Earth Day: meet the under-30 eco activists on a mission to save London

With around 3,000 green spaces, London is Europe’s greenest city. But with the news that this is the 10th consecutive month of record temperatures, the climate emergency is coming for us all. How we act right now is critical. Thankfully people power is strong: meet those planting large and small seeds across our city to champion the change that needs to come.

Tayshan Hayden-Smith, 27

TV presenter, author, and founder of Grow2Know

Ladbroke Grove

Just 19 at the time of the Grenfell fire, just across the way from his North Kensington home, footballer and now TV presenter, author and activist Tayshan Hayden-Smith had the seed of an idea. “Grow2Know was born in the face of adversity — it’s about the amazing benefits of and mental and physical health — there are a whole load of social challenges that I believe nature has the ability to solve.”