Save Lea Marshes
@saveleamarshes.bsky.social
Follow our campaign to protect the Lower Lea Valley (Leyton, Walthamstow & Hackney Marshes) from inappropriate use and development.
https://www.saveleamarshes.org.uk
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STOP INAPPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT IN THE LEE VALLEY PARK!
I live in Hackney, close to the border with Waltham Forest, I have been an active campaigner for the marshes since 2012.
www.crowdjustice.com
We've transferred funds from a successful legal campaign to stop the Waterworks Centre & surrounding land being re-designated for housing development to a new page. The threat to this closed Asset of Community Value and the wider area remains, so we will be ready www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-th...
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Great news from Scotland: a LAW to ensure new buildings have swift bricks. (Contrary to Labour spin, there is no law and no guarantees that builders or planners will incorporate bricks in England.)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Swift bricks to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland as MSPs back law
Rest of UK has resisted calls to make builders install bricks that provide nesting for swifts and other endangered birds
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Great news from Scotland: a LAW to ensure new buildings have swift bricks. (Contrary to Labour spin, there is no law and no guarantees that builders or planners will incorporate bricks in England.)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The beavers are amazing! It's such a shame that the Enfield Beavers, introduced in 2022, will be penned in on three sides by enormous, fortress-like private facilities for Spurs. With the industrial-scale development at Whitewebbs Park, the Beavers will be enclosed by fences and floodlit pitches.
January 29, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The beavers are amazing! It's such a shame that the Enfield Beavers, introduced in 2022, will be penned in on three sides by enormous, fortress-like private facilities for Spurs. With the industrial-scale development at Whitewebbs Park, the Beavers will be enclosed by fences and floodlit pitches.
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We’ve secured #GreenRoots funding to enhance and protect the River Lea 🌾🌱
We’ll use it to support our work looking after local waterways, creating healthier habitats for wildlife and getting more of the community involved
Find out more: www.london.gov.uk/White%20stor...
@london.gov.uk
We’ll use it to support our work looking after local waterways, creating healthier habitats for wildlife and getting more of the community involved
Find out more: www.london.gov.uk/White%20stor...
@london.gov.uk
December 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
We’ve secured #GreenRoots funding to enhance and protect the River Lea 🌾🌱
We’ll use it to support our work looking after local waterways, creating healthier habitats for wildlife and getting more of the community involved
Find out more: www.london.gov.uk/White%20stor...
@london.gov.uk
We’ll use it to support our work looking after local waterways, creating healthier habitats for wildlife and getting more of the community involved
Find out more: www.london.gov.uk/White%20stor...
@london.gov.uk
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"They are burning community engagement and environmental regulation on the altar of economic growth". Londoners risk massive increases in aircraft noise pollution being imposed without consultation. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK aviation reforms could sideline public input over flight paths, campaigners warn
Plans to speed up airspace changes for Heathrow expansion could mean industry influences decisions on noise and routes
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:11 PM
"They are burning community engagement and environmental regulation on the altar of economic growth". Londoners risk massive increases in aircraft noise pollution being imposed without consultation. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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England's ideological privatisation IS the first problem to solve
THEN we can build on best practice from around the world
"With public ownership, we could have households and anti-sewage groups on the boards of water companies to make them truly accountable"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
THEN we can build on best practice from around the world
"With public ownership, we could have households and anti-sewage groups on the boards of water companies to make them truly accountable"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Privatisation not the problem for England’s water, says author of review
Architect of government’s water plan says nationalisation might not fix everything and the current system can work
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:43 PM
England's ideological privatisation IS the first problem to solve
THEN we can build on best practice from around the world
"With public ownership, we could have households and anti-sewage groups on the boards of water companies to make them truly accountable"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
THEN we can build on best practice from around the world
"With public ownership, we could have households and anti-sewage groups on the boards of water companies to make them truly accountable"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Despite significant progress, the battle for justice for the #WhitewebbsOak is far from over. Here's why...
www.change.org/p/justice-fo...
www.change.org/p/justice-fo...
