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The photos below are a small selection from the 80 events held in Think & Do in 2019. For up to date photos, follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

Can you help us take photographs and films of events in 2020? We’d like to document and make some events available on line? Please get in touch via the contact form if you can help.

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This saturday come and learn how to grow and maint

This saturday come and learn how to grow and maintain a wildflower meadow.
At the Raglan Estate from 2pm - 4pm with Transition Kentish Town. #thinkanddo #camden #rewilding #wildflowermeadow #meadow #grow #wildflowers #biodiversity #ecologicalcrisis #TKT #community #beesandbutterflies

Simple Swaps for the bathroom! All the lotions an

Simple Swaps for the bathroom!
All the lotions and potions we use in our daily routines can contribute to creating a lot of plastic. There are lots of easy swaps that can be made to reduce the amount of plastic you use; swapping for a bar of soap, a shampoo bar or even no longer using wet wipes.
A top tip is also to use everything up! Packaging is often designed inefficiently and may seem empty even when it isn’t. Cutting open your toothpaste or watering down your shampoo towards the end help to get the most out of it.
Again if you can’t swap everything, making one or two changes and sticking with them will make a big difference.
#plasticfree #camdenunwrapped #thinkanddo #camden #camdenfoe #friendsoftheearth #plasticpollution #plastic #zerowaste #plasticfreejuly #bathroom #lush #plasticfree #waste #wasteless

Doing a food shop can feel daunting when it comes

Doing a food shop can feel daunting when it comes to going plastic free, but you can see it as something fun and somewhat of a challenge to overcome! You may find a local corner shop, green grocer or market that provides more plastic free options than your usual supermarket.
Most supermarkets do have more loose fruit and veg these days, shopping around and finding the best option for you may take time so don’t give up on your first go. It can help to write a list, this could contain what you intend to swap the item for. Going into the shop with an open mind and flexibility to try new things.
If you need to buy something packaged in plastic because there are no loose options, make a note of it, when you get home research if there are plastic free alternatives. Most importantly have fun!
#plasticfree #camdenunwrapped #thinkanddo #camden #camdenfoe #friendsoftheearth #plasticpollution #plastic #zerowaste #plasticfreejuly

July is here! And so it is time for Plastic Free J

July is here! And so it is time for Plastic Free July. There are lots of ways to reduce the plastic in your life. So much of the plastic we come into contact with daily is single use and unnecessary. Camden Unwrapped is campaigning to reduce single use plastic in the borough. Plastic Free July is a global campaign aiming to get people to reduce plastic in their day to day lives. To experiment with what we need and don’t need.
If going totally plastic free sounds like too much of a challenge or is too much at the moment, then why not commit to just swapping one or two things, you could then increase this throughout the month!
Let us know the plastic you are removing from your life in the comments! #plasticfreejuly
#plasticfree #thinkanddo #camdenunwrapped #leavenotrace #bringyourown #plastic #plasticpollution #swap #plasticswap #refill #camden
@parktheplastic @greenpeacecamden
@camden_friends_of_the_earth

Kentish Town has a new guerilla gardened wildflowe

Kentish Town has a new guerilla gardened wildflower meadow! Greening for the new community space we are hoping to get running when we can. #Kentishtown #TKT #transitionkentishtown #wildflowermeadow #beesandbutterflies #biodiversity #wildlife #thinkando #camden

Now we are getting really serious about climate ch

Now we are getting really serious about climate change, what can we do in our use of energy to promote a low carbon lifestyle? We want to make our homes more energy efficient, but how do we do that? With more green energy available, how will it be distributed and stored? Can we get cheaper green energy, and can it be locally generated? Who supplies our energy now?

Join this exciting webinar to hear more about how anyone in the community can contribute to tackling the climate emergency and achieving the ambitious goal that Camden has set of becoming a net zero carbon borough by 2030. Confirmed speakers include powerupnorthlondon.org

Sign up via the link in our bio
#communityenergy #thinkanddo #renewable #camden #london #climateaction #energy #powerupnorthlondon #punl #localaction #climatecrisis #climate #climateemergency #greenenergy #solar

