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…
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 income to installers…
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 and what we…
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! more than alcoholism! Note…
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 world’s population “David Cameron” even…
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 concerns about whether…
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 on Tuesday to help feed…
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 borough. Enthusiastic…
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 last year and recognise…
*** 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 at your leisure! Check the…