Towers versus Low Rise Housing Summary Ealing Friends of the Earth believes that tower blocks are not appropriate for Ealing. Towers damage the environment. Studies show they can double embodied carbon in construction compared to low-rise. They also consume far more energy during their lifetimes. Towers put residents at risk from fire, pandemics, power-cuts, extreme …
Met Office Weather Forecast for 2050 In 2020 the UK Met Office released this weather forecast for 2050 that shows London boiling with summer temperatures in the 30s and 40s °C. Fast forward to 2021 and the climate crisis is biting faster and harder than predicted. After heat broke all records in Canada in June, …
Below are links to help Ealing residents and Ealing Council find ways to tackle the climate emergency that the Council has declared (climate emergencies have also been declared by London’s Mayor and the UK national parliament). Ealing Councillors and Officers: Search the policies of 100’s of UK councils and access a variety of resources. Ealing …
Virginia Fassnidge, a long-serving member of Ealing Friends of the Earth, died this month at age 81 after a long illness. Virginia joined EFoE more than 30 years ago and at the time her death was our chair and coordinator; she was also responsible for our nature campaign. Over the years Virginia was involved in …
You can download our flyer and a number of posters and pollution maps from links in this post. The posters were created for use on stalls, so they mostly don’t contain contact details of Ealing Friends of the Earth as people visiting a stall can see our flyer and other material and talk to us. …
Covering: Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Nuclear, the Natural World. Learn more about these subjects with videos from respected institutions like NASA, The Royal Society, Desertec and National Geographic, and see real examples from across the world. Climate Change Fossil Fuels (coal, oil, gas) are a massive store of past solar energy in the fossilised remains …
Carbon Emissions: The International Energy Agency has revealed that SUVs (4x4s) are the SECOND LARGEST CAUSE of the global rise in carbon dioxide emissions over the past decade, eclipsing all shipping, aviation, heavy industry and even trucks. Each year SUVs emit 700 mega-tonnes of CO2: a disaster given that the world desperately needs to cut …
It’s natural we want to spoil our loved ones (and ourselves!) with some new electricals and tech for Christmas. But did you know: Every year between Black Friday and Christmas the UK buys a massive 53.5 million electrical items That includes a whopping 7 million blenders for our New Years health kicks And 5 million …
“Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) have a role in traffic reduction but are only a part of the solution” says Friends of the Earth There has been a shocking increase of road traffic in Ealing, with an increase of 130 million (17%) in vehicle miles from 2012 to 2019. (1) “This has got to be reversed now”, …
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If you’ve ever waited in the rain for a bus that never arrived, cycled along a dangerous route or walked your kids to school along a heavily polluted, traffic filled road – you’d know that our transport system needs work. It is polluting, expensive and inaccessible to many. Add Your Name But instead of focusing …