15 Sept Zoom Meeting: The rise and fall of the rivers of Mars Sanjeev Gupta, Professor of Earth Sciences, Imperial College, London NASA Perseverance Mars mission
Professor Sanjeev Gupta hit the news by helping to land NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars from his room above a hairdresser’s in Ladywell. Normally, he would have been at NASA HQ…
21 July Zoom Meeting: Flooding and Flood Risk in Lewisham – Marcus Gayle, Flood Risk Manager, Lewisham Council
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?…
15 July Zoom Meeting: People and planning – Lessons from our Neighbourhood Plan with Sarah McMichael, Lee Forum
Sarah McMichael will share how she and her Lee Forum colleagues have
devised a local Neighbourhood Plan to address community aspirations…
Sounds of the City – 15th January 2020
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 'Acoustic Ecology' of...
QWAG 30th birthday AGM + Wildflower meadows on the Quaggy – 18th March 2020
QWAG 30th birthday AGM + Wildflower meadows on the Quaggy Mark QWAG’s 30th birthday at our 2020 AGM. Celebrate with our famous buffet then hear from our special guest speaker, Catherine Ashcroft, on plans to improve the ecology of the river side with ‘secret’...
In Search of Plant Folklore – 20th May 2020
In search of plant folklore. Roy Vickery of the South London Botanical Institute, and author of Vickery's Folk Flora (2019), discusses his life's work collecting information on the folklore and uses of British plants. Bring your own memories of plants, their uses,...
The 6th Great Quaggy Duck Race – 24th May 2020
The 6th Great Quaggy Duck Race, Manor Park, as part of the 21st Hither Green Festival. The Quaggy ducks have been in training all year. The Kingfisher Trophy has been polished. Will the river run as fast as in 2018, or will it flow as slowly as it did in 2019? Find...
Recovery of the Tidal Thames and its Fisheries – 17th July 2019
Presented by Richard Buchanan, Secretary of the Blackheath Scientific Society Richard will present a talk first given by Steve Colclough of the Institute of Fisheries Management. He will speak about the decline and recovery of the water quality of the River Thames and...