Westminster Ponds Centre for Environment & Sustainability: ReForest London
Taking Flight: the Westminster Ponds Centre for Environment & Sustainability
ReForest London
ReForest London has been planting trees in our city for 14 years, and since 2011, has registered over 400,000 newly planted trees through the Million Tree Challenge campaign.
Since 2015, ReForest London has been working with partners to develop a flagship environmental centre for the London and Middlesex region - the Westminster Ponds Centre for Environment & Sustainability (WPC).
“This is going to be London’s very first environmental centre,” says Dean Sheppard, Executive Director of ReForest London. “Bringing together non environmental groups like builders, developers, and energy producers will be key to how our community is able to become more sustainable.”
The Centre will host a mix of activities, program partners, and tenants with a shared goal of achieving large-scale improvement in community sustainability. Facilitating open and continuous community consultation, and creating a beautiful and welcoming space demonstrating the green building technologies available, will ensure the Centre remains a valuable community resource for years to come.
“There are 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and at least half of them are related to what we’ll be doing at the Centre,” says Sheppard. “It's important to protect the environment that we have and frankly, we're doing a poor job. Things are getting worse, not better. And we need to take action now.”
With inclusion and education being core components of the WPC’s mission, London and Middlesex will gain a space to gather and learn about taking responsibility for our environment and respecting the futures of generations to come.
