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Farting cows not good enough reason to go vegan, says UKIP
UKIP has urged Croydon’s two Conservative MPs to look at the scientific evidence before going into Croydon schools to promote climate change as part of “Climate Week”. Climate Week describes itself as...
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Music to your ears? An everyday – and night – tale of Croydon
Driven out of their home by loud music from next door, after a sleepless night for himself and young son, a resident of THORNTON HEATH has contacted Inside Croydon about the council’s lack of...
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Croydon Green Fair 2013: North End, June 15
Filed under: Activities, Community associations, Croydon Greens, Education, Environment, Gardening, Waste incinerator, Wildlife Tagged: Environment, Green, incinerator, Wildlife
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Croydon Ecology Centre open weekend: June 8-9
The Croydon Ecology Centre at Heathfield House is staging its summer open weekend on Saturday and Sunday, June 8-9. Open from 11am to 5pm both days, entry is free. At 3pm each day, there is a guided...
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Croydon Council’s “non-drop” trees that cost us all extra
Tomorrow, our neighbours in Sutton will be able to mark the end of the holiday period by placing their used and unwanted dying old Christmas trees outside their homes for collection, free of charge, by...
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JLS singer ‘horrified’ by toxic pollution caused by incinerator
JLS singer Jonathan “JB” Gill has added the X Factor to the anti-incinerator campaign by giving his personal endorsement to the rapidly growing local movement that is bidding to stop the building of a...
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Jones critical of ‘crass stupidity’ of national flood planning
What can be done to avoid the worst impact of the floods that have blighted large areas of Kenley and Purley, and closed a major A-road in the area for the best part of a month? Jenny Jones, the 2012 …...
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Croydon among worst boroughs for axing street trees
In Croydon, where hundreds of residents were forced to evacuate their homes in February due to flooding following the wettest winter since records began, the council has managed to axe 1,703 street...
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Stop The Incinerator ‘Beer and Bingo’ fund-raiser: Apr 28
Coming to Croydon David Lean Cinema: The Great Beauty, Apr 10 Norwood Society Talk: Crystal Palace, Apr 17 David Lean Cinema: Inside Llewyn Davis, Apr 17 Opening of Marlpit Lane bowling and putting...
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Put in the Groundwork to help reflect the River Wandle on film
An environmental charity is working this summer to produce a film to tell the story of the River Wandle, and they want community groups and locals to help make the film. Groundwork is a national...
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Volunteers wanted to help chart the Wandle’s history
Put in the Groundwork to help reflect the River Wandle on film Coming to Croydon Arts and Crafts Market, Exchange Square, Apr 19 Private Peaceful, Charles Cryer Theatre, Apr 23-26 Alison, A Rock Opera,...
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Lambert and Lucas focus on the fracking threat in the capital
Caroline Lucas, the country’s first Green MP, and London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert will be in Croydon this afternoon to highlight the threat of fracking in the capital. Lambert and Lucas will visit a...
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Visit Selsdon Woods for coppicing and charcoal-making
The Friends of Selsdon Wood are holding its annual charcoal-making event this bank holiday weekend, May 24 to 26. The Friends’ team will be led by Neale Fox, but more helpers are welcome to volunteer....
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Croydon Green Fair, North End, June 14
Coming to Croydon Weenies meet artist Hale Man, Whitgift centre, May 27-28 The Information Project Crystal Palace debate, May 28 Howard Marks: Scholar, Smuggler, Prisoner, Scribe, May 29 David Lean...
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Summer butterfly walk, Farthing Down, July 20
Coming to Croydon South Norwood Arts Festival, July 5-20 David Lean Cinema: Half of a Yellow Sun, July 17 Love Norbury launch event, July 19 Boom Band plays the Half Moon Putney, July 19 Picnic in...
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Raise your garden’s prospects with new beds and some worms
ESIAH LEVY, @CroydonGardener on Twitter, suggests that using raised beds in small town centre gardens and yards is an excellent way to grow a range of healthy – and productive – plants Having a raised...
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Life can be a bowl of cherries in your own urban orchard
ESIAH LEVY, @CroydonGardener on Twitter, has already explained how even the most modest of town centre homes can have a herb garden and grow their own vegetables with some raised beds. Here, he...
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Fundraising walkabout at Beddington Farmlands, Aug 30
Exclusive readers’ offer: a free glass of wine for diners at Albert’s Table Special readers’ offer: 25% off meals at PizzaExpress Purley Coming to Croydon Festival of books, Central Library, Aug 27-30...
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Apprenticeship scheme gets to work on the Wandle Valley
A horticulture training scheme in the Wandle Valley is being launched tomorrow by Groundwork London. Working together with housing associations and local authorities, Groundwork London uses...
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South Norwood Country Park family fun day, Oct 25
Family Fun Day South Norwood Country Park Saturday, 25 October 2014, 12 noon – 4pm Have fun with nature! Bring a picnic and enjoy an afternoon of activities bushcraft, den building, water...
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