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Repair café details

2025-6 Repair Cafés Following on from the pilot Cafe last October, Christ Church Parish is partnered with Wanstead Climate Action to host four Repair Cafés in Wanstead in 2025. The next is on Saturday 29 November 2025 from 10.30-1pm at Christ Church Hall, Wanstead. Now is the chance to fix clothes and gadgets that have been hangingContinue reading “Repair café details”

WCA response to Redbridge draft five-year climate plan

The full response by WCA to Redbridge’s draft Climate Change Strategy, calling for more ambition for immediate borough-wide emission reductions, measurable targets and outcomes, evidence base delivery plan, and focus on deeper engagement and advocacy.

Hello subscribers – and plastic action bonus content

Firstly, hello to our few WordPress subscribers. Hope you enjoy getting email notifications of Wanstead Climate Action’s occasional blog posts. Some of you we know, and some we don’t. Just to be clear, we don’t get around to putting very much on the blog at the moment, and instead our regular communication is via aContinue reading “Hello subscribers – and plastic action bonus content”

Petition to LB Redbridge to declare a Nature Emergency

Short version: please sign the petition at https://tinyurl.com/rbnature and share it! We are lucky to live in a borough which has some of the nicest green open spaces in London and where it is not unusual to see butterflies, bats and dragonflies. Sadly nature enthusiasts in Redbridge have seen with their own eyes the declineContinue reading “Petition to LB Redbridge to declare a Nature Emergency”

Urgent petitions for May 2025

For many people, signing a petition is the only form of political activism they have time for. Sharing a petition can be a crucial first step in getting people to think about and engage with a vital issue, and in fact give them hope that there are realistic positive changes out there to be made.Continue reading “Urgent petitions for May 2025”

Why so quiet?

There’s a climate and ecological emergency. So why aren’t we talking about it more? Do we not know how to discuss our worries, or what to do? Are we afraid of being judged? Are we pushing it away hoping someone else will take responsibility – and in that case who? One of WCA’s activist membersContinue reading “Why so quiet?”

WCA response to Independent Water Commission call for evidence April 2025

Response ID ANON-XXU5-KQX5-3 Submitted to Independent Water Commission – Call for Evidence Submitted on 2025-04-20 15:10:33 About you 1 Would you like your response to be confidential? 3 Do you consent to being contacted by the Independent Water Commission about your response? Yes 4 If you consented above, please provide your… email address. Email: wansteadclimateaction@gmail.comContinue reading “WCA response to Independent Water Commission call for evidence April 2025”