Category Archives: Sustainability

BBC comments CHUG promotes shared living space solutions in east of London

CHUG took part in Open House for the first time this year, and it was a huge success. Here we are in the news – scroll to the fourth picture along. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14950320 The BBC states “Good design is the theme … Continue reading

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CHUG allotment in the Evening Standard

The CHUG allotment featured in the Evening Standard on the 12th of September, 2012. They caught wind of our allotment project and their Homes and Property section got in touch and interviewed CHUG’s Val Easty, top allotmenteer. The article goes … Continue reading

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CHUG wins Edible Green Corners award

EDIBLE GREEN CORNERS – The Floating Allotment, Kingsland Basin, Hackney – Courtesy of Edible GreenCorners Website A community of 14 Hackney boat dwellers has turned one of the old boats into a floating allotment on which herbs, perennials and annuals grow. … Continue reading

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Hackney Citizen on CHUG – ‘Away from the Hackney main stream’

Kingsland Basin resident Hannah Engelkamp Photo: © Bruno Conrad ‘Some of the borough’s more adventurous residents share the secrets of life on the river’ Jenny Stevens Monday 5 July 2010 ‘Tucked behind Kingsland Road and encased in a rickety black … Continue reading

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