarshes #watervoles #haggerston #hackney #riverrestoration #rewilding

Not a single one of London’s 41 rivers are in good shape — they’re all polluted. Led by the Mayor, I chaired a roundtable bringing key partners together to kickstart action on tackling pollution, restoring nature and making our waterways accessible for all - backed by £7m investment from City Hall.

Really interesting insights in this paper about the wellbeing and community inclusion benefits of urban greening and landscaping in new developments / regeneration. No surprise, inclusion is more complex than just quantum of green space. buff.ly/xlMSq1K

Great to see such good results for nature in this Hackney Marshes project funded through our @ldn-environment.bsky.social Grow Back Greener and Rewild London Fund grants. Also highlights the importance of how we balance the use of our waterways for nature and people

Very last minute, but in case you're free today, there's an interesting set of @britishecologicalsociety.org webinars about equality, diversity and inclusion in ecology buff.ly/iXurcZZ #PrideinSTEM

The London Urban Forest Partnership launched an updated action plan to deliver the LUF Plan! With renewed focus on resilience & equity, it says how @ldn-environment.bsky.social & our partners will help to grow, expand, protect, manage, promote & support London's trees and woodlands.

‘Serious cause for concern’: Water experts react to lack of mandatory SuDS regulation adoption https://buff.ly/4hcgUad

I think about this every day. I've left jobs because of the lack of consideration of this: "Decisions about institutions and budgets that seem boring in ordinary times are life-and-death matters in a crisis." #climatecrisis https://buff.ly/4gM51Y5

Nice to see successful NLHF investment in @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social programmes to engage people who don't feel nature is for them. We've seen good work in London @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social. I appreciate it as a product of these types of programmes as a kid!

Amazing how oblivious some dog owners can be about sharing space. Many reasons dogs may not be welcome in all open space (children, cultural differences, legitimate fears anyone might have, impacts on wildlife, dog poo, etc). Good to stick to leads & dog areas to keep green spaces inclusive for all.

Good to see an attempt to assess the urban forest using more nuanced measurements than tree numbers or solely tree canopy cover (even if they didn't assess London!).