By Liz Jeffries and Matthew Hill This conference, held on Zoom, took place on Sunday 22nd November and was sponsored by Headingley Festival of Ideas (HFI); Headingley Development Trust (HDT) and Zero Carbon Headingley (ZCH) Around 30 people attended. Introduction Isobel Mills, Co-chair of HDT, opened the conference, and amongst other comments, acknowledged that Headingley […]
Leeds, Carbon Neutral by 2030?
We organised this public meeting held at HEART on 9th March 2023. Leeds City Council’s “Climate Emergency Advisory Committee” is leading the climate change work for the City. The chair of the committee, Councillor Katie Dye, will talk about the Council’s plans and this will be followed by a discussion on what this will mean […]
Clean Air Day 16 June 2022

The theme for Clean Air Day 2022 is focused on personal health. The official slogan for the campaign is: “Air pollution dirties every organ in your body. Take steps to improve your health this Clean Air Day.” Air pollution can have adverse effects on every organ in the body by inflaming the lung’s lining and spreading […]
Students’ visions for Greening Headingley

In January 2022, 3rd year landscape architect students from Leeds Beckett University presented their ideas for greening up parts of Headingley at the Heart Centre We heard about the great work of the Greening Up volunteers, planting and tidying a range of small areas, support from the Arndale centre and Leeds Council Parks dep’t. An […]
Greening Up Headingley
On 15th July we held an open online meeting to explore the ideas and actions about ‘Greening Up’ Headingley.
Home Insulation and Low Carbon Heating
A recording of a Zero Carbon Headingley online meeting about Home Insulation and Low Carbon Heating. It was held on 9th December 2020 and features talks given by Andy Walker from SURE Insulation and Matthew Hill from Zero Carbon Headingley.