Woodberry Down’s residents and natural history celebrated in project by Royal College of Art graduate
Xinqi Chen’s stunning illustrations were inspired by local stories and the campaign to save the Happy Man tree
Nature
Art and conservation shop owner has two days to raise £10k for new premises in Clapton – or faces closing it for good
Illustrator Ben Rothery needs help if Hidden Planet is to survive and thrive
The Citizen Gardener: Worms are a sign of a healthy environment
Kate Poland on the crucial role earthworms play in our ecosystem
The Citizen Gardener: No Mow May
Kate Poland on lawns, and why a little bit of chaos is not always a bad thing
The Citizen Gardener: Green corridors
Kate Poland on the importance of travel for plants, insects and animals – and how we can all protect them with a little helping hand
Nature volunteers ‘angry and distressed’ after Network Rail cuts down stretch of trees in Stamford Hill
Company defends move on safety grounds as locals warn of impact on reserve that is home to numerous birds
Josh Loeb: Is nature healing?
The local journalist and animal lover on critter-spotting during lockdown, pubic lice (not from experience), the R rate for nits, and why rewilding shouldn’t be limited to the remotest parts of the UK
We Swim to the Shark, Georgie Codd, book review: ‘Subtle insight into the inner psyche and the natural world’
Part autobiography, part travelogue, this debut by the Hackney-based author sees her attempt to conquer her phobia of fish by swimming with the biggest one of all
Get outdoors in Daubeney Fields with Heritage Lottery Funded project
Whether you call it Clapton Park or Daubeney Green, charity EcoACTIVE Education have a jam-packed schedule of free activities for everyone to enjoy
Swift exit: is Hackney Council missing a big opportunity by exiling this most high-flying of birds?
Their aerial displays above Hackney’s skies thrill many, but campaigners such as Hamish Burnett are concerned that they will find nowhere to nest in the borough’s increasingly renovated old and new buildings, as he explains in this comment piece
Abney Unearthed project to produce digital version of Stoke Newington cemetery
Council announces scheme fuelled by Heritage Lottery Fund cash to shed new light on mysteries in burial ground, parts of which are in disrepair
Abney Park’s Grade II-listed gates ‘saved’ as greengrocer’s plans prove fruitless
Council refuses to allow local business to expand its premises, after Abney Park Trust objects to plans
New Lee Valley Ice Centre could put Leyton Marsh at risk, campaigners warn
Save Lea Marshes group vows to protect the ‘vital green lung’ of Leyton Marsh from plans to create an ‘international standard’ ice venue
Counting East London’s eels as they ebb from the River Lea
Once omnipresent in culture and waterways, efforts are now under way to tally – and save – the area’s dwindling eel population
Hackney’s ‘contagious energy’ on display in Stephen Gill exhibition
Photography inspired by borough and its residents
Fox traps removed from Clissold Park as last-ditch petition forces council rethink
Council puts plans to ‘humanely kill’ foxes in deer enclosure on hold due to public outcry