Beautiful green scenes at the Leighton Road skip g

Beautiful green scenes at the Leighton Road skip garden in Kentish Town. Think and Do is currently working on the Putting the Park back in Parking Project in collaboration with Transition Kentish Town who came up the idea of turning car parking spaces to Parklets! This will create more pockets of green spaces across the borough, if you have recently given up your car, or you are thinking about getting rid of your car and would like your car parking space to be turned into a carbon sequestering haven for bees and butterflies please get in touch via thinkanddocamden@gmail.com!
We would love to hear from you.
These skips on Leighton Road are part of Global Generations Skip Gardens from 2009- 2019. They are cared for and maintained by local residents.
#thinkanddo #parkbackinparking #camden #london #climateaction #greening #greeningcamden #biodiversity #plants #garden #camdenforest #community #climateemergency #climatecrisis #ecology #ecologicalcrisis

Join us this afternoon for a Green Roots meeting a

Join us this afternoon for a Green Roots meeting at 5pm, zoom link in bio. This project is all about creating and connecting green walking and cycling routes across the borough. We want to encourage active transport, making journeys more enjoyable and connected to nature. We aim tol not only increase biodiversity and increase carbon capture from more trees and plants but contribute to the wellbeing of the community. If you are aware of any spaces near where you live that could be greened up, get in touch or join the meeting to hear an update on the project and share your ideas.
#greenroots #activetravel #greeningcamden #climateaction #greencommunities #community #project #walking #thinkanddo #cycling #camden #trees #nature #naturewalks #greenspaces #carbon #biodiversity

Think and Do stands in solidarity with the Black L

Think and Do stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, and with protesters in the UK and internationally declaring that “enough is enough”. We feel pain, anguish and outrage at the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis policemen, knowing these feelings cannot level up to those of people and communities who feel the effects of systematic racism and violence every day, across the globe. We denounce violence of all kinds carried out by the authorities tasked with protecting life, regardless of difference.
We recognise that silence and neutrality on these matters is equal to complicity, and that we must bring reflective, intersectional and anti-racist principles into all aspects of our work and decision-making.
As an organisation working locally in Camden on environmental and social action, we cannot overlook or separate inequalities of race, gender, class, sexuality, ability, legal status and more from our practice. These issues must be central as we think about the projects we design, how we carry them out and how we reach out to and engage with different communities around the borough.
We must stand with and elevate the voices of BAME activists and communities. We must foreground the principles of environmental justice, which recognise the differential contributions to and impacts of ecological destruction on different communities. We must actively understand that inclusivity is essential to environmental action, and continuously challenge what we do to ensure it is present in all our work from the very beginning.
For too long, many in the environmental movement have been silent on social justice, opting to separate the climate crisis from the global, historically sedimented inequalities that are at the root of the crisis, and the progressive politics necessary to ensure a just transition that leaves no one behind.
We refuse to do the same. Rather, we will continue to learn, to educate and challenge ourselves to bring all voices into the room, even if they are not physically there.

#BLM #blacklivesmatter

Camden Council’s Climate Action Plan is now avai

Camden Council’s Climate Action Plan is now available to view online, tomorrow we are having a discussion about the future of Think and Do and how we can work together with Camden Council and the Community to tackle the Climate Crisis. Georgia Gould will be joining us for this conversation.
Please do join us at 7pm if you would like to hear about or share ideas on the future of Think and Do. Sign up via the link in our bio.
#climatecrisis #thinkanddo #climateaction #camden #london #actionplan #climate #community #travel #consumerbehaviour #fightwaste

Save the date! Monday 15th June 2020 from 19.00-20

Save the date! Monday 15th June 2020 from 19.00-20:30. Calling all friends and allies of Camden Think and Do. Please join us to talk about the next phase of Think and Do. We will be joined by Camden Council Leader Georgia Gould for an online interactive webinar focusing on Think and Do's role in supporting Camden’s new Climate Action 2020-2025 tabled for adoption this week.
#camden #camdencouncil #thinkanddo #london #climateactionplan #climateaction #action #activism #local #communities #climatecrisis #biodiversitycrisis #engagement

Your pelvic floor does more than you think! We rel

Today at 5pm. Sign up via the link in our bio! In

Today at 5pm. Sign up via the link in our bio! In this talk we'll be discussing not just how you can make your money greener, but also how we can do the same for the whole economy, and why it matters that women feel empowered to seek out information about finance and economics. If you're interested in learning about environmentally-conscious ways to invest your pension, how we might use the economy to drive the systemic change we need to address climate change and the role gender plays in all of this, please come along for a relaxed talk about the environment and economics. All welcome!
#thinkando #camden #pension #greeninvestment #sustainablefinance #greenfinance #finance #divest #investment #camden #money

