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Next Green Conversations: Greener Travel Now, Monday 20th October
The penultimate Green Conversation of 2025 is only days away. On Monday 20th October (usual time, usual place) we ask why do busy city-dwellers find it so hard to imagine a cleaner, healthier, car-free world, when many of the answers are within our grasp? We are...
Community Bulb Planting at St John’s Gardens – 19/10
Join us for a community bulb planting day at St John’s Gardens, SE8! Everyone is welcome — whether you’re an experienced gardener or just starting out. We’ll be planting spring bulbs together to bring even more colour and life to our beautiful local gardens. It’s a...
Next Green Conversations: Info Wars, Monday 15th September
St John's Society Green Conversations September 2025 INFO WARS: How Do We Regain Trust?The Brookmill - 7.30pm - 15th September 2025 This Green Conversations event asks how we should respond when powerful interests misinform our debates around the climate emergency. We...
Trees in conservation areas
Urban trees perform great good. They contribute enormously to biodiversity, clean the air and provide shade, mitigating summer heat to a surprising degree. There is a method for ascertaining the Capital Asset Value of (the) Amenity (of a) tree. Trees have protection...



