The Joyful Environmentalist by Isabel Losada
If someone needs a subtle nudge or a wake up call and how they can start making a difference, this book is a good place to start.
Think global, act Wanstead: October 2025 WCA meeting
We’re getting used to our new, more accessible, home in Wanstead House, and meetings are now regular third Mondays. Many of our regulars couldn’t make October’s meeting, but nine of us managed to agree significant actions. Maybe every meeting, after a round of introductions and apologies for absence, we can, firstly, reassert that we’re all…
Climate Cafe Listening Circle in E11
What is a Climate Cafe Listening Circle? An informal group space with a simple structure in which people speak and listen to one another’s feelings and concerns about our changing climate. It is a tried and tested approach developed by the Climate Psychology Alliance (CPA). There are no formal speakers, action plans or debates but…
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 hanging…
Big-picture books: Merchants of Doubt
First of a series: Review of two crucial books from the 2010s: Merchants of Doubt and The Burning Question.
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 a…
Petition to LB Redbridge to declare a Nature Emergency
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 decline of some species. Hedgehogs 🦔 are only seen now in some…
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.…
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 members…
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