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Plan Zheroes is now a “Souperhero of London”
Peasoup magazine today named the Greener Planet Action Team’s Plan Zheroes surplus food campaign one of their “Souperheroes of London”. Our online map has been up and running for about two months now and we already have branches of EAT, Subway, Tesco Express and Cafe Rouge signed up. Lotti and Chris met last week with...
London Citizens Launch Citizens Agenda for 2012 Mayoral Election
London Citizens kicked off their Mayoral Elections campaign on Monday 16th January with the launch of the Citizens Agenda for London. The event was held at St Mary’s Church, Somers Town, the parish of the 1920s housing campaigner, Fr Basil Jellicoe. Community leaders from across London revealed a series of proposals, which London Citizens will...
Heythrop College joins London Citizens
By Dave Stewart SJ, College Chaplaincy Team. “All politics is local”, claimed an influential Massachusetts politician of the last century, Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill. If O’Neill was right, he was telling us that people acting together have the power to change their communities for the better. And, having brought about change – for the better...
Lotti is a London Leader!
Congratulations to Lotti Henley, founder and leader of our Greener Planet Action Team. Lotti has been selected as one of 15 London Leaders for 2011 by the London Sustainable Development Commission. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to progress Plan Zheroes as one of 15 high profile sustainability projects in London. Just imagine, Lotti and Boris...
Plan Zheroes shows that food doesn’t have to be wasted!
Watch our interview with Nicki Fisher, Head of Sustainability for Pret A Manger, who explains Pret’s policy for giving their surplus food to the homeless: Plan Zheroes At Pret A Manger Many thanks to our roving reporter Atul Srivastava (www.ecoexpert.tv) and to Rogan Berkeley for her filming expertise.
Community Leaders meet Chair of London Councils
A London Citizens team just met for the first time with new Chair of London Councils, Mayor Jules Pipe. Vastiana Belfon, a leader from St Johns-at-Hackney chaired the meeting and was joined by leaders from East, South and West London Citizens in proposing that London Councils become a Living Wage champion. It was a really...
Plan Zheroes at Pret A Manger
The next stop for the Greener Planet Action Team’s campaign against food waste, Plan Zheroes, is the HQ of Pret A Manger in Victoria. On Monday Ocotber 4th we will be filming an interview with Nicki Fisher, Pret’s Head of Sustainability. Pret A Manger has a good reputation for diverting their surplus food to local charities...
Hammersmith Broadway – A Living Wage Zone?
Article by Giles Finnemore (Holy Ghost and St Stephens) On Friday 23 July around 80 leaders from Hammersmith and Fulham Citizens gathered together in St Paul’s church Hammersmith. It was a warm, sunny day and the mood was cheerful. After all, we were here for ACTION! In the vaults of St Paul’s Church we did...
Plan Zheroes
Plan Zheroes – the latest campaign from West London Citizens’ Greener Planet Action Team Every year the UK food retail industry sends 1.6 million tonnes of food to landfill. That is bad enough in itself but think about this. At the same time as that food is being thrown away there are 4 million people...
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