Climate Emergency Hustings
For those of us in North Tooting (aka Battersea) there are Climate Emergency Hustings tomorrow hosted by journalist Michael Crick. It would be great to do something similar in Tooting constituency.
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99% Scientific Consensus on Global Warming
Just as a marker for the next time you encounter anyone who doubts or denies Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) aka warming of the planet caused by the actions of humans, an article in the Guardian this week explains that the scientific consensus on this is now over 99%. I guess most readers of this blog […]
Read More →My Fracking Opinion, What’s Yours?
Quite amazing in the week where the IPCC tells us we have even less time than we thought to take action to avert the dangers posed by warming of 2°C, that fracking is underway today in Lancashire courtesy of the delightful Cuadrilla Resources. What planet are these people on? Thankfully there are some brave people […]
Read More →Tooting Twirl 2017
In July 2017 we transformed the bus turning circle in the middle of Tooting into a pop up village green!
Read More →Urban Heat Research Report Published
Today the Policy Studies Institute publish their research report Urban Heat: Developing the role of community groups in local climate resilience. It’s a readable, accessible and expert report. TTT are proud to have been able to contribute to this valuable piece of work, hosting and facilitating community conversations, mainly in 2015, about the increasing risks […]
Read More →Producing A Steak Takes A Lot Of Water
One of the reasons some of us are trying vegetarianism for January is the environmental impact of keeping animals for human consumption. The practice of rearing animals to provide food for humans is an ancient one and has been going on for at least 10,000 years. I’d argue that this has only really become a […]
Read More →Can You Give Up Meat for a Month?
When TTT co-chair Richard mentioned he was going to go vegetarian for January, it made me think could I? Some vegetables, yesterday Not eating meat and what it means, touches on so many of the environmental issues that TTT has tried to tackle over the years. Land and water use, global warming, animal welfare, population […]
Read More →Tour de Tooting 2016
In 2016 we staged the Tour de Tooting combining fun, wellbeing, cycling, wheel mechanics, health and quieter, greener streets to celebrate the wheels in our lives with a parade through the centre of Tooting.
Read More →BATCA Community Heroes
BATCA Hero Hilary It was a good night for TTT and our partners at last night’s BATCA (Balham & Tooting Community Association) Community Heroes Awards. Our Rooting in Tooting colleagues at CARAS (Community Action for Refugees & Asylum Seekers), won a Team Award, while Hilary Jennings ex-co-chair and key player in TTT since 2008 was a highly commended […]
Read More →Air Quality Meeting Report 26/11
The LSX data showing pollution In Tooting At the end of November we held a productive meeting about air quality in Tooting, organised in conjunction with Furzedown Low Carbon Zone, London Sustainability Exchange (LSX) and Battersea & Wandsworth TUC. This meeting was organised on the back of the citizen science data collected in Tooting’s main […]
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