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Tag Archives: Friends of the Earth
Get a real buzz by ordering a Friends of the Earth bee kit
Still fretting over what to get for Christmas for that friend or family member who has everything? Were you, or they, moved by the last episode in the series of Planet Earth III, about the continuing destruction of wildlife habitat? … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Environment, Gardening, Wildlife
Tagged Bees, Christmas, Friends of the Earth
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You can help save the bees, just like Jeremy Clarkson…
When even Jeremy Clarkson, the king of Britain’s petrolheads, says that we’re heading for an “insect annihilation”, then you know there must be something wrong. Clarkson, on his Amazon TV show Clarkson’s Farm, vowed to do something about the loss … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, Gardening, Wildlife
Tagged Bees, Clarkson's Farm, Friends of the Earth, Jeremy Clarkson
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Help precious pollinators by getting your own Bee Saver Kit
There are unprecedented challenges facing the world, but our fragile food system would be put under even more strain if we lose our bees. Bees pollinate 75per cent of our main food crops worldwide, but right now they are dying … Continue reading
Our world will be a sadder, lesser place without Grace Onions
PETER UNDERWOOD, who campaigned with her on a range of environmental and political issues, offers his personal tribute to iC reader Grace Onions, who has died, aged 56 Grace Onions touched the lives of so many people in so many … Continue reading
Croydon among areas worst hit by deadly climate change
Croydon is one of the areas at highest risk of being worst affected by the extreme heat, according to research conducted at the University of Manchester for Friends of the Earth. A national emergency has been declared in “Blowtorch Britain”, … Continue reading
Garratt and Cummings finally agree to debate climate crisis
It took them a while but, finally, the two frontrunners in the race to be Croydon and Sutton’s London Assembly Member have agreed to take part in an online hustings organised by the Friends of the Earth’s Croydon Climate Action … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Climate Crisis Commission, Community associations, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Peter Underwood
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon Climate Action, Friends of the Earth, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Tory
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A six-point plan to enhance our precious, under-threat parks
Conservationist PETER UNDERWOOD says that we need to support a Parks Charter to help guarantee the future of local open spaces I love spending time in nature, and we are blessed with a large number and variety of parks and … Continue reading
Friends of the Earth Green Beanfeast, Green Dragon, Dec 6
Posted in Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, Pubs
Tagged Friends of the Earth, Green Dragon
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Fight back against pollution with your own air monitor
How polluted is the air that you and your family breathe? Air pollution is the biggest cause of early deaths in Britain, after smoking. It’s an invisible killer, so you aren’t even aware that you’re breathing it in. Croydon, with … Continue reading
Get busy this weekend to help Heathfield House’s Bee World
Croydon Friends of the Earth is seeking volunteers to help with a planting session in their Bee World project in the gardens of Heathfield House this Sunday, January 17. “This Sunday, we’ll be planting the rest of the heathers in … Continue reading
Greens and Boris back schemes for clean energy in schools
A school in Upper Norwood is being prevented from generating more green energy and supplementing its education budgets with cheap electricity because of changes in Government policy. Data suggests that better use of existing renewable energy technology across all of … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Boris Johnson, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Environment, Jenny Jones, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Schools, St Joseph's College
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Friends of the Earth, Green Party, Jenny Jones, Mayor, St Joseph's College, Tory
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Time has gone when we could take climate change for granted
Climate change is back on the media agenda this week, with the international conference in Paris. PETER UNDERWOOD, pictured left, took to the streets of London yesterday to demonstrate that the environment matters to the people of Croydon Yesterday, I … Continue reading
Friends of the Earth get busy to create a better world for bees
PETER UNDERWOOD offers a vitally important lesson on the birds and, especially, the bees Bees, and other pollinators, are in crisis. Their numbers are in severe decline. They’ve lost much of their natural habitat since the middle of the last … Continue reading
Friends of the Earth Green Beanfeast, Green Dragon, Dec 15
Posted in Activities, Croydon Greens, Environment, Pubs, Transition Town
Tagged Croydon, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Green Dragon, Transition Town
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Fawns, flora and fauna catch the eye at Selsdon Woods
Regular arts correspondent BELLA BARTOCK has been feeling under the weather of late, but her excellent NHS GP has advised her to get out into the fresh air more often. She was duly revitalised by a trip last weekend to … Continue reading
