by Helen Rapley | Oct 30, 2018 | Sustainability
“Highgate’s quite nice apart from the rubbish isn’t it?” Comment from an overseas tourist “I walked through Basildon the other day and Oh My God, I couldn’t believe it, it was cleaner than Highgate!” Comment from a resident “I’m visually...
by Alicia Pivaro | Aug 1, 2018 | Event, Sustainability
An evening of sustainability talks and discussion were held at Omved Gardens on 7 July. Each speaker was given five minutes to present their work around issues including bees, pesticides, seed collection and food security. The event was organised by OmVed Gardens,...
by Simon Briscoe | Jan 30, 2018 | Sustainability, Traffic & Transport
We have two – only two! – bike hangars in the Forum area. Are they a good thing? One hangar (on Hillcrest) is reportedly well-used while the other (on Winchester Road) is not. The lack of hangars is odd as, as the map shows, there are hundreds east of...
by Simon Briscoe | Jan 3, 2018 | Sustainability
Two major transport themes in the Forum’s work in 2018 will be buses and parking. A core on these issues is pollution: Highgate High Street, Highgate Hill and Archway Road have above legal levels of air pollution. This blog sets out the background and summarises...
by Simon Briscoe | Jul 21, 2017 | Sustainability
The Highgate community crowd-funded a second air quality survey and this blog presents the results. The main conclusions: 1. Highgate’s main thoroughfares still have illegal levels of (NO2) air pollution. 2. Overall air quality has not changed in the last year – where...
by Simon Briscoe | Mar 7, 2017 | Sustainability
Thanks to the generosity of Highgate residents we were able to collect enough money to have a second round of air quality testing. We have spent the last few days putting up sensors. We will have the results in about six weeks. The results of last year’s...
