Bristol Friends of the Earth is an active local group of the international environmental organisation Friends of the Earth. We currently run campaigns on Bristol airport expansion, local food, local transport and sustainable housing. We hold a monthly group meeting (see right) plus separate campaign meetings.
If you would like to know more about us, to help us by campaigning or raising money, or want to come to a meeting to see what we do then please get in touch. Look further down this page for news, events and actions you can take.
News / Actions
Massive incinerators planned for Avonmouth: object now!
Viridor have lodged a planning application to build a 500,000 tpa waste facility in Avonmouth, including a 350,000 tpa incinerator. This application comes within the Bristol boundary. Just over the Bristol/S.Gloucs border, but still in Avonmouth, SITA have applied to build a 400,000 tpa energy recovery centre - also known as an incinerator...
Timescales for objections are now rather tight.
Bristol objections are supposed to be in by Friday 22 January, but should continue to be accepted up till the planning meeting on 10 March.
S.Gloucs may hear the application as early as Thursday 4 February.
So please put in your objection to the Viridor and SITA incinerator applications NOW.
Details of how to do this, are at:
http://www.bambi-network.org.uk/pages/youdo.php
Unsustainable Biofuel Plant Objection
Bristol FoE supports energy efficiency (eg insulation, good building design), and sustainable renewable energy (eg wind, water, solar thermal). However some 'renewable' solutions including many biofuels are not sustainable because they cause more climate chage than they cure. They also can result in deforestation and human rights issues for displaced people.
Please urgently support our objection to the proposed large biofuel power plant at Avonmouth. Personal additions could be helpful but the key thing is to support our objection by submitting a comment to the planning application.
It will also be important to come to the Planning Control meeting on 24 Feb 2010 (postponed from 20 Jan) to show strength of feeling against this application. Please contact us for further details.
We have now set up a dedicated website for this issue - go here
Get Serious about CO2
This short video considers some ideas for Bristol City Council to further coordinate measures for saving future fuel bills, creating green jobs, buying into renewable energy, accessing energy efficiency loans and more.
On 10/11/09 Bristol City Council passed a motion to create an action plan for 40% CO2 cuts by 2020. This is great news! Please congratulate your councillors and Neil Harrison who tabled the motion, and support them to make a strong action plan.
Your councillor's email address is available from your postcode under councillor finder
Please contact us as well to let us know you are supporting the campaign, which councillors you are emailing and what responses you get.
For further information and simple actions you can take to support this Friends of the Earth campaign at a national level see here: www.getseriousaboutco2.com
Bristol's local food update
12/10/09
This e-newsletter is full of Bristol's local food news about community projects, courses, events, training, skill-sharing, funding, and volunteering. The January-February issue is now available for download at:
http://www.bristollocalfood.co.uk/
Fix the Food Chain
We supporting the national Friends of the Earth campaign to improve the way our food is produced. Today unscrupulous animal fodder growers in South America are the major driver of Amazon deforestation, and here and elsewhere human rights are abused in the production of factory farmed livestock for the UK and European market, supported by public money. For further information on the national campaign, see www.fixthefoodchain.com
Events
Monthly Meeting, this Thursday Feb 11 2010
This Thursday main items are:
- pre-election activities (national and local)
- preparing for eco-show May 29-30
- biofuel power station update
Colaborating groups may also be attending
From 7:10 for refreshments and networking
Ajourn to bar afterwards for further discussion
35 King Street, BS1 4DZ (near Old Vic)
Bristol Eco Veggie Fayre, Harbourside, May 28-30 2010
This year not only good food, beer and bands but a new Eco Show area in Millennium Square as well. Bristol Friends of the Earth will be actively involved in shaping this area and running it on the day, please get in touch if you want to be involved. More details of the show will be appearing on http://bristol.ecoveggiefayre.co.uk/ as they are confirmed. Julian
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