Keep Grow Heathrow Alive!

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Transition Heathrow faces eviction from Grow Heathrow, its squatted garden in the heart of Sipson.

After occupying the site on 1st March 2010, the plot has provided local residents with a space to start building more sustainable and more resilient Heathrow communities after the dropping of the 3rd runway. Residents and activists have worked together to turn the derelict piece of land back into a thriving market garden. 30 tonnes of rubbish have been removed and two of the greenhouses have been completely re glazed. There have also been many workshops and events such as permaculture courses, growing workshops and a well attended banquet.

Grow Heathrow is at the heart of the Transition Heathrow project, and the looming threat of eviction leaves it with an uncertain future. The land has become a community hub and a model of sustainable living and self-sufficiency. Please ensure the future of this exciting space by signing the petition to save Grow Heathrow!

1369 Signatures

  • Hayereyah
  • Danni P
  • James P
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    • They have been a valued part of the community
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    • 23 Hawthorn Drive
  • Maxine P
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    • a valued part of the community now and needed great work
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    • 23 Hawthorn Drive
  • Alina F
  • Adam C
  • Stefano M
  • Helen H
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  • Jenny M
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    • Grow Heathrow has brought the community alive again ,we now talk to our neighbours not ignore them . Children are amazed as they have seen real vegetables grow ,we are teaching our children the precious art of growing food for survival . Do not let us lose what little piece of paradise we have rediscovered ..
  • Ru K
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    • Local food production should be the corner stone for building the resilient communities needed to withstand the challenges we face. Evicting the Grow Heathrow project would clearly be a step in the wrong direction
  • Daniel L
  • Laurie E
  • Juliana N
  • Aislinn B
  • Anna D
  • Jacqueline S
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  • Mark W
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    • Grow Heathrow is the practical way forward into a future of diminishing oil supplies and climate change, extending Heathrow Airport makes no sense in the light of the real needs of the world and its people
  • jon s
  • Cadi St J
  • gillian s
  • Luke E
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    • Community based projects like these should be encouraged. Being such an environmentally positive project, in the current climate crisis we live in, Transition Heathrow has been an inspiration to those of us in Liverpool, and work with the council has started to replicate this project across the city
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    • 49 Leopold Road, Kensington, Liverpool
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  • Naomi G
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  • Christine P
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  • Max St J
  • Jane R
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    • I strongly support the values and efforts of the Grow Heathrow commumity
  • Regie A
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  • Elise T
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    • It would be criminal to evict them! Look at the social, economic and human capital they are creating. This is a great example of the Governmnet's 'Big Society' idea.
  • louise e
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    • green lanes london n16
  • Philipparie
  • Maria E
  • Tony M
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    • a pointless eviction:
  • Donna H
  • Bruce W
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    • What a beautiful and beneficial space!
  • Maia S
  • Richard G
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    • These people are a vital part of the community and are putting the land to better use than it was previously in. They have more right to be there than the neglectful owner!
  • Ralph B
  • Mary L
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    • any alternative must be a sustainable one - nothing is more valuable today in London than a garden growing food.
  • kester M
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    • Who are the squatters inconveniencing? Noone.
  • rowan i
  • Sophie D
  • Biff V
    • Comments
    • From TransitionLouth in Lincolnshire
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    • www.transitionlouth.org.uk
  • Elizabeth J
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    • Where do you think your food is going to come from when the oil runs out?
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  • suzan K
  • Elizabeth S
  • Ela M
    • Address
    • 138 Catharine Street, CB1 3AR
  • Catherine R
  • Ben S