Friends of the Silk Stream

The Silk Stream feeding into the Welsh Harp Reservoir, West Hendon, 1922

These plastic particles smaller than a human hair can pass through cell walls and enter the food web go.nature.com/3TxSPjT

BREAKING: The Ocean Cleanup just announced the next big step in scaling Interceptor deployments worldwide: a 30-city program to cut ocean plastic pollution from rivers by up to one-third by 2030.

The ocean… 🌊💙 sustains life, regulates climate, hosts biodiversity, buffers storms, produces oxygen, holds untold wonder. Yet, we’ve polluted its depths and pushed it to the brink. On #WorldOceanDay and every day, let’s act to #SaveOurOcean.

#LondonRiversWeek2025 #Silkstream #MontroseplayingFields #SilkstreamPark #BurntOak #Colindale #Barnet

Plastic is everywhere. It makes up 80% of marine pollution, poisoning ecosystems and marine life. As part of the #OceanDecade, @TheOceanCleanup, @PlasticFischer and @CommonSeas develop pioneering solutions to protect the ocean from plastic pollution: ow.ly/pqkt50VWmzT

#SilkStream #LondonRiversWeek2025 #CommunityCleanup #SilkstreamPark #MontrosePlayingFields #BurntOak #Colindale #BurntOakNepaleseCommunity #FriendsoftheSilkStream

Help us gather data on water quality across the River Brent as part of London Rivers Week 2025! 📊💦 🗓️ 28th May - online training session 🗓️ 6th June - sampling at numerous locations along the Brent and its tributaries. book.plinth.org.uk/e/IVny4WFfDKLE… #thames21 #lrw2025

First 99 samples delivered to Imperial ⁦@ERGImperial⁩ ⁦@Thames21⁩ ⁦@BrookersDollis⁩ ⁦@welshharpies⁩ ⁦@silkstreamers⁩ ⁦@WealdstoneBrook⁩

Great to be working with @WembleyMatters @silkstreamers @welshharpies @LAMuttonBrook @BrookersDollis @woodcockpark @BrentRiverPark @Thames21 @thameswater @imperialcollege @LeonPBarron on this exciting run-off project on the River Brent

Well-researched piece by @jimwaterson on the flats pumping sewage directly into London’s rivers. Six of the blocks are on the Brent or its catchment. Quotes from our trustee Ben Morris of @BrentPollution. londoncentric.media/p/revealed-the…

Great to launch this project with Imperial, which is going to sample run-off from over 30 locations throughout the Brent Catchment. @ERGImperial @LeonPBarron @Thames21 @BrentRiverPark @silkstreamers @BrookersDollis @LAMuttonBrook can’t wait to get started!

#BurntOakBrook #ActionforSilkstream #BurntOak #Silkstream #Thames21

#CommunityCleanup #SilkStream #MontrosePlayingFields #Silkstreampark #BurntOak #Colindale #Barnet

Hello all! We've got another clean up at the Welsh Harp happening next Sunday. 🗓️ Sunday 23rd February 🕚 11am-1pm 📍Hawfinch House, NW9 7BX Please register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/welsh-harp-c… Hope to see you there 🌱

London's sewage crisis: will the Super Sewer solve it? - CPRE London - Tickets cpre-london.eventcube.io/events/69231/l…

"That record is made from trash".

Merry Christmas to all who care for and about our rivers! It’s great to be part of such an active, engaged and determined community. We are conjoined as travellers following a star, or tributaries making for the sea. #strongertogether. (Brent Lodge Park, JE Walduck 1975)

#BurntOakBrook #RiverActionDay #Thames21 #BurntOak #Barnet #Silkstream thames21.org.uk/event/action-f…

We stopped dozens of trash floods like this in Guatemala this year. 🇬🇹