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Children turn trash to treasure with Croydon Council

2:00pm Wednesday 21st July 2010

Croydon Council has run a competition to make models out of trash.

Second-hand store gets network funds

Manager Ray Barwick in the ARC warehouse

10:46am Wednesday 21st July 2010

An ethical second-hand shop in the centre of Croydon will benefit from a share of £8m from the London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) to create the world’s largest reuse network.

Join the capital growth plots plan

Rosie Boycott, picture by Charles Glover

12:16pm Thursday 8th July 2010

Chair of the London Food Board, Rosie Boycott, on the Capital Growth Plots competition...

Croydon needs grass for greens

6:20am Thursday 8th July 2010

Croydon Council is searching for 60 spaces to use to grow fruit and veg in time for the 2012 Olympics.

Creative wanderers sought for green film project

Win a visit to Wallace and Gromit studios

3:21pm Tuesday 6th July 2010

Creative Londoners who enjoy walking or riding on the National Cycle Network are being urged to produce a short film from next week to mark its 15th anniversary.

Croydon sixth in green league table

9:30am Saturday 12th June 2010

Croydon has come joint sixth in a table of the best performing green borough’s.

Thousands turn up for Wandle Festival

6:00am Saturday 12th June 2010

A celebration of the River Wandle saw thousands line sections of the towpath, from Croydon to Sutton, as volunteers ran a festival of cultural events to mark the importance of the waterway.

Volunteers sought for woodland group

5:20am Sunday 6th June 2010

Environmental group The Woodland Trust is urging budding eco warriors in Greater London to get involved.

Garden wildlife survey set to begin

Garden wildlife survey set to begin

5:50am Saturday 5th June 2010

London’s gardens and outdoor spaces will be under surveillance this week for the UK’s biggest summer wildlife survey.

New East London Line connects Croydon to the City

Goldsmiths College students made a party of Sunday’s opening by performing music and poetry at stations along the line.

6:30am Wednesday 26th May 2010

Hundreds of rail passengers celebrated Croydon taking its place on London’s iconic Tube map on Sunday, as the first trains made their inaugural trip from West Croydon to Dalston Junction.






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