Muswell Hill Sustainability Group

The Muswell Hill Sustainability Group (MHSG) is a community group of local residents concerned about climate change and sustainability. Its aim is to reduce carbon emissions and waste in Muswell Hill and surrounding areas, encouraging residents, local businesses and community groups to live more sustainably. Membership is open to anyone, with annual fees between £10 and £25 depending on circumstances, and the group runs projects, campaigns, events and workshops.

The group's origins go back to 2 February 2008, when the Muswell Hill and Fortis Green Association held a public meeting on Sustainability. Some of those attending gathered together afterwards under the chairmanship of Dr Alan Morton and called themselves the Muswell Hill Sustainability Group. On 13 August the Group, which by then had a dozen members, adopted a constitution with main objects to support and promote a more sustainable future, to raise awareness of climate change and to encourage people in Muswell Hill and surrounding areas to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. In summer 2009 the group worked with members of the Environmental Resources department of Haringey Council to put together a bid for a Low Carbon Zone in Muswell Hill; theirs was one of 10 successful bids presented to the GLA, and through Haringey Council funds of £200 to £400 thousand were made available to involve businesses, householders and community organisations in the zone in sharing resources and expertise in a carbon reduction programme in N10 (the Muswell Hill Low Carbon Zone). In autumn the Group's committee made a further joint funding bid to the Department of Energy and Climate Change in response to the nationwide Low Carbon Communities Challenge, for £400,000 to carry out a programme of regeneration by installing solar panels on schools and other large buildings in and around Muswell Hill, including Marks & Spencers on Muswell Hill Broadway. In December 2010 they heard that their bid was the only one to be accepted within the M25. The group has been pushing sustainability for over 15 years, providing advice and support to help people reduce their carbon emissions and prevent climate change.

A local community group providing advice and support to help people reduce carbon emissions and prevent climate change.

1. 1Reducing Carbon Emissions in the Muswell Hill Area - Muswell Hill Sustainability Groupmhsgroup.org
2. 2History - Muswell Hill Sustainability Groupmhsgroup.org
3. 3About Us - Muswell Hill Sustainability Groupmhsgroup.org
4. 4Join us - Muswell Hill Sustainability Groupmhsgroup.org