2012 Sustainability
Lame Duckweed clearance for tourist barges on Lee Navigation
An elevator on the front of the weed cleaning blue boat attempts to remove Duckweed.
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Fri, 10/08/2012 - 20:39.
Blog | Contamination | 2012 Sustainability | Habitat and wildlife | Health | Sustainability | Tourism
Bream sighting in River Lea
Bream from Ruckholt Road bridge in early July
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Thu, 09/08/2012 - 19:49.
The real environmental impacts of holding the Olympics in East London
from Corporate Watch
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Mon, 06/08/2012 - 09:03.
Article | Contamination | 2012 Legacy | 2012 Sustainability | Bully Point Nature Reserve | Environment | Habitat and wildlife | Hackney Marsh User Group | Lammas Land | Manor Gardens Allotments | Transport | Travellers
Tourist numbers in London down 30%
David Cameron is giving upbeat press conferences about how well the Tube system is working despite the influx of 100,000 Olympic visitors. Transport for London say passenger numbers on the Tube on Monday were up 4%.
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Tue, 31/07/2012 - 08:40.
Article | 2012 Arts & Culture | 2012 Business | 2012 Sustainability | 2012 Transport | Displacement | Economics | Government | Public transport | Tourism
In search of legacies lost
The former Arena Field, site of the Media Centre, in 2008
Runners are sent ahead to drum up excitement; the circus rolls into town, and the people pay. Show over and profits taken, the circus pulls out, leaving behind mere memories and mess.
The five ring circus works on similar lines over a longer eight-year timescale. Why did London agree to host this circus? The time to reject a London Olympics was during the bid stage
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Wed, 18/07/2012 - 08:49.
Article | 2012 Arts & Culture | 2012 Finance | 2012 Jobs | 2012 Legacy | 2012 Sustainability | Displacement | Hackney | Legacy | Protest | Regeneration
The River Lea in Spate
The River Lea in Spate: Taken Monday evening 11th June 2012
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Tue, 12/06/2012 - 18:24.
Blog | 2012 Sustainability | Environment | Habitat and wildlife
Vote for the Greenwash Gold 2012!
Which dodgy company most deserves the Greenwash Gold medal in 2012? Who is covering up the most environmental destruction and devastating the most communities while pretending to be a good corporate citizen by sponsoring the Olympic games?
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Tue, 24/04/2012 - 13:44.
Article | Contamination | 2012 Sustainability | Corruption & Ethics | Environment | Health | Human Rights | IOC | London 2012 | Protest | Sponsors
Olympic Chiefs Flout Legal Principle By Threatening Citizen Journalist
Steam Roller on Sandy Lane Leyton Marshes: the machine of choice for the ODA
Submitted by Mike Wells on Tue, 17/04/2012 - 18:27.
Article | 2012 Business | 2012 Construction | 2012 Legacy | 2012 Sustainability | Corruption & Ethics | Environment | Hackney | Human Rights | Legacy | London 2012 | Planning & Development | Politics | Protest | Waltham Forest
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