Bumper Crops for Balloch Gardeners Tucked behind the safe haven of Lomond Parish Church, Lomond Community Gardens & Allotments is a gardener’s delight. Established in 2013 when the Church was awarded the Bronze Eco Congregation Award, the first plots were offered to those on the Alexandria Allotments’ waiting list. Eight years on and Loch Clydesider Editor • Environment
Linnvale Litter Pickers Linnvale residents are calling time on litter bugs and turning their community into a haven for wildlife. A spring litter pick as the country eased out of lockdown saw 30 residents collect waste along Strauss Avenue and beside the canal. The group has since cleared the Linnvale roundabout and teamed Clydesider Editor • Environment
Alexandria Goes Green Community groups in Alexandria are on a mission to create a green heritage corridor through Alexandria. The initiative will see a community orchard, raised beds, flowers and soft fruit areas planted to create a green space from the Fountain to the tow path. There are also plans for a parklet Clydesider Editor • Community
Gardenening Through COVID Gardening Through Covid by Andy Devine The Bellsmyre Community Garden team adapted to the pandemic challenges and continued to thrive under the guidance of Martin Love and Pat Lally. They were just about to launch their spring plant sale in March 2020 as the first lockdown started and moved this to an online Clydesider • Environment
Sanitary Sustainability by Jacqueline Bruce The last week of November 2020 will forever be a monumental week in human rights history. It was the week Scotland became the first country in the world to end period poverty. When free sanitary products first started being distributed through schools, colleges and universities in August Clydesider Editor • Environment
A Home From Home by Zoe Weir PHOTO CREDITS: STOP POLLUTION IN GABES When international COP26 delegates were left without accommodation due to high demand and rocketing prices, folk across West Dunbartonshire opened their homes to welcome them via the COP26 Homestay network. Zoe Weir, a 49-year old ecologist and anti-plastics campaigner from Dumbarton, Clydesider • Environment
