Sustainable Hackney

About

Sustainable Hackney aims to protect and enhance the environment, create a sustainable community and contribute to social, economic and environmental justice locally and globally.  Our objects are:
  • To bring together, support and co-ordinate the activities of people and organisations in the London Borough of Hackney to create positive solutions.
  • To promote increased awareness and develop understanding of environmental issues and the work of environmental organisations.
  • To influence policy and represent views to the local authority and other organisations and to increase co-operation between such organisations and local environmental groups.
  • To undertake projects and/or to support and complement the work of others in support of the aim and objects.
  • To develop the diversity of our organisation.

Our Steering Group

Mohan de Benoit Anna O'Brien Anthony Bunbury
Michael Calderbank James Diamond Amy Ericcson
Kathryn Johnson Russell Miller Gustavo Montes de Oca
Liz Moxson Marie Murray Katherine Pitt
David Rees Mike Trier

Sustainable Hackney was created by merging Hackney Environment Network and Hackney Environment Forum.

Sustainable Hackney is run by a voluntary steering group (which is always interested in new members), as part of the Community Empowerment Network, which is run by Hackney Community Voluntary Service. We have four representatives on Team Hackney's Sustainable Environment Partnership Board, which is currently focusing on the issues of carbon reduction and biodiversity. Matters relating to that Board are found under the Group of the same name on this website.

All other matters relating to the extraordinary range of positive environmental activity in Hackney – in community-building, transport, food growing, biodiversity, climate change, energy, politics, sustainability or green spaces – can be located in the other discussion groups or by using the 'folksonomy of tags on the home page. Welcome to the website.

Like the network, this website is  user-led as far as possible, in recognition of the fact that change starts at the grass roots. Please join, and contribute your news, views, tags and events. If you need help or advice about using the site, please contact us. Enjoy!