Let's protect the environment

Seeds, driveways and cycles - how the growing appetite to embrace the environment is playing out in Wanstead.

 

The Wild Wanstead initiative to plant wild seeds around tree pits has received a massive response from local people, with some 40 roads indicating they want to take part.

The first plantings will be taking place over the coming weeks with more in the autumn. So get ready to see some more colour on those Wanstead streets over the summer.

Wild Wanstead is also looking at the possibility of helping with makeovers of drives, returning them to garden status where the owner desires. This idea though is at a very formative stage.

There seems to be a real awakening around the area regarding environmental matters, with a group of concerned cyclists and walkers gathering last week at Wanstead House to discuss what can be done to make Redbridge more cycle and pedestrian friendly.

Again, there is much enthusiasm to make our already ecologically rich area even better to live in. The aim to get more people out on bicycles, public transport and on foot can be achieved with some imagination and a little logistical help from the council.

These are exciting times in Redbridge, with an appetite to embrace with nature and live in a more sustainable way. There has always been a thirst for living more at one with the planet but now a significant number of people seem ready and willing to take up the practical challenge. Long may it continue.

published in Wanstead & Woodford Guardian - 26/4/2018