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Welcome to the first edition of our new
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Climate change
is in the air Tube and bus advertising, festivals and events as well as multi-lingual activities such as storytelling and drama will all play a part in LSx's projects designed to boost understanding of climate change across London. We're working on a pan-London project with the GLA and with South Asian communities to deliver the message that 'together this generation will tackle climate change'. For more information contact: Jane Mulholland / 020 7324 3656 / j.mulholland@lsx.org.uk |
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| Hinduism and
H20 Summer festivals, workshops and special women and youth events will form part of our project to encourage the Hindu community to save water and adopt greener lifestyles. We're working with Thames Water to test how effective faith beliefs could be in encouraging Londoners to lead more eco-friendly lifestyles, specifically in reducing water consumption at home and in the workplace. For more information contact: Snowia Hussain / 020 7324 3627/ s.hussain@lsx.org.uk |
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Join our
Champions Network Are you a BAME business, faith group or community group? Do you want access to a free suite of services that will support your sustainability work? By joining our Diverse London Sustainability Champions Network you will receive: invitations to events and networking opportunities and a quarterly e-bulletin with all the latest news about services available from Diverse London and LSx. For more information contact: Miriam Brown / 020 7324 3636 / m.brown@lsx.org.uk |
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| Can you lead
the way? We are also looking for 12 special 'Ambassadors' to support the work of Diverse London. If you are already promoting environmentally positive behaviour amongst multi-ethnic, multi-faith communities this could be for you. Benefits include: networking opportunities with London's key leaders and opinion formers; priority bookings for events and seminars and a special certificate of recognition for those who successfully motivate change. For more information contact: Snowia Hussain / 020 7324 3627 / s.hussain@lsx.org.uk |
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Greener food
and drink We're starting work on greening food and drink businesses in London. Between now and late autumn we'll be showing restaurants, hotels and pubs how they can boost their reputation and their profits by going green. Experts will demonstrate how they can cut costs by reducing waste and increasing recycling, by promoting healthy eating and by conserving energy and water use. For more information contact: Monique Johnson 020 7324 3655 or m.johnson@lsx.org.uk |
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£4m to improve
London's food Plans to encourage Londoners to eat healthier and 'greener' food were launched in May this year by the Mayor of London. Almost £4m will be spent over the next three years to improve the choice, quality and availability of food in London with the aim of enhancing our health and benefiting London's environment.. |
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| Families let
down by affordable housing in London A shortage of affordable family-sized housing in the capital is resulting in overcrowding, a report by the London Assembly has shown. Size Matters - The need for more family homes in London argues that affordable housing policy is not meeting the needs of Londoners as developers often meet targets by building smaller properties in order to cut costs. |
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Olympics boss
sets out key milestones Target start and completion dates for Games venues, as well as the publication of the Olympic Delivery Authority's (ODA) procurement strategy for stakeholder consultation were recently announced. They were part of the next ten milestones in the programme to deliver the venues and infrastructure for the 2012 Games set out by David Higgins, chief executive of the ODA. |
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| Climate change
central to London planning review Radical plans to cut energy use and boost the use of renewables across London will be set for the capital as the Mayor of London pinpoints climate change as a priority in his planning review over the next two years. Proposals include doubling carbon emission reductions in developments as well as setting carbon dioxide reduction targets for the first time for London. |
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Greener buildings guidelines published New guidelines to 'green' buildings have been published by the Mayor of London. The new planning guidance sets out what can be done within the current policy framework to design and build new developments in ways that contribute to sustainable development. | ||
| More childcare
needed in London if we are to tackle poverty Childcare provision in London needs urgent improvement if poverty rates and more support for children with special needs are to be tackled says a new report. The London Assembly's review of childcare says London has the highest rate of child poverty as well as the worst childcare facilities in the country and more needs to be done to address this. |
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New toolkit
could save London's offices £730 milion Businesses in London can save money and cut office waste by using a free toolkit available from Envirowise. The Green Officiency CD-ROM provides a step-by-step guide to help office-based businesses reduce waste in common resources such as paper, water and energy. Savings can be as much as £200 per employee. |
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Gayle Burgess, Behaviour Change Manager - g.burgess@lsx.org.uk
Gail
Dinner, Partnership and Communications Manager -
g.dinner@lsx.org.uk
Snowia
Hussain, Project Officer (Diverse London) - s.hussain@lsx.org.uk
Jane
Mulholland, Partnership and Communications Coordinator - j.mulholland@lsx.org.uk
Monique
Johnson, Temporary Project Coordinator (Food and Drink) - m.johnson@lsx.org.uk
Kim
Huhn, Project Officer (Motivate London) - k.huhn@lsx.org.uk
Miriam Brown,
Temporary Behaviour Change Programme Assistant - m.brown@lsx.org.uk
Nadene
Townsend, Administrator - n.townsend@lsx.org.uk
Samantha
Heath, Director - n.townsend@lsx.org.uk
London
Sustainability Exchange
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Our funders include: the Bridge House Trust, Defra, the London
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(ALG).
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Sustainability Exchange (LSx) aims to accelerate the transition to a sustainable
London by connecting and motivating people. We operate as a programme of UK
sustainability charity Forum for the Future, registered charity number: 1040519.
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