In February 2020 not long before covid lockdown, Ealing Friends of the Earth gave a talk at the wonderful Impact Theatre in Perivale. They were working on an immersive project to be shown in their black box theatre space based around pollution and in particular plastic pollution. It is now opening! Please see the details …
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Ealing joins the Global Day of Action Ealing Friends of the Earth outside Ealing Town Hall to support the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice on Saturday 6 November 2021. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets in the UK and across the world to urge world leaders meeting at the UN COP26 …
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, …
The climate crisis will be ‘top priority’ for London whoever wins next week’s London Assembly elections, say the candidates for the Ealing and Hillingdon seat. At an online hustings on Wednesday, all five candidates agreed to sign the Friends of the Earth Climate Pledge which states: “If I am elected to the London Assembly, I …
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 …
Ealing Friends of the Earth is supporting the UK Student Climate Network (UKSCN) which is calling for candidates standing in the London mayoral election to make four climate pledges. These pledges are: a zero carbon London by 2030; all new buildings are carbon neutral; prioritise green transport, and genuine communication with Londoners with economic decision-making …
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Up to 10 years in prison for a peaceful protest on climate change! That’s the plan that the government has for us in its Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. See https://friendsoftheearth.uk/system-change/why-police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill-harmful-piece-legislation-1 Whether it’s Greta Thunberg, David Attenborough or Extinction Rebellion, the voices of those who have been warning us about the perils of climate …
United Nations Climate Conference – Glasgow November 2021 Young People in Ealing Can Support COP26 The United Nations COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow (1-12 November 2021) will be biggest summit the UK has ever hosted. The welfare of young people and of future generations depends on tackling climate change and associated environmental problems. For that …
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 …
Come and find out how important the climate emergency is to the candidates for the Ealing and Hillingdon London Assembly seat at an online hustings. We will be asking them to sign a Climate Action Pledge which will commit them to making the climate a top priority. The elections will be held on May 6th and …
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