Camden Friends of the Earth launched the West Hampstead “Local Food Festival” in West End Lane. The festival was a unique collaboration between West Hampstead cafes and restaurants, London Farmers’ Markets and the Camden Friends of the Earth Voluntary Group. The week of events started on Wednesday 8th June with an event at West End…
Camden FOE were out in force at this event in Regents Park on a beautiful sunny day. We used the event to promote the upcoming West Hampstead Food Fair and to support national FOE in the BIG ASK campaign (more elsewhere in this blog).
Camden FOE members staffed a stall selling products as part of Fair Trade fortnight. Conchi selling the tea. Another networking opportunity for Suzy! Joe doing only what only Joe can do – playing the geetar! You’ve got to get them while they’re young! Anyone for a banana? Joe by the FOE banner
Members of Camden FOE descended on mass to Belsize Park to demonstrate again Urban 4x4s on the first day back for many schools in London. We dressed up as Lollypop men and woman and school teachers and gave out school reports to 4×4 drivers – D minus for environmental record, E for road safety. The…
Camden FOE had a stall at the Eco Design Christmas Market in Camden. We managed to get over 70 people to complete energy efficiency surveys of their homes and provided information on the groups activities including the Alliance Against Urban 4x4s. A long time environmentalist visits the stall Suzy and Steffi doing some erm market…
The Alliance against Urban 4x4s held a major demo outside a Land Rover dealership in West London. Mock parking tickets were placed on 4x4s to get the message across. The action received considerable press attention including: articles in the Scotsman, The Evening Standard, NY Herald and NY Times, and radio interviews. The group jump starting…
Posting a parking ticket on a 4×4
Camden FOE attended the Somerstown Festival. We had a stall to enable children to get close to nature by planting organic lettuices. We also gave away low energy light bulbs and information on energy efficiency measures for local people. the free lightbulbs sold well! Suzy discusses organics with local children Steffi lights up the stall!…