With the excitement of the general election behind us, it’s time to re-focus on the local agenda. In 2011 the council launched their sustainability plan, Green Action for Change, with some fanfare. The plan sensibly focused many of the Council’s initiatives around improvements that would directly benefit local residents (such as home insulation). At the…
Camden Friends of the Earth and Transition Kentish Town invite you to a screening of the hard-hitting documentary Toxic Soup about the politics of pollution and giant corporations, which manipulate the system to delay environmental reform for increased profits. Toxic Soup shares the stories of citizens across the world as they fight to keep their brood,…
We ran a survey over June and July to find out what people in Camden think about environmental issues. We received 80 responses in total – from our website, email list, other community group email lists, Camden Green Fair and a stall at Parliament Hill farmer’s market. Here’s some of the top level results from…
Are you aged between 18-30? Live in London? Passionate about the environment? Keen to get involved in actions around the capital? Friends of the Earth is looking to develop a new network of activists in London, bringing together people aged 18-30 to take part in a variety of campaign actions and social activities across the…
We have a letter in this week’s Camden New Journal (22 April) about the Hampstead & Kilburn Hustings: read more here.
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…
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/
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.
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…