With UK energy bills rising by 4%, in the highest price cap in three years, and forecasts for early 2027 warning of another 25% to 30% jump (source: Bloomberg), Green Open Homes is as much about saving energy bills as emissions this year. And offers solutions for every pocket and every living situation, from architect retro-fits to balcony solar panels ...Free tours & talks ...From 2 – 16…See More

You are invited to join Muswell Hill Sustainability Group and expert facilitator Anna Antonyak for a fun, three-hour, interactive, collaborative workshop exploring the wonders of biodiversity and making sense of one of the biggest challenges of our time. Working in small groups, you’ll piece together 39 cards to uncover how ecosystems function and interrelate, why biodiversity matters for all of us, and how human activity is putting it at risk. Then connect it all into concrete actions you can…See More

As part of Haringey's Go Green Eco Urban Festival and National Park City's Grow Urban Festival, MHSG is excited to be teaming up with the trailblazing community horticulturalists at Wolves Lane Centre in Wood Green, to offer a packed, free programme of tours and talks focused on community growing, a fairer, healthier, more sustainable food future, the restoration of urban wetlands and increasingly vital Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS).This fascinating four hour event will include a guided…See More

What’s happening with climate and nature, and what does it mean for everyday life in the UK?Join us for a screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing - an eye-opening film bringing together nine leading UK scientists and experts with the latest evidence and why it matters for Extreme weather, Food security, Health, Cost of living … and more.The film is based on the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster (featured by ITV, Channel 4 and The Times) with appearances from Chris Packham, Deborah…See More

Join Muswell Hill Sustainability Group and a panel of speakers including Sue Heap, Integrative Psychotherapist and Amy Meek, co-founder Kids Against Plastic, for an evening investigating CLIMATE ANXIETY: the profound, chronic fear of environmental doom and emotional distress regarding the accelerating climate crisis. It is a growing and worrying issue, particularly impacting the younger generation. So, we'll be looking at the facts, and offering advice and inspirational stories on how to…See More

Before you book your summer holiday, join Muswell Hill Sustainability Group for an evening of talks and Q&A from a stellar line-up of sustainable travel industry experts:* Anna Hughes from Flight Free UK - a charity that encourages people to travel without flying* Zoe Thomas from Travel Matters - a B Corp travel agent that focus on conservation, not destruction and strive to leave minimal traces behind.* Byway - a flight-free travel b-corp, and first-of-its-kind routing technology that uses…See More

After a Christmas break, the monthly Muswell Hill Repair Café, brought to you by Muswell Hill Sustainability Group (MHSG) in collaboration with Haringey Fixers, is back.Across jewellery, joinery, IT, electricals, ceramics, textiles and much more, our generous team of volunteer fixers are on hand to share their skills, show you how to become a future fixer and defy the landfills (wherever possible!)Book your free 30 minute slot through the Haringey Fixers EventBrite page:…See More

Interested in improving the energy efficiency of your home? Contemplating renewables? Looking to reduce your energy bills and emissions? Or quick fixes? Want to find out about sustainable design and architecture?.Muswell Hill Sustainability Group’s (MHSG) annual Green Open Homes season runs from 3rd to 17th November, offering expert talks and 45 tours of 10 eco homes in N6, N8 and N10. Five of them unseen, and two mid-construction: a rare opportunity to see the bare bones of a retro-fit. .Talk…See More

The Muswell Hill Repair Café returns on the fourth Saturday of every month. Book your free 30 minute slot here and learn how to repair, while our fixers resuscitate (where possible) your broken item.See More

BE PART OF A CIRCULAR ECONOMY ...The Muswell Hill Repair Café is now a monthly event, brought to you by Muswell Hill Sustainability Group and Haringey Fixers. It's free, all are welcome and is the ultimate feelgood experience!You'll find it and our team of fabulous fixers at Muswell Hill Methodist Church every fourth Saturday of the month from 2 - 5pm. The next one is coming up on Saturday 27th September.Prebook your 30 minute slot in advance through the…See More

Muswell Hill Repair Café is now a monthly fixture on the fourth Saturday of every month, with the next one coming up on Saturday 23rd August from 2-5pm at Muswell Hill Methodist Church.It's fast becoming a lovely, uplifting event, cheating landfill, upskilling the community and promoting a circular economy.DON'T BIN IT ... BRING IT ...Book your free 30 minute slot in advance, you'll be assigned one of our volunteer fixers and a time to bring your item along, and they will then mend your broken…See More

The first Muswell Hill Repair Café in June was such a great success that Muswell Hill Sustainability Group and Haringey Fixers are joining forces again to offer a second on Saturday 26th July.DON'T BIN IT ... BRING IT!Whether it's electricals, joinery, jewellery, ceramics, IT or textiles, our brilliant team of fixers will mend it, where possible, and teach you to fix it alongside them.Book your slot online through the Eventbrite link, or, for textile and apparel repairs only, just turn up on…See More

Repair Cafés are a growing sustainability initiative, diverting broken items from landfill, up-skilling people, supporting a circular economy and growing a community. All for free! And MHSG is thrilled to be teaming up with local pros, Haringey Fixers, to offer the first Muswell Hill Repair Café.Book your 30 minute slot for help with IT solutions and repairs, ceramic mends, joinery, jewellery, electrical appliances, darning and textile repairs ... and more.Join the Repair Revolution ... If…See More

MHSG and Meadow Orchard Project are pleased to present a FREE summer afternoon of talks and tours, enjoying and learning about nature and sustainable gardening, in the glorious rewilding oasis of Meadow Orchard. It brings together three community groups who are working hard at engaging their communities with nature, making green spaces healthy and accessible, including …A guided tour by Alan Briggs, secretary of Meadow Orchard Project (MOP), taking in MOP’s wildlife habitat, apiary,…See More