We joined in with the eco activities at Camden Green Fair, held in Regents Park on Sunday 6 June. Thanks to everyone who came down and helped make our stall such a success!

• We raised £111.54 for Friends of the Earth, by asking for donations for our home-made cakes and jam
• About 50 postcards were signed for the Get Serious about CO2 campaign
• Around 40 surveys were completed by people living in Camden, to help inform our local campaigning

With delicious home-baked cakes on a banana theme (from the fair hands of Natasha, Susan and Jess) and Jim’s jams, we had a nice profile, raised some money for Friends of the Earth and got a lot done as well as having the chance to hang out with the other Camden green groups. It was good to support such a lovely event.

We joined the Campaign Against Climate Change’s Candlelit Procession down Whitehall at midnight on Saturday 15 May, part of the Climate Emergency overnight vigil, to highlight to the new government that climate change should be their priority.

The 300-strong procession started at Trafalgar Square (where ‘Climate SOS’ was written in red candles) and we made our way to the Houses of Parliament by candlelight. Video by You and I films below:

Outside Parliament we stopped to hear speakers from the UK Youth Coalition on Climate Change, the UK Tar Sands Network, and John McDonnell, MP for Hayes and Harlington spoke about the great news that the third runway at Heathrow Airport has been scrapped. We hope that the the new government can follow this up with even bolder action on climate change!

We had a great turn out at the Hampstead & Kilburn Hustings last Wednesday 14 April at St Stephen’s Church on Rosslyn Hill - almost 200 people attended, and all six prospective parliamentary candidates for the constituency answered questions on environmental issues.

The event was co-organised with eco groups from across Camden and our stall (pictured, right) attracted interest from candidates, who were given a copy of our Friends of the Earth Election 2010 Manifesto Recommendations (PDF).

Questions were submitted to the candidates from Camden Friends of the Earth, Transition Belsize, Camden Greenpeace, Camden Cyclists, and members of the public were invited to ask questions on the night.

Unfortunately there wasn’t enough time for all questions to be asked, but they have been sent to candidates to answer via email. The candidates (in alphabetical order) are: Bea Campbell (Green), Ed Fordham (Liberal Democrat), Glenda Jackson (Labour), Magnus Nielsen (UKIP), Tamsin Omond (The Commons), Chris Philp (Conservative).

We’ll add a document with all the questions and candidates’ answers from the hustings to this page as soon as we have them! You can also put your questions to the candidates now on the Ask the Climate Question YouTube channel.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the hustings - to Natasha for being our Green Princess! - and to everyone who helped organise and made it into a successful evening! For more photos from the event please see the Transition Belsize photo album.

We’ve joined forces with environmental groups across Camden - including Camden Greenpeace, Transition Towns, and the Camden Cycling Campaign - to hold the first ever Hampstead & Kilburn Resilience Hustings on Wednesday 14 April in St Stephen’s Church on Rosslyn Hill at 7.30pm

We’ll be asking the Camden question - how well are we prepared for external shocks like climate change and peak oil? The aim is to explain to the parliamentary candidates - our keynote listeners for the evening - what our thinking is on climate change, peak oil and transition through films, drinks, fun and debate.

There will be a screening of the film ‘In Transition’, and you will have the opportunity to pose your environmental questions to parliamentary candidates Glenda Jackson (Lab), Ed Fordham (LibDem), Chris Philp (Con), and Tamsin Omond (The Commons).

The evening is part of Ask the Climate Question, an initiative backed by a coalition of environmental and development charities and not-for-profits across the UK to ensure that climate change is firmly on the election agenda.


Event location map: St Stephen’s, Rosslyn Hill/Pond St, NW3

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For more information please email camdenfoe@gmail.com

Phew…we got up to a lot in 2009, so much that it’s taken us this long to write it all down!

We campaigned on renewables, climate change and to fix the food chain, getting support from local people, speaking to MPs and campaigning in many diverse locations including St Pancras station, the Houses of Parliament, London Fields, Parliament Hill Farmers Market, Swiss Cottage Peruvian Festival; even as far afield as the international climate summit in Copenhagen!

Check out our 2009 Round Up (PDF) to read about all the campaigning, stalls, events, marches and picnics that Camden Friends of the Earth organised and participated in!

And, if you’d like to be involved in 2010, get in touch - our next meeting is on Monday March 8 2010, 7.30pm at the Pirate Castle.