We continue to demand a full criminal investigation! Here’s why…
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Dear supporters,
Thank you for continuing to call for justice for the Whitewebbs Oak. Although we are still making national headlines, and significant pr...
www.change.org
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Despite significant progress, the battle for justice for the #WhitewebbsOak is far from over. Here's why...
www.change.org/p/justice-fo...
www.change.org/p/justice-fo...
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Following the launch of our report this week, please write to your MP asking them to take action to save London’s threatened #parks and #greenspaces. More information about how to do this and suggestions for what to say can be found on our website:
www.cprelondon.org.uk/news/save-lo...
www.cprelondon.org.uk/news/save-lo...
January 23, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Following the launch of our report this week, please write to your MP asking them to take action to save London’s threatened #parks and #greenspaces. More information about how to do this and suggestions for what to say can be found on our website:
www.cprelondon.org.uk/news/save-lo...
www.cprelondon.org.uk/news/save-lo...
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Thames Water wants to block campaigners from speaking out against them?! Enough is enough. The Government must renationalise this failing water company. 38d.gs/tw_df
Thames Water wants to block campaigners from speaking out against them?! Enough is enough. The Government must renationalise this failing water company. Agree? Sign the petition today:
Join the push to renationalise Thames Water!
38d.gs
January 23, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Thames Water wants to block campaigners from speaking out against them?! Enough is enough. The Government must renationalise this failing water company. 38d.gs/tw_df
We just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Stop the water stitch-up!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Stop the water stitch-up!
Stop the stitch-up! The Government wants to push through water legislation, locking in a failed privatised system for decades without giving the public a say.
I’ve signed the petition to stop this wa...
actionnetwork.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:15 PM
We just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Stop the water stitch-up!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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Published today, our new report entitled 'Cashing-in on London's Parks and Countryside' highlights more than 50 #GreenSpaces in #London under threat from development and commercialisation.
#GreenBelt #Parks #Nature
www.cprelondon.org.uk/news/cashing...
#GreenBelt #Parks #Nature
www.cprelondon.org.uk/news/cashing...
Cashing-in on London's Parks and Countryside
CPRE London is working to enhance, promote and protect London's green spaces. Love London's beautiful green spaces? Find out more and get involved.
www.cprelondon.org.uk
January 21, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Published today, our new report entitled 'Cashing-in on London's Parks and Countryside' highlights more than 50 #GreenSpaces in #London under threat from development and commercialisation.
#GreenBelt #Parks #Nature
www.cprelondon.org.uk/news/cashing...
#GreenBelt #Parks #Nature
www.cprelondon.org.uk/news/cashing...
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Worrying report from @cprelondon.bsky.social on the threats to #London's precious parks and open spaces. Check out the depressingly long list in the report to see what is threatened in your area: www.cprelondon.org.uk/wp-content/u...
January 22, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Worrying report from @cprelondon.bsky.social on the threats to #London's precious parks and open spaces. Check out the depressingly long list in the report to see what is threatened in your area: www.cprelondon.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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Utterly damning report from Office for Environmental Protection - the Govt’s not only missing its targets to protect wildlife in England, it’s also failing on *almost all* environmental measures - and in some cases actively destroying the natural world through its obsession with growth at all costs
Government’s wildlife targets will be missed in England, watchdog says
Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Utterly damning report from Office for Environmental Protection - the Govt’s not only missing its targets to protect wildlife in England, it’s also failing on *almost all* environmental measures - and in some cases actively destroying the natural world through its obsession with growth at all costs
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🚨Thames Water is on the brink of collapse.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
New polling: majority of Thames Water customers want Ofwat to reject creditors’ proposal for the utility
New polling has revealed that 54% of Thames Water customers think Ofwat should reject a deal proposed by Thames Water's creditors, and put it into special administration.
weownit.org.uk
January 12, 2026 at 4:20 PM
🚨Thames Water is on the brink of collapse.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
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🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
January 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
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Our next Film for Action, The Happy Man Tree.
St Paul's Church, 184 Stoke Newington Rd, London N16 7UY,
Friday, Feb 6
7 pm to 10 pm
Doors open 6.30
Panel discussion
Free, donations welcome
Tickets:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/films-for-...
