Camden FoE Response to Camden Tube Redevelopment Consultation
Camden FoE have submitted a formal response to Camden Council’s public consultation on the redevelopment of Camden tube station and Camden market. You can view the response document here.
Recycling Rubbish?
This group is attracting a lot of new members at the moment, and the reason why? Frustration with Camden’s recycling service. To be fair some households appear to get an excellent service, and residents welcomed the wider rollout of plastics recycling, but this does not extend to larger blocks and estates in the borough. And…
February 2007 Meeting Minutes
A copy of the minutes from our February meeting can be found here.
Camden FoE launches Green Informer Newsletter
Read the inaugural issue of the Camden Friends of the Earth newsletter – Camden Green Informer here and let us know what you think.
Green Electricity Tariffs – Reality or Rhetoric?
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…
Jan 2007 Monthly Meeting Minutes
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.
Eco-Design Christmas Fair
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…
The London Letters on Climate Change
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…
Beat the Drought
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…
West Hampstead Local Food Festival 2006
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…