"Booking is now open online for free tours of stylish, low-energy 'green' homes not far from you. On Sunday 5th November and Saturday 11th November meet householders who've improved comfort and cut en
Next Monday 25th September, Haringey Council are due to sign an agreement with the controversial developer LendLease to put all their public assets into a joint company - the Haringey Deveopment Vehicle. This very risky venture is likely to impact mo
Urban Harvest is a group of volunteers in Haringey who will pick your apples for you (or any other fruit/vegetable), leave you with as much as your household wants, and redistribute the rest. Email info@urbanharvest.org.uk for more info. They are co
'Two-thirds of the St Ann’s Hospital site is due to be sold for a private housing development with only 14% of the homes classed as “affordable”. St Ann’s Redevelopment Trust (StART) is a group of Haringey residents and workers who want to see the si
Here's another idea - only charging for the amount of garden waste that you want collected. It proposes a system of tags which residents pay for and attach to the existing green waste bags. The petition to Haringey Council proposing this has a deadli
Some lucky streets have been chosen for a wildlife study which involves hosting a wildlife camera in your garden for 3 weeks, sometime between now and next March. Rachel Cates is working with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) to investigate wild
Do you have any unwanted china tea plates or dinner plates lurking in the back of a cupboard? Golf Course Allotments (behind Albert Road Recreation Ground) would be very grateful for donations of plates for the Community Hut, which they will use for
- another chance to enjoy the food, drink and music at a Streatlife event on the terrace of Alexandra Palace. Today until 10pm, and tomorrow, Sunday 20th August, 12 noon to 8pm.
"You might like to know that if you do not have room for another bin they will charge £55 only for bags which they will provide and collect. I only found this out by asking!"
Their Pensions Committee decided last night to up the proportion of low-carbon investments from 30% (decided at a previous meeting) to 55%. The movement of investors away from fossil-fuels gathers apace ...
It seems that Harringay residents have received notification of the charges which will be made by Haringey Council for weekly garden waste collection from October (we haven't had ours yet) - £75 per year, and requires having a new wheelie bin. There'
Visit the craft and food markets in the new Blue House Yard in Station Road / River Park Road (on the left shortly before Wood Green Station). The main house is painted entirely in blue - you cannot miss it!. There is a ceramics workshop where you ca
We went to a delightful concert of Arab music, both tuneful and rhythmic, in Hoxton last Friday - the same group, Sama', who were playing in Tottenham on Sunday (couldn't go to the latter since it clashed with the Fete on the Triangle!). It was suppo
No? Come along to the Fete on the Triangle on Sunday and try out these and other board and table-top ball games from around the world, for children and adults. Some may be familiar - there seem to be striking similarities between games played in diff
Don't forget the Fete on the Triangle this Sunday 18th, from 12.30-5pm (corner of Crescent Road and Palace Gates Road). There will be cakes and plants for sale, live music, Magic, Local History stall, Wildlife in the Park, and of course our local Wa
Does anyone know what has happened to this excellent corner shop, next to Owen's cafe in Alexandra Park Road? The last couple of times I have been there it has been shut up - over the last fortnight or so. They do the best croissants in the neighbou
