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It’s the most wasteful time of the year: the environmental impact of Christmas

As well as being a time of joy, Christmas is undoubtedly a period of excessive consumerism and waste. In fact,

Michael Doughty: from winning leagues to saving trees

Michael Doughty was a professional footballer for ten years, playing in the Premier League with QPR, but walked away in

Croydon’s first ever Reuse Shop opens its doors on final day of COP26

Croydon’s first Community Reuse Shop officially opened its doors today, selling low-cost items that have been rescued from going to

Kew Gardens collection to be digitised following £15m government investment

The Herbarium at Kew Gardens, the world’s largest collection of plant and fungal specimens, will be digitised in an effort

Thames clean-up combined with African ritual

A clean-up of the Thames in Battersea and a ritual offering to an African deity may not initially seem like

VIDEO: Oval environmentalists collect 2.3 tonnes of waste and transform area

Environmentalists in Oval have collected tonnes of litter from parks and playgrounds and are now starting to impact long term

Kensington and Chelsea buys more SUVs than anywhere else in the UK

Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham buy more planet-bashing SUVs than anywhere else in the UK, a hotly-debated report

Wandsworth Council score low on half term climate report from Extinction Rebellion

A branch of Extinction Rebellion (XR) has challenged Wandsworth Council on its lack of progress with climate emergency targets with

Merton Council to scrap emissions-based parking charges

Merton Council wants to scrap plans to introduce an emissions-based charging scheme for parking. The council’s Labour Cabinet announced on

Kew ha-ha to be transformed into Green Hub

Plans are underway for the Kew Rd ha-ha to be turned into a Green Hub for Biodiversity.

WATCH: SWL goes behind the scenes at Sustainable Merton’s Community Fridge

Sustainable Merton’s Community Fridge is improving access to fresh food for those who need it and stopping surplus food from

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