St Paul's Church, 184 Stoke Newington Rd, London N16 7UY,
Friday, Feb 6
7 pm to 10 pm
Doors open 6.30
Panel discussion
Free, donations welcome
Tickets:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/films-for-...
Films for Action: The Happy Man Tree
The Happy Man Tree Film is about a campaign to save a 150-year-old London Plane tree in Hackney on Woodberry Down Estate.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Our next Film for Action, The Happy Man Tree.
St Paul's Church, 184 Stoke Newington Rd, London N16 7UY,
Friday, Feb 6
7 pm to 10 pm
Doors open 6.30
Panel discussion
Free, donations welcome
Tickets:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/films-for-...
St Paul's Church, 184 Stoke Newington Rd, London N16 7UY,
Friday, Feb 6
7 pm to 10 pm
Doors open 6.30
Panel discussion
Free, donations welcome
Tickets:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/films-for-...
We’ve signed CPRE's Letter to England, because together, we can help create a beautiful, resilient countryside — add your name today. takeaction.cpre.org.uk/page/183395/...
Add your voice to our Letter to England
Add your voice — because together, we can help create a beautiful, resilient countryside.
takeaction.cpre.org.uk
January 12, 2026 at 8:07 PM
We’ve signed CPRE's Letter to England, because together, we can help create a beautiful, resilient countryside — add your name today. takeaction.cpre.org.uk/page/183395/...
We just signed this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition to make 2026 the year big water polluters are finally made to clean up their act. Will you add your name too? foe.uk/eb6h3
Make 2026 the year polluters clean up their act
Last year, the government promised to crack down on water pollution. But without public pressure, its plans could once again let big polluters off the hook. We should all be able to enjoy clean lakes,...
foe.uk
January 9, 2026 at 11:51 AM
We just signed this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition to make 2026 the year big water polluters are finally made to clean up their act. Will you add your name too? foe.uk/eb6h3
We've got some exciting plans and events planned for 2026! 🌊💚🦉🦊🚶♀️
Keep up to date by signing up to our newsletters here: www.saveleamarshes.org.uk/SLM.html?Pag...
#Marshes #HackneyMarshes #LeytonMarsh #RiverLea
Keep up to date by signing up to our newsletters here: www.saveleamarshes.org.uk/SLM.html?Pag...
#Marshes #HackneyMarshes #LeytonMarsh #RiverLea
Save Lea Marshes | Keep our marshes open and green!
www.saveleamarshes.org.uk
January 9, 2026 at 11:36 AM
We've got some exciting plans and events planned for 2026! 🌊💚🦉🦊🚶♀️
Keep up to date by signing up to our newsletters here: www.saveleamarshes.org.uk/SLM.html?Pag...
#Marshes #HackneyMarshes #LeytonMarsh #RiverLea
Keep up to date by signing up to our newsletters here: www.saveleamarshes.org.uk/SLM.html?Pag...
#Marshes #HackneyMarshes #LeytonMarsh #RiverLea
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Sustainable Hackney screening of the ‘Happy Man Tree' film, on Friday 6 Feb www.sustainablehackney.org.uk/event-detail.... Campaign to save a 150 yr old London Plane tree.
More info & invitation to reflect & connect www.noticethistree.org @paulpowlesland.bsky.social @saveleamarshes.bsky.social
More info & invitation to reflect & connect www.noticethistree.org @paulpowlesland.bsky.social @saveleamarshes.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Sustainable Hackney screening of the ‘Happy Man Tree' film, on Friday 6 Feb www.sustainablehackney.org.uk/event-detail.... Campaign to save a 150 yr old London Plane tree.
More info & invitation to reflect & connect www.noticethistree.org @paulpowlesland.bsky.social @saveleamarshes.bsky.social
More info & invitation to reflect & connect www.noticethistree.org @paulpowlesland.bsky.social @saveleamarshes.bsky.social
"The aptly-named Old Lea will be returned, as far as is possible, in appearance and ecological function to its pre-industrial state, a natural spectacle full of life and life-enhancing energy.” 💚
Great news to end the year! www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/12/19/p...
#RiverLea #EastLondon
Great news to end the year! www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/12/19/p...
