Camden Friends of the Earth is part of the Coalition for a Sustainable Brent Cross Cricklewood Redevelopment, which opposes the current £4.5 billion Brent Cross Cricklewood (BXC) redevelopment plans. Following on from last week’s ruling on Heathrow, the following letter has been sent to local press (Update: 5 April 2010 – the letter was published…
Camden Friends of the Earth took campaigning to the catwalk (well, almost) when we were invited to the UCLU Modo Green Fashion Show on 28 February. We ran a stall for our Get Serious about CO2 campaign, getting over 50 postcards signed and a lot of positive response from those at the event! We also…
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,…
Unnecessary packaging forms a huge part of our waste. A new shop in Islington provides a place for you to shop, without the packaging. Just bring your own containers, and fill them up with what you need. For more information, see http://www.beunpackaged.com/
“The amount of waste produced in North London, like everywhere, is growing year on year and although recycling it is great, preventing it is even better…” Camden Council together with the North London Waste Authority are challenging residents to reduce their waste to zero. The challenge forms part of the Watch your Waste Week which…
6 – 21 September 2008Join others for a week of eating only local organic food, free from plastic packaging to demonstrate to Government urgent action is needed to transform our food system. This is a ‘pilot’ in preparation for a bigger week next year! Most of us would love to eat more locally grown food…
Check our website: www.camdenfoe.org.uk for details of our next meeting.
Camden Council has recently introduced recycling of beverage cartons for residents. Seven collection points have already been set up around the borough where residents can bring their clean, flattened cartons. Camden Friends of the Earth would like to thank the Council for setting up the scheme. Further information, including the location of collection points, can…
As part of our campaign on waste, members of Camden Friends of the Earth went out to interview people on the streets of Belsize Park regarding their views on throw-away shopping bags. Shoppers were asked whether they supported the idea of Belsize Park going “Bag Free” and how they think this should be achieved. The…
Camden FOE is hosting a public meeting to raise awareness about climate change and to encourage local MPs, Glenda Jackson and Frank Dobson, to back a strong climate change bill. The bill will be introduced to parliament in November and FOE has concerns that the draft did not include…– targets that reflected the latest scientific…