love london 2006

With world environment day coming up on 5 June, London is gearing up for a whole bunch of activities... London Sustainability fortnight begins on 4 June until 18 June 2006. I found out about the festival from a little booklet that was popped into my vegetable bag last week by my fantastic supplier, farmaround. Sunday 4th June will see the launch of London Sustainability Weeks at the Camden Green Fair held at Regents Park from 12 noon to 7pm. The fair is the largest environmentally friendly festival in London.

The Fair aims to inspire Londoners to help make their capital a world-class Green City, letting visitors find out about the huge and growing number of sustainable companies, products, campaigns, and lifestyle choices that are available to us all, every day. Ranging from energy, holidays, transport, leisure and food to shopping, health, beauty, and gardening, the Camden Green Fair has something to discover for everyone, and with over 100 stallholders last year selling everything from herbs to electricity, it's a great opportunity to do a bit of shopping too, without it costing the earth! The Camden Bikefest combines their annual event with the Camden Green Fair. There are bikes available for you to have a go on, and various bike activities to promote and encourage cycling.

My pledges for the fortnight will be...
1 - Take lunch to work at least 3 times a week thereby saving on packaging and helping to use up more of the veg left in my fridge - not to mention saving money!
2 - Recycle my plastic containers - hunt down local plastic recycle bins.
3 - Buy new long lasting eco bulbs for my non-dimmer lights.
4 - Make sure I am using the best eco-electricity supplier
5 - Get involved in local campaign to help shape the Tottenham Hale Masterplan to insure that the impact to the environment is minimised and that creative sustainable options are considered.
6 - Write to Haringey Council in respect of accountability for sustainable targets.
7 - Have at least one buy nothing day in the fortnight