May 11, 2020

The new normal of face coverings

Will be be safer wearing a face covering when leaving our home? Should the Government buy up enough for everyone every trip? Are home made face coverings just as safe, easy to make, fun?

The only aspect affecting the planet is the emissions in making millions and the mountains of waste. But if reading this up will save lives go to Cover your face against Covid and please pass on to all and sundry. If you would prefer to support a local business than make your own cloth covering Leaping Lizards on the Archway Rd have fabulous coverings see here – though costing more than getting out spare cloth and a needle and thread!

And thanks to Masks4All for their campaign and resources (inc a wanted and offered page) —————————————————————————————————–

The UK’s Sixth Carbon Budget

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) launched the ‘Sixth Carbon Budget’ on 9th Dec 2020 for the years 2033 to 2037. For more more detail and launch video see here. For the CCC Sixth Carbon Budget reports see here.

Climate Ambition? – somewhere, some time manyana

On Sat 12th December 2020 the UN convened a virtual Climate Ambition Summit calling on all Countries to submit Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that would give some chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. There were short speeches from the Leaders who were making promises, and other ‘Parties’ including Al Gore for the USA and […]

Green Homes Grant press release tea cosy

Retrofit and the Green Homes Grant

EVENTS TO HELP YOU MAKE YOUR HOUSE WARM AND LOW CARBON 1.The zoom event of 12th October presented by the Highgate Society’s Sustainable Living group in partnership with the Muswell Hill Sustainability Group (MHSG) can be caught up with at Retrofit your Highgate Home, and there is a ‘takeaway’ 2 pager summary there. 2. 19th […]

The new normal of face coverings

Will be be safer wearing a face covering when leaving our home? Should the Government buy up enough for everyone every trip? Are home made face coverings just as safe, easy to make, fun? The only aspect affecting the planet is the emissions in making millions and the mountains of waste. But if reading this […]

Emerging from the Emergency – Build Back Better

WHAT CAN WE DO NOW to channel this Covid upheaval to build a greener fairer world out of the ashes? How can we prevent reinforcement of global finance, with its march towards climate and ecological disaster? How can we stop short term emergency measures from becoming long term deregulation, or restrictions on our rights? (member […]

12 Green Ideas for Self Isolation

This list is courtesy of the brilliant Transition Kentish Town. Also see the Highgate Neighbourhood Forum newsletter with other useful information. 1. Grow food Reason: It’s fun and yum Link: https://www.instructables.com/id/Milk-carton-seedling-container/ 2. Learn your edible weeds Reason: Many weeds hold great anti-oxidant properties to boost your immune system. Link: https://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/eat-dandelions-9-edible-garden-weeds.html Link: https://www.ecosia.org/?c=en 3. Delete old emails and unsubscribe […]

Events Around Highgate

All Events are off, but mutual community help and advice abounds. The Highgate Neighbourhood Forum newsletter has links for Camden and Haringey ‘sides of the road’ and will be kept up to date. HNF Newsletter. ——————————————————————————————————- Highgate Society Programme For further details see the Highgate Society front page. For some recent Events click here. ————————————————————————————————————