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Deep Clean 2012 dates announced!
Join us for our annual Deep Clean and help us get to the bottom of London’s litter legacy! Yes, it’s that time of year again when we take advantage of the lowest tides of the year to give the Thames … Read more…
Posted in Latest news, River Rescue, Waterways and Wellbeing
Help make plastic pretty!
Thames21 has long been interested in transforming waterway waste into more attractive creations, and now we have teamed up with two inventive MA students with a creative solution for unwanted plastic bottles. The MA Communication Design students from Central Saint … Read more…
Posted in Big Waterways Clean Up 2012, Latest news
New Angling Development Programme
Fishing in London is set to receive a welcome boost with the appointment of a London Angling Development Officer, who will seek to develop angling opportunities for all across the capital. If you are interested, this is your chance to … Read more…
Posted in Catch21, Latest news
River Shuttle wins gold
Thames21′s project on the River Shuttle shone at the 2011 Bexley Environmental Challenge awards in Bexley this week. The Riverkeeping project, coordinated by Joanne Bradley won gold in the Green Project category, recognising the hard work she and her many committed volunteers … Read more…
Posted in Latest news, River Cray, River Shuttle
East London’s rivers choked by our waste – report reveals
A study of rivers running through the London Boroughs of Hackney, Haringey, Tower Hamlets, and Waltham Forest and Epping Forest has shown that the Lea and the rivers flowing into it are being damaged by pollution coming from everyone in … Read more…
Posted in Latest news, Love the Lea
Tree Planting with Mitchellbrook Primary School
Mitchell Brook Primary School students are working with Thames21 to improve Brent Feeder Canal for people and wildlife. Students from reception classes and after school clubs joined the charity in native tree planting along the canal to help stop litter … Read more…
Posted in Brent, Latest news
Photography competition winner announced
Jenny Dowsett was announced as the winner of the first Thames21 Hillingdon waterway photography competition at the launch of the project late last month. (see her winning image on the left) The winning image showed both sides of the canal … Read more…
Posted in Hillingdon, Latest news
River Lea water testing
We’ve now finished analysing the water samples taken on the main tributaries of the Lea – Salmons Brook, Pymmes Brook, the Moselle, Dagenham Brook, Cobbins Brook, the River Ching and Stonebridge Brook. The picture is looking very bad indeed. Watch … Read more…
Posted in Latest news, Love the Lea
Tagged campaign, pollution, River Lea, water quality
