Andy Roberts DARnet » Epping http://distributedresearch.net/blog Distributed Action Research blog by Andy Roberts Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:00:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Wanstead Flats Campaign http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2010/10/23/wanstead-flats-campaign http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2010/10/23/wanstead-flats-campaign#comments Sat, 23 Oct 2010 06:58:39 +0000 Andy Roberts http://distributedresearch.net/blog/?p=2719 Continue reading →

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Wanstead Flats Campaign

]]> Join us for ‘Take Back Wanstead Flats’ on 2pm on Sunday 21 November. The Save Wanstead Flats campaign plans to use wooden stakes and tape to mark out the boundaries of the proposed police base on the Flats, in order to show just how much space it will swallow up in 2012. Maps or drawings can never make as much sense as… seeing its massive size for yourself but we’d prefer not to wait until construction starts and it’s too late… to stop these plans.

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As you can see from the publicity, the message behind this event also harkens back to the historical opposition by local people to enclosure of the Flats. We hope people will see this as an opportunity to come along and celebrate in their own way our right to enjoy our open spaces – although it is late November, so we do recommend that people wrap up warmly!

Leaflets available to download from http://scr.bi/9sZkjy and A3 posters from http://scr.bi/9AgXOE – please ask local shops and businesses to put up a poster, or stick one up in your window (but no flyposting please, as it gets some of us in all sorts of trouble!)

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]]> http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2010/10/23/wanstead-flats-campaign/feed 0 Greenfinch arrives http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/12/29/greenfinch-arrives http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/12/29/greenfinch-arrives#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:27:46 +0000 Andy Roberts http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/12/29/greenfinch-arrives Continue reading →

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Greenfinch arrives

]]> I just spotted a greenfinch, which is a common enough British bird, but it’s the first one I’ve seen in my East London garden. The number of species now visiting has at least doubled since I moved in here, last century.

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greenfinch pic by Neil Phillips

What I’ve come to realise is that even though we are in an inner city type borough the actual location is right at the tip of a thin wedge of more or less continuous green space which acts as a funnel from Epping Forest. Having a few large trees around makes it a last refuge for non-urban wildlife.

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