Thames21 declares a Climate and Ecological Emergency

Today, 20 September 2019 a global climate strike is taking place where everyone is invited to come out to show how much they care about the environment. Children…

London Rivers Week showcases the benefits of rewilding rivers

More than 150 people took part in the launch of London Rivers Week in Thamesmead on Saturday 25 May and hundreds got involved in 45…

Call to rewild 100km of London’s rivers to help the city adapt to climate change

Press Release LONDON RIVERS WEEK 2019: Saturday 25 May – Sunday 2 June London, UK – 15 May 2019: London is the most vulnerable city in western…

23 thousand wet wipes discovered on stretch of Thames river bank

Other plastic waste found included menstrual products and microplastic glitter A record 23,000 wet wipes were counted and removed from one stretch of the Thames…

Single-use items to blame for majority of Thames pollution

More than 60% of litter would disappear from the Thames Basin if we moved away from single-use. That’s the claim from Thames21 and the Marine…

Wetland project we worked on celebrated in international documentary

Firs Farm wetland in Enfield is the focus of a documentary investigating how cities are tackling the issue of flooding worldwide. The PBS series, Sinking…

Thames21 wins prestigious award for its plastic monitoring programme

Thames21’s plastic monitoring citizen science project won a prestigious City award last night, less than a week after it released new data revealing the summer…

Plastic pollution impact of UK’s summer heatwave: Thames bears the brunt

PRESS RELEASE Thames21 and #OneLess plastic litter research suggests Londoners switched from fizzy drinks to still water as a result of the extremely hot weather,…

Thames21 rewilds one of UK’s most polluted waterways

Thames21 staff and volunteers will install nearly 300 square metres of floating reedbed into London’s second river, the Lea, this autumn. Reedbeds will be created…

New Fighting Fund for rivers thanks to Thames21 supporters

Thames21 has raised £2,145 in its recent Crowdfunder towards our Fighting Fund to protect rivers. Sixty two of our supporters donated over 56 days. Our chief…