#blackouttuesday Black Lives Matter

#blackouttuesday
Black Lives Matter

Join us this evening at 5.30, we are talking with

Join us this evening at 5.30, we are talking with The Tricky Period, a grass roots organisation helping to tackle period poverty across London.
We will be discussing the impact poverty has on environmental choices and what we can do in Camden to support the Tricky Period! #periodpoverty #thinkanddo #camden #poverty #menstrationmatters #menstration #period #trickyperiod #community

What’s on this week! The link is now in our bio

What’s on this week! The link is now in our bio to sign up!
Tomorrow - The Tricky Period is a grass roots organisation that tackles period poverty by providing free period products to women, no questions asked. There are already a few places within Camden that have collection points, we will be discussing how to tackle the growing problem of period poverty in the borough.
On Wednesday - Green Finance and Investment sessions is meant for everyone! If you have a pension then that money is being invested somewhere, this session aims to help us understand our finances and the positive impact green investment can have.
On Sunday - We have a Pilates session focused on women’s health. Often not discussed openly there lots of ways work on your Pelvic Floor and lower abdominals. It is becoming normalised that women should have to deal with leakages downstairs by brands who want you to buy their disposable products, when this is not the case! Join us to find out more.
#trickyperiod #camden #london #thinkanddo #period #periodpoverty #sustainableperiod #environment #choices #pension #finance #greenfinance #investment #divest #pilates #womenshealth #empoweringwomen #pelvicfloorexercises #pelvicfloorphysicaltherapy #pelvicfloor #physicaltherapy #relaxing

Tomorrow evening at 6pm join us for a session on R

Tomorrow evening at 6pm join us for a session on Resilience During Uncertainty. This will be a really positive event where Claire will explore different ways to be Resilience in this time and mostly will help you to feel happy! Sign up via the link in our bio ! #resilience #wellbeing #thinkanddo #lifecoach #community #camden #happiness #happy

Today at 5pm join Farhana and Mike who will be coo

Today at 5pm join Farhana and Mike who will be cooking with @kentishtownvegbox ingredients for a Ready Steady Cook Style session, with an opportunity to learn recipes and share your own!! Also Stephen will be showing how to make Elderflower Cordial and Fritters! #food #thinkanddo @farhanayamin #camden #community #chef #vegbox #cooking #elderflower #elderflowercordial #fritters #london #climateaction

Tomorrow at 5pm join the Cook Along Supper Club wh

Tomorrow at 5pm join the Cook Along Supper Club where not only will we be sharing recipes, Ready Steady Cook style with veg box ingredients, but we will also be shown how to make Elderflower Cordial and Fritters by Stephen!
The ingredients needed are below -
For elderflower cordial:
10 elderflower heads
850g white sugar
Lemon
1L Sterilised jar
For elderflower fritters:
16 elderflower heads
Sunflower oil for deep frying
100g self raising flower
2 teaspoons of cornflower
2 teaspoons caster sugar
1 egg
These beautiful flowers are all over the place at the moment, if you don’t have any in your own garden you could forage on a walk or ask someone who has a lot in their garden if they would mind you having some!
Sign up via the link in our bio #forageforfood #food #nature #elderflower #elderflowercordial #flower #camden #thinkanddo #community #cook #cookalong

Tomorrow we are having a hackathon for one of our

Tomorrow we are having a hackathon for one of our projects. Green Roots is a Think and Do seedling project all about engaging with our streets as sustainable public spaces for active transport and wildlife. In this participatory hackathon we’ll discuss the long-term, actionable objectives of the project and how we can get there, as well as a shorter-term strand we can begin as lockdown eases: mapping green walking routes around the borough. We will be joined by RCA students who will present their project, Camden Land Bank, as well as members of Camden Council and local activists for active transport and urban greening. This project will be built by minds and hands from across the borough: residents, activists, community groups. Join us! Sign up via the link in our bio.
#greenroutes #camden #activetravel #travel #cycle #walk #commute #camdencyclists #greencorridor #greenroots #airpollution #climateaction #climate #nature #safetravel #carfree #london #thinkanddo #community #biodiversity

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