By Rachel Swiatek, Community Champion Your plastic bag is labelled “biodegradable” and that cup is apparently a “bioplastic”. But what...

Merton borough council has signed up to flexible eligibility criteria so residents in private sector housing who are... 65 or over OR...

A study by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) now reports that the impacts and costs of 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5...

On 3rd October, around 23 local businesses came together for a meeting of environmentally conscious minds and to share and discuss the...

"The team at Phipps has already harvested 930kg of produce this year! There is still lots more to come – perhaps this will be the first...

"These days we hear in the media of so many problems that it seems hard to know where to start to find the solutions. Nature declining...

Furthering our work in the borough related to the theme of food, in May of this year Sustainable Merton was instructed by Merton Council...

"I've recently signed up to the Olio app, an app designed to allow local communities to share unwanted food items in a bid to reduce food...

It is estimated that by 2050, on current trends, there will be more plastic in the sea, by weight, than fish. It is said also that all...

Thanks to Blue Planet 2 the plastic crisis the world is currently facing is now at the forfront of environmental conversation. Whilst...

Peter's Story In July 2012, I was suddenly made redundant from my job at Chappell Of Bond Street music shop. I had worked there for 32...

"On a glorious autumnal day, I visited the Abundance Fair in Wimbledon. As a new community champion, I took this opportunity to meet...

LEDs (light-emitting diodes) are a type of electronic light source. These appear in many formats, single modules to larger integrated...

“I was brought up in a very environmentally friendly household, as was my husband, and we always thought we were very “green” – we use...

“Air pollution, as quoted by DEFRA, is now considered as being the top environmental risk to human health in the UK and fourth greatest...

Carbon Conversations are facilitated workshops that help individuals to reduce their personal carbon footprints. They bring together...

Visiting Southwark Recycling Facility I really am naive. I’m not sure what I was expecting to find at the recycling facility but… Did I...

“This month we’ve spent over half of our time on the Phipps Bridge Community Garden watering and harvesting. The sheer volume of...

Households and businesses in Merton, and across the UK, are being urged to save water as the ‘Monster from Morrocco’ (we had to throw...

Book Review – 'Zero Waste Home' by Bea Johnson Zero Waste Home. Well that sounds impossible. How, in this modern age, could anyone...