http://www.camdenfoe.org.uk Friends of the Earth local group in the London borough of Camden Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:53:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Camden Council has joined Friends of the Earth and other local authorities across the country in objecting to the Government’s consultation proposals to cut Feed-in-tariff (FiT) rates for solar electricity projects. A news article on Camden's website Camden Council slams government’s bid to cut solar feed-in-tariffs states: The FiT currently guarantees an ... http://www.camdenfoe.org.uk/camden-council/camden-council-supports-our-final-demand/ Join us on Thursday 8 December for a public meeting on 'Why Noise Matters' with guest speaker environmental campaigner and author John Stewart at the Marchmont Street Community Centre, WC1N 1AB from 7pm The author and environmental activist John Stewart will be speaking on the impact everyday noise can have on us ... http://www.camdenfoe.org.uk/events/why-noise-matters-public-meeting/ On 21 November, Jess and Alex have been to the Air Quality Summit, jointly organised by Camden and Islington Councils. Here's their report: Professor Frank Kelly (King's College) started the summit on the impacts of air pollution. With 29,000 death per year in the UK, this kills more than road collisions! ... http://www.camdenfoe.org.uk/camden-council/air-quality-summit-in-camden/ Alex, Jess and Susan from Camden Friends of the Earth joined the Campaign Against Climate Change Climate Justice march to Parliament on Saturday 3 December. Did you know? 7% of the world's population produce 50% of the world's emissions 7% of the world's emissions are produced by 50% of the ... http://www.camdenfoe.org.uk/climate/marching-for-climate-justice/ Our letter on cycle safety and traffic speeds in Camden is published in this week's Camden New Journal (Thurs November 10 2011): Over the last 10 years London has made real advances in getting people out of their cars and into cycling. Despite many more cyclists on the road there are clearly ... http://www.camdenfoe.org.uk/transport/cycle-safety-camden/ Do you have ideas about making Camden greener? Come along to our workshop and share your thoughts! Camden council are creating a Green Camden resource to help people who live in Camden to be more eco friendly and to take environmental action. Join our workshop with the Camden Sustainability team ... http://www.camdenfoe.org.uk/events/green-camden-workshop-tuesday-8-november/ Our Camden up Close Treasure Trail is featured in this week's Ham & High newspaper (Thursday 29 September). A photo and short article on page 2 detail the activities at the Belsize green fair and our treasure hunt. The article says: Camden Friends of the Earth hosted an eco-friendly treasure hunt across the ... http://www.camdenfoe.org.uk/camden-friends-of-the-earth/camden-treasure-trail/ Well done all - you may have heard by now - Camden Friends of the Earth won the Earthmover award for Outreach event or activity of the year, awarded at a glittering awards ceremony at Friends of the Earth Annual Local Groups conference 2011. The Earthmover Awards celebrate successes of the ... http://www.camdenfoe.org.uk/camden-friends-of-the-earth/camden-foe-earthmovers/ *** UPDATE *** Thanks to everyone who took part - it was a great day and lovely weather for it - we hope you enjoyed exploring Camden as much as we did! You can now view the full Camden up Close Treasure Trail directions (pdf) to download and explore Camden ... http://www.camdenfoe.org.uk/events/treasure-hunt/ We're looking for volunteers for two upcoming projects: Renewables case studies: researchers, interviewers, photographers and writers For our Big Energy Conversation campaign we're looking to create some case studies of local Camden businesses and other organisations that either use renewable energy or work with renewable energy. We're looking for volunteers to research ... http://www.camdenfoe.org.uk/camden-friends-of-the-earth/volunteer-for-camden-friends-of-the-earth/