Islington Environment Forum
Making Fairness Really Fair…
Islington consists of over 190,000 people- at about 33,000 per square mile.
Sharing that land are dwellings, shops, offices, manufacturing and distribution facilities … and a large area taken up by roads.
Parks, gardens and other open spaces which go to make life tolerable for people are limited by history, geography, biology, finance and by the quality of the council’s vision.
In addition, the quality of the essential but less exciting aspects of our environment – homes, streets, pavements, refuse collection, even the air we breathe – is affected by what the council does and the efforts and involvement of local people.
We have an urgent and growing challenge to make sure that the quality, benefits and costs of all this are distributed fairly amongst the people.
This has become even more pressing under the Con-Dem coalition regime.
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As the successor to Islington LA21, we have spent years working closely with Islington Council:
Our Mission
• Social progress that recognises the needs of everyone
• Protection of the environment
• Careful use of natural resources
• A vibrant and sustainable local economy.
Our Methods
• Information and awareness raising
• Consultation and involvement
• Working in partnership
• Integrating sustainability
• Monitoring, measuring and reporting.
We are looking forward to working with you in the challenging times ahead!
Nicholas Watts London Metropolitan University
Wally Burgess Councillor for Canonbury Ward
Joint Chairs of Islington Environment Forum
