Welcome to our May/June '08 bulletin.  Londoners have had their say and the city has a new Mayor and Assembly. The political landscape has changed, but the challenge for Londoners to live within our environmental limits and to tackle inequalities remains the same. As London's leading sustainability charity we'll continue to support government, business and communities to build a healthier, greener and cleaner capital. And Mayor Boris Johnson isn't the only news. From April this year LSx has been flying solo! We became an independent organisation and registered charity last month.
Samantha Heath
Chief Executive, London Sustainability Exchange

Community feast for healthier lifestyles
We are delighted to be working with the Dorcas project in  Canonbury, Islington, to deliver our first Well London Community Feast. This will be showcasing a range of healthy and nutritious Bengali, Somali, Turkish and British dishes at a community fun day on 18 June. The Feast will form part of the overall promotion of healthier lifestyles amongst older people in the community and begin a programme of work there over the next 18 months.

Social housing going green
We'll be working with Thames Water and social housing provider L&Q Housing to promote water savings and energy efficiency with Housing tenants in 9 south west London boroughs. This initiative will build on our Key Life Changes work which showed that people are more open to making changes when they move house. For more details contact Gayle Burgess on 020 7234 9404 / g.burgess@lsx.org.uk.

New Mayor of London
Boris Johnson is the new Mayor of London after beating Ken Livingstone on 1st May. The new Mayor has pledged to make good on his campaign promises to make London safer, build affordable homes, improve green spaces and crack down on transport crime. He also said he would "work to unite communities" in London which he said was "the whole world in a city". His first appointment was Ray Lewis as the lead on Young People. More
    

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Upcoming events in London

Timebanking Learning Fair; 21 May 1.30pm – 6.30pm, contact Peter Roberts by 14th May on 020 7249 5373 or e-mail: mildmaytimebank@btconnect.com
Green and thrifty - how your business can benefit by cutting waste; London E14 – 7pm; 18 June 2008 
2008 Capital Clean-up campaign; Runds from 10th March - 18th June 2008; Contact oliver.jones@encams.org.
London Sustainability Weeks; 1st-21st June 2008
Sustainable Procurement in Construction - London W1; 5th June 2008 ;
BURA Awards for Best Practice in Regeneration - enter by 6th June 2008
 

London Councils tackle gang crime
£700,000 will be used to tackle gun and knife crime in London thanks to London Councils. Four organisations have been commissioned to tackle gang violence. These include the Princes Trust which will run anti-knife and gun workshops to discourage young people from violent crime. And the London Action Fund will train young mediators to intervene in violent confrontations. More

Volunteer to clean the Greenway with LWT
London Wildlife Trust’s year long plan to clean and green up a stretch of land from the Olympic Park to the Thames began in April 2008. A team of volunteers plan to clear up rubbish in the 'Greenway' and make the area attractive for wildlife and people. Volunteers will learn practical skills such as wildlife identification and reserve wardening and there are still places available. More