Eco Village

Darren Cullen is a satirical artist originally from Leeds, now based in south east London where he runs the Museum of Neoliberalism. Cullen is best known for his Mini Daily Mail, Action Man: Battlefield Casualties toys and Pocket Money Loans payday loan shop for kids, which featured at Banksy’s Dismaland.

His latest project is the Hell Bus, a pre-apocalyptic marketing suite about oil company greenwashing, satirising the absurd spectacle of oil and gas corporations attempting to convince the public that they’re going to help save the world from oil and gas corporations.

Greenpeace is a movement made up of people like you. Find out all the things that people can do to help the planet.

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BeeUrban is a honeybee-centric social enterprise based in Kennington, South London, which aims to positively influence the urban environment through supporting local people and promoting positive, ecologically sound practice around urban greening, building, farming and particularly bee-keeping.

No Time to Waste is an environmental arts project aimed at 5-11 year olds which seeks to inform and empower young people about issues, such as single use plastic, climate change, and sea life protection so they can make choices to care for and protect our planet. It is centred around Gusita their 5 meter turtle sculpture made from tyres and other interactive recycled sculptures.

​Through storytelling, puppetry, team games, petition signing and hands on workshops such as tyre furniture skills and plastic bag jellyfish, they provide a playful sensory learning experience children can integrate into their everyday lives.

Father Nature is a landscape gardening and horticultural organisation with soul. Their aim is to connect inner city folk, young and old, with the potential of Lambeth’s growing spaces, with nature, with one another. Their current sustainable community growing projects include building outdoor classrooms for urban schools, street-side planters for community growing, gardening sessions at communal spaces and planting parties wherever we’re needed.

Froglife is a national wildlife conservation charity concerned with the conservation of the UK’s reptile and amphibian species and their associated habitats. Our holistic approach to nature conservation enables us to take individuals on a wildlife journey, whilst also delivering amazing results for our amphibian and reptile species.

The London Beekeepers’ Association (LBKA) is a volunteer-run members’ organisation and Registered Charity that represents the interests of beekeepers and urban beekeeping in the central London area. They provide education and advice, promoting responsible bee keeping and raising awareness of the issues affecting bees.

London Wildlife Trust is the leading voice for wildlife conservation in the capital. Several of their nature reserves, including Camley Street Natural Park, Gunnersbury Triangle, and Sydenham Hill Wood have been saved from development thanks to volunteers and supporters.

Alongside their volunteers, they manage 37 nature reserves across the capital including habitats such as woodland, grassland and wetland. They take practical action every day to help wildlife flourish. and we support national campaigns led by The Wildlife Trusts.

WWF is the world’s leading independent conservation organisation. Their mission is to create a world where people and wildlife can thrive together. To achieve their mission, they’re finding ways to help transform the future for the world’s wildlife, rivers, forests and seas; pushing for a reduction in carbon emissions that will avoid catastrophic climate change; and pressing for measures to help people live sustainably, within the means of our one planet.

Serco provide a diverse range of sustainable waste management services to residents in Lambeth. Staff will be on hand to answer any questions you have. They will also be showcasing their fully upcycled and 100% electric waste disposal truck, which is one of the many actions being taken to reduce their and Lambeth’s carbon footprint.

Come and have a chat to us about some of our projects such as Try Before You Bike and free cycle training.

HGV awareness – pedestrians and cyclists can get into the cab of a Serco truck to experience blind spots and get advice on road sharing with large vehicles. Look for the Serco truck next to the Active Travel stall.

On 27 March Lambeth’s cabinet approved a blueprint setting out the ambitions and priorities for Lambeth over the next seven years.

The new borough plan, ‘Lambeth 2030: Our Future, Our Lambeth’, will guide the borough’s work across council services and partnerships to ensure we all focus on the priorities of our residents.

To find out more and to get involved visit www.lambeth.gov.uk/boroughplan.

Lambeth’s citizens’ assembly was set up following Lambeth’s declaration of a climate emergency in 2019. Emissions from the council’s operations only account for a small portion of the borough’s emissions, so the council recognised a collective response is needed to tackle the climate crisis in Lambeth. And who better to do this than residents themselves?

At Repowering London, we are Creating Local Energy and putting people at the heart of the energy system. We provide much more than low-carbon energy to the communities we work with. We deliver a unique programme that includes social, financial and educational opportunities.