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Sep 3, 2019
2 min

Anti-idling action in Merton

Along with many London boroughs, Merton has several air quality black spots where levels of poisonous nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and carbon p...

Jun 4, 2019
1 min

Make your pledge for cleaner air

Mission Along with many London boroughs, Merton has several air quality black spots, including school sites, where levels of poisonous ni...

May 8, 2019
2 min

Get ready for Walk to School Week

Be part of Living Streets' national #WalkToSchool week campaign aiming to get children and grown-ups walking more this May, and beyond! F...

Mar 27, 2019
1 min

Is the future electric for Merton?

Merton Council is currently consulting on its third Local Implementation Plan (LIP), which covers all things transport. Did you know? Mer...

Jan 21, 2019
2 min

Merton takes action to reduce air pollution, one tree at a time!

On 11th January, Sustainable Merton - the borough’s leading environmental charity, joined forces with Cricket Green School staff and chil...

Nov 12, 2018
2 min

How London’s communities can help the Mayor improve air quality

On Tuesday evening Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, welcomed representatives from London’s air quality community and advocacy groups to City ...

Nov 7, 2018
2 min

How can community groups improve air quality?

On Tuesday 6th November, community groups, councillors and representatives from across London came together at City Hall – yes, that odd ...

Aug 17, 2018
2 min

Cleaner air for the UK

“Air pollution, as quoted by DEFRA, is now considered as being the top environmental risk to human health in the UK and fourth greatest t...

Jul 4, 2018
1 min

Merton's young trees are in need of a drink!

Merton's trees help to clean up the air that is exceeding European regulations in many areas across the borough. We need our young trees ...

Jun 6, 2018
2 min

Getting back to nature

I don’t know what the term ‘getting back to nature’ means to you? For me, the sun comes out and I think of green spaces, trees, plants an...

May 23, 2018
1 min

Spring Reception at City Hall

"The Spring Reception at City Hall on Tuesday 22nd May was hosted by Merton and Wandsworth London Assembly Councillor Leonie Cooper. The ...

Apr 15, 2018
1 min

Residents get digging for cleaner air in Merton!

Sustainable Merton is working in partnership with Clarion Housing to create a nursery of saplings at Morden Rec as preparations get under...

Nov 6, 2017
3 min

Lethal and Illegal: Solving London's Air Pollution Crisis

“On 2nd November, The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) released its final report on London's air pollution crisis. One of Sust...

Oct 31, 2017
4 min

Cycling to work: Getting started

I used to think that people who cycled in London were crazy. Safety, pollution, rain, theft… I really could not understand why would anyo...

Oct 25, 2017
1 min

Heathrow third runway consultation reopened

The public consultation on the planned third runway at Heathrow has been reopened due to new evidence. Since the initial consultation on ...

Oct 23, 2017
1 min

Toxicity Charge for London’s most polluting vehicles is now live

Today, London took one step closer to cleaning up our air with the initiation of the Mayor’s ‘Toxicity Charge’. The ‘T-Charge’ is a £10 p...

Oct 19, 2017
2 min

Why living roofs?

"I remember completing my first living roof several years ago. I had connected a water butt to the down pipe in anticipation of the usual...

Oct 19, 2017
1 min

Planning application for concrete batching plant postponed

Sustainable Merton wish to thank Merton Council for responding to requests to postpone a planning decision on application 17/PO438, which...

Jul 27, 2017
1 min

Busting Air Pollution

On Wednesday 26th July 2017, Sustainable Merton’s Community Champion Steph attended a stimulating Citizen Science training workshop on ‘B...

Jul 20, 2017
1 min

Urgent action needed to clean up London's air

London’s toxic air is a health crisis, with 9,000+ Londoners dying early every year as a result of air pollution. So what is the Mayor of...

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