by Qwag | Jul 9, 2021 | Meetings
Wednesday 21 July, 8pm – online Famously, much of Lewisham flooded in 1968. Even today over 2,200 properties are at risk of flooding from run surface water run off. Is the borough taking flood risk seriously or is it building its way into trouble? The question...
by Qwag | Jan 12, 2021 | 2021
What If? Imagine being able to walk from central Lewisham to Lee Green, over the border into Greenwich and then on to Grove Park – all within a stone’s throw of a restored, fully functioning River Quaggy. That is the prospect if our ambitious ‘Quaggy Links’ project...
by Qwag | Jan 12, 2021 | 2021
Jeff Royce, Chairman of the Friends of Bromley Town Parks & Gardens will present on hopes for the remodelling and restoration of this waterbody in central Bromley. Jeff will also refer to Bromley Council’s draft Open Spaces Strategy. 8pm online via Zoom. The...
by Qwag | Jan 12, 2021 | 2021
Mark QWAG’s 31st year and discuss plans for 2021-22 and hear about the Greening of south east London from our special guest speaker, Catherine Ashcroft, who will present her plans to improve the ecology of the river side with ‘secret’ wildflower meadows on the River...
by Qwag | Jan 12, 2021 | 2021
Unable to race in 2020, ducks everywhere have been in training all year hoping to win the prized Kingfisher Trophy along with the title of fastest Quaggy Duck in London. Will the river run as fast as in 2018, or will it flow as slowly as it did in 2019? Find out for...
by Qwag | Sep 4, 2020 | 2020
QWAG Meeting: Wednesday 16 September, 2020 30th anniversary AGM + guest speaker Green roofs – from Deptford to London, Europe and beyond A personal south east London story Dusty Gedge, President of the European Federation of Green Roof Associations (EFB) and...
by Qwag | Jun 29, 2020 | Meetings
Wednesday 15 July, 8pm-9.30pm (on Zoom) Sarah McMichael will share how she and her Lee Forum colleagues have devised a local Neighbourhood Plan to address community aspirations for a cleaner, safer and greener local area. Sarah will cover how they involved people in...
by Qwag | May 11, 2020 | 2020
We love the River Quaggy. We also love Blackheath pebbles, the smooth, black flinty rocks found in the river which reveal how the London area rose out of the sea came to be. QWAG members Paul Rainey and Pamela Zollicoffer explore a story as old as time – well, perhaps...
by Qwag | May 6, 2020 | 2020
QWAG has a growing interest in ‘hedge funds’ for a modest project with lofty connections writes QWAG’s Dave Larkin. “Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote…” Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer April...
by Qwag | Dec 19, 2019 | 2019, Meetings
Most of the time we perceive noise as a problem. From road traffic and aircraft to noisy neighbours, we’re surrounded by sounds in towns. Professor Drever will challenge how we perceive the urban ‘soundscape’ and will introduce the idea of the...
