Farewell Spotlight: Michael Heath
Connecting our communities to the Thames is something that I value. I also valued looking after the staff as a personnel manager. It was great…
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Volunteers pick up 64,000 wet wipes out of the Thames over five-year period
Around 64,000 wet wipes have been counted and removed from several small sections of the Thames foreshore by volunteers over a period of five years,…
Action for Silk Stream: North London project plans to ramp up nature-based solutions to tackle flood risk
A North London flood resilience project has unveiled a new identity and announced plans to use nature-based solutions to tackle flood risk around the Silk…
World leaders must prioritise focus on rivers at COP27
World leaders must make the impacts of the Climate Emergency on water and rivers central to the COP27 agenda, environmental charity Thames21 urged. Droughts in…
A sweet river ritual down Battersea way
In mid-July, as part of London Rivers Week, we were lucky enough to partner up again with Dr. Michelle Yaa Asantewa – organiser of the…
River users in Oxford exposed to bacteria levels three times above ‘safety’ limits
River sites across the city of Oxford, which are frequently used for rowing, punting, wild swimming and other watersports, have concentrations of harmful bacteria 1.5…
Plastic Free Mersey marks one-year anniversary
Mayors Rotheram and Anderson join birthday celebrations Environmental project Plastic Free Mersey has celebrated its one-year anniversary with an event featuring various activities at Veolia’s…
Volunteer spotlight on Amaechi Anolue
“With river clean-ups, we deal with collecting litter or perhaps we can call them enemies of nature.” Everyone can do their bit to ensure that…
Liverpool City Region Mayor joins efforts to create a Plastic Free Mersey catchment
The weather was kind to us when we launched our Plastic Free Mersey project on a sunny day in July and it was a…
Laser scans show devastating impact of wet wipes on the Thames
River charity Thames21 has today released data showing a mound created by wet wipes, which has grown to the size of two tennis courts and…