#RiverLea #EastLondon
Project to rewind Old River Lea receives major grant from Mayor of London – Hackney Citizen
www.hackneycitizen.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"The aptly-named Old Lea will be returned, as far as is possible, in appearance and ecological function to its pre-industrial state, a natural spectacle full of life and life-enhancing energy.” 💚
Great news to end the year! www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/12/19/p...
#RiverLea #EastLondon
Great news to end the year! www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/12/19/p...
#RiverLea #EastLondon
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Coming soon… In the new year we’ll be publishing a new report highlighting 50 key threatened #GreenSpaces in London. The report will be launched at a webinar on 22nd Jan and free tickets can be booked here
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Have a great Christmas and a very happy new year
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Have a great Christmas and a very happy new year
December 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Coming soon… In the new year we’ll be publishing a new report highlighting 50 key threatened #GreenSpaces in London. The report will be launched at a webinar on 22nd Jan and free tickets can be booked here
eventbrite.co.uk/e/londons-gr...
Have a great Christmas and a very happy new year
eventbrite.co.uk/e/londons-gr...
Have a great Christmas and a very happy new year
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The latest Sustainable Hackney Newsletter here sustainablehackney.org.uk/so/ccPhkWbe9...
@sustainhackney.bsky.social @saveleamarshes.bsky.social
@sustainhackney.bsky.social @saveleamarshes.bsky.social
Sustainable Hackney Xmas Social Friday 12 December, from 7.30pm All are welcome to join the Xmas Social in The Pembury Tavern - come along for the whole evening or just drop in for a while to say hell...
Webinars by POP (People Owned Power) Following the Screening of Power Station – Hannah Ballard, Head of Community & Marketing at POP, spoke of online sessions for people who want to bring renewable en...
sustainablehackney.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The latest Sustainable Hackney Newsletter here sustainablehackney.org.uk/so/ccPhkWbe9...
@sustainhackney.bsky.social @saveleamarshes.bsky.social
@sustainhackney.bsky.social @saveleamarshes.bsky.social
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Good discussion on the @green-alliance.org.uk podcast about the attack on peaceful protest from successive governments , and how we must fight back . Listen now at chrispackh.am/1d0271
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Good discussion on the @green-alliance.org.uk podcast about the attack on peaceful protest from successive governments , and how we must fight back . Listen now at chrispackh.am/1d0271
The Endangered Species Act is the world’s most successful conservation law, but it's under attack.
The Trump administration just proposed four new rules that would gut the Act and drive species closer to extinction. You can send a message from the UK >> act.biologicaldiversity.org/nXrxsHJM-USw...
The Trump administration just proposed four new rules that would gut the Act and drive species closer to extinction. You can send a message from the UK >> act.biologicaldiversity.org/nXrxsHJM-USw...
Stop Trump's Extinction Plan
The Endangered Species Act is the world's most successful conservation law, and it's under attack again. The Trump administration just proposed four new rules that would gut the Act and drive imperile...
act.biologicaldiversity.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The Endangered Species Act is the world’s most successful conservation law, but it's under attack.
The Trump administration just proposed four new rules that would gut the Act and drive species closer to extinction. You can send a message from the UK >> act.biologicaldiversity.org/nXrxsHJM-USw...
The Trump administration just proposed four new rules that would gut the Act and drive species closer to extinction. You can send a message from the UK >> act.biologicaldiversity.org/nXrxsHJM-USw...
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“These bonds issued by water companies, given their environmental records, are not helping with the reputation or growth of green bonds in the UK."
(Water companies issued 1 in 3 of the UK's corporate bonds this year)
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/11/30/w...
(Water companies issued 1 in 3 of the UK's corporate bonds this year)
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/11/30/w...
Water companies have borrowed over £10bn in ‘green’ bonds
The water industry issued a third of UK corporate bonds this year, according to a new Unearthed analysis - but the sewage crisis continues
unearthed.greenpeace.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“These bonds issued by water companies, given their environmental records, are not helping with the reputation or growth of green bonds in the UK."
(Water companies issued 1 in 3 of the UK's corporate bonds this year)
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/11/30/w...
(Water companies issued 1 in 3 of the UK's corporate bonds this year)
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/11/30/w...