Plastic Free Mersey project turns two in Manchester
Environmental charities Thames21 and the Mersey Rivers Trust will hold a ‘Plasticblitz’ litter pick community event on Wednesday 5 July to mark the second birthday…
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World Wetlands Day – The value of constructed urban wetlands to river health and fighting the climate crisis
This World Wetlands Day, Thames21 wants to cast a spotlight on constructed urban wetlands. These seasonally or permanently flooded areas are specifically designed to utilise…
Canvey Island flood anniversary: Interview with photographer Jack Delmonte
A free exhibition and film screening, ‘Below the Wrack Line’, will open on Saturday 28th January at Canvey Island’s War Memorial Hall from 18.30pm to…
The Celia Hensman River Leader of the Year Award
We’re looking for Thames21’s River Leader of the Year! Can you help? Volunteers are at the heart of Thames21’s work, and we want to…
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…
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…