Throughout London’s hottest summer on record, Lambeth Council partnered with Big Local North Brixton to deliver a research programme on heat risk. The project set out to explore the effectiveness of heat advice, how social infrastructure can support residents and how cooling strategies work in real-life homes.
October 2025
The Root-to-Tip project aims to address the need to encourage people to eat more fruit and vegetables to increase their fibre intake and to combat the amount of fresh produce that ends up as food waste. A team at King’s are tackling this through their new ‘Root-to-Tip’ menu that uses more parts of the plant – like peels, stalks and skins!
July 2025
Unused space underneath Waterloo station is being repurposed as a freight hub in a pilot scheme with the Cross River Partnership.
April 2025
OurBike is an e-cargo bike hire scheme with 10 locations around the borough. The scheme is open to residents and businesses, offering a greener alternative to carrying cargo or passengers around the borough while reducing traffic and road danger.
February 2025
As climate change impacts increase, we have seen more frequent surface water flooding in the borough, putting further pressure on our sewer system, which had not been designed to cope with recent increases in rainfall. Creating Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) schemes will help reduce climate change's current and future impacts on flood risk.
LSBU Green Skills Hub, in partnership with Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark council, created a virtual work experience or green sectors showcase designed for residents aged 16 and above in Lewisham, Lambeth and Southwark.
January 2025
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