On Sunday 8 July we joined a bee walk in Hackney organised by Hackney & Tower Hamlets Friends of the Earth. It was an enlightening walk taking in lots of different areas – a cemetery, residential areas, busy roads, parks, and the canal towpath. We looked at how these different areas are managed, what’s good…
Join us for a free screening of ‘Vanishing of the Bees‘ at Camley St Natural Park (behind Kings Cross) on Tuesday 10 July and learn more about the disappearance of honeybees, what this means, and what we can do about it. When? Tuesday 10 July, 6.30pm Where? Camley St Natural Park, Camley Street, Kings Cross,…
You may have seen an innovative lawn-mowing technique at St Martin’s Church, Gospel Oak, last month, thanks to Sergio from our group: It got a special mention in the church newsletter from Revd. Chris Brice: “Sergio cut our grass & hedgerows with a bird & insect friendly eye: hence the attractive islands of wild flowers…
Camden Friends of the Earth was up bright & early (very early…!) this morning to participate in a UK-wide CBE “award ceremony”. Along with groups across the UK we helped award medals to Great Britons including Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Dr Samuel Johnson, Laurence Olivier and Queen Victoria. The CBE medals were awarded to recognise great…
Did you spot any of the dancing bees at the London Green Fair this weekend? The bees were out to promote our Bee Cause campaign. We had a great response with almost 600 petitions signed asking the government for a National Bee Action Plan. Everyone who signed got some info on practical actions to help…
We had a great start to our Bee Cause campaign with a stall at Parliament Hill Farmers’ Market on Saturday 12 May. It was a lovely sunny day and we had a fantastic response from shoppers and stallholders interested in how to help save bees. We gave away bee badges, ‘20 things you need to…
Camden Friends of the Earth is joining the Big Green Bike Ride this weekend, with Alex from our group bravely cycling 65 miles from London to Cambridge on Sunday 6 May. The Big Green Bike Ride is a 6-day bike ride from London to Edinburgh raising money for Friends of the Earth. As if cycling…
Our new campaign The Bee Cause launched last week, with a pop-up bee-friendly wildflower meadow outside the National Theatre on the South Bank. Action on bees is now more urgent than ever – you may have read recent news of the impact of harmful pesticides on bees. Together with other Friends of the Earth groups…
We’ve spent the last few months campaigning on our Final Demand campaign, getting signatures for our petition asking the government for a public inquiry into the power and influence of the Big Six energy companies. The petition was very popular in Camden; we got hundreds of signatures at our stalls, and we had some great…
We love sustainable transport – we even made a sustainable transport treasure trail! Camden Council have some innovative initiatives around sustainable transport including Green Streets Fitzrovia and free car club membership for the first 150 residents to give up their resident parking permits. However we are worried that TfL’s plan to roll out pedestrian countdown…