Whilst we should all be choosing a “green” electricity tariff to do our bit to help avert climate change, it is always worth doing a bit of research to make sure the tariff you select is delivering what you believe it is. An excellent new report by the National Consumer Council exposes some of the…
Following the success of 2006, the group has agreed to focus on the following themes for 2007: i. Aviationii. Camden Town Tube Re-developmentiii. Domestic Recyclingiv. Business Environmental Managementv. Domestic Energy Efficiency Full minutes from our January meeting can be found here.
On Saturday 2nd December the group were out in force campaigning at the Eco-Design Christmas Fair in Camden. The stall attracted lots of interest, and particularly popular was the Christmas Card to Tony Blair, thanking him for a climate change bill in the Queen’s Speech. Members of the public signed the card and added their…
An exciting new project in support of the FoE Big Ask Campaign incorporating all London local FoE Groups is being co-ordinated by Camden FoE Group members Graeme Maughan and Anisa Jadwat-Reinecke. The aim of the project is to get as many London MPs as possible to sign up to an open letter, setting out their…
London, along with much of the UK is currently suffering drought conditions, with a hosepipe ban in force, and a drought order now applied for. Why is there a drought? Quite simply, there hasn’t been enough rain. The south of England is experiencing its driest period since 1933, with low rainfall over the last two…
This year’s event was even bigger and better than last year’s inaugural event. Being held over a fortnight from 14th to 27th June, the Festival was launched with a Local Food Fair on West End Green on Wed 14th June, and there a second fair on Sat 24th. Both events were very well supported, with…
Summer arrived just in time for the Camden Green Fair and the Camden FoE team were there in force to promote the upcoming West Hampstead Local Food Festival, and sign people up to the Friends of the Earth Big Ask and Company Law Reform (CORE) campaigns. Final scores on the doors:- CORE – 268 postcards…
A subset of the Camden Friends of the Earth group formed a study group during early 2006 to review and respond to the DTI’s consultation paper “Our Energy Challenge”. The resulting response document can be found here.
On Budget Day, the Campaign Against Climate Change staged a protest against the Chancellor’s pro-aviation growth remarks in his Pre-Budget Report. The protest was organised by Camden FoE member (Captain) Jim Roland, and he was ably assisted on the day by Camden FoE coordinator (Cabin Services Director) Suzy Edwards.Here are some more photos from the…
Camden FOE took part in the launch of the National FOE BIG ASK campaign. This is FOE’s big climate change campaign that is asking “Is the Government doing enough on climate change?”. We had local group members positioned at 3 locations in Camden and were successful in obtaining over 500 signatures for the campaign –…