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…
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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…
International Day of Women and Girls in Science – a day in the life
By Rosie Nelson, Community Modelling Officer at Thames21 I’m an environmental scientist with the rather elusive job title of ‘Community Modelling Officer’, where no…
New scheme launches to rewild Thamesmead’s canals: prizes to be won
Date of release: 1 February 2018 Thamesmead residents are being given the chance to create five new green nature spots along the area’s canals. Approximately…
Volunteers help Thames21 plant 1,000 metres of new reedbeds in the Lea Navigation
Date of release: 04 September 2017 Thames21 has reached a landmark of planting 1,000 metres of reedbeds into the Lea Navigation, after a recent vote…
THE VOTES ARE IN: EAST LONDONERS DECIDE WHERE NEW REEDBEDS FOR RIVER LEA SHOULD GO
East London is going to get five beautiful new nature spots along the River Lea this summer– and its citizens have just voted on where…
Academics find plastic in two breeds of River Thames fish
A recent academic study has found that two species of fish in the River Thames have significant levels of microplastic in their systems. The study…