Tag Archives: climate-change

Jackdaw gas field: WCA response

If sustainability means one thing, it’s an end to new oil and gas. In January 2025, the Court of Session in Edinburgh ruled that the previous government decision to approve two new projects in the North Sea, Rosebank oil field, and Jackdaw gas field, were unlawful because they had ignored the most significant environmental impacts:Continue reading “Jackdaw gas field: WCA response”

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 allContinue reading “Think global, act Wanstead: October 2025 WCA meeting”

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”

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?”

Some past events! (and apology and request!)

We don’t want to give the impression that Wanstead Climate Action stopped doing anything some time in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025(?) just because we haven’t updated the website. Please don’t assume we’re inactive or all on holiday, and do get in touch. It’s just that we’ve been too busy to update the website. You’ll seeContinue reading “Some past events! (and apology and request!)”