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Welcome

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
Cllr Gus Hoyt (green, mayor's cabinet) 
25/02/13
We had a very positive talk from Gus, whose cabinet remits include Food, Energy, Equality and Local Decision Making, at our February AGM. This was followed by food discussions with Bristol Food Network and energy discussions with Bristol Energy Network.

Meeting Notes

Elisabeth Winkler also did a write-up mainly of the food part here

 

George Ferguson now Mayor of Bristol
2/10/12

Congratulations to George Ferguson, new mayor of Bristol, who said on his election he wanted Bristol to be a "healthy happy and environmentally friendly city". We look forward to helping his team make it so.

acceptance speach and other news here

watch the recording of our hustings - more detail here .

Read our press release on all participants supporting green industry in Bristol, plus The Post coverage, Bristol 24/7 coverage (and also here and here) and the Good Energy blog.

 

Public Transport in Bristol
10/08/12

Bristol FoE wants better public transport in Bristol, and is part of Transport for Greater Bristol Alliance campaigning for bus improvements, trams and more local rail. However the current scheme proposed by Bristol City Council, dubbed 'BRT2', would use a lot of the available transport money and cause many problems with negligible benefits. More details here: http://stopbrt2.org.uk/news

 

Palm Oil Power Station Threat Update
13/5/12

DECC have recommended, in a consultation document, that the ROC subsidies be reduced from 2 to 1.5. This is still worth £10s of millions a year to operators of a potential bioliquid power station in Avonmouth.

A meeting with Bristol MPs was held in May, where they were quite supportive and planned to meet new Energy minister Charles Hendry to take it forward. Letters of support to your MP are important to help give them the necessary mandate to act.

The ACSEB site www.acseb.co.uk has a “Take Action” page and on it is a draft letter to send to the Minister – please do it!

Please also write to Ashley Fox MEP (who does not like Biofuels) and Sir Graham Watson MEP (who has also supported our campaign) and ask them to demand that the European Renewable Energy Directive (RED) be changed to give true figures for the carbon release from biofuels. There is an ACSEB briefing on the same Take Action page.

Mike Andrews, andrewsmj@onetel.net 0117 968 2140
 

Archive

Bristol FoE AGM, 7 Feb
07/02/12

The AGM included a short review of the previous year and short talks from Neighbourhood Planning Network and Resource Futures (recycling).

There has been interest in establishing a Bristol FoE 'Younger Section' which could be allied to National Young FoE - let me know if this is of interest, or come along to the Regional Gathering (above).

Updates from FoE members and allys included:
- Palm Oil Power Stations - the threat is not dead
- Living Heart for Bristol - great new campaign
- Neighbourhood Planning Network - sustainable development?
- Marinet in the South West - EU fish conservation lobby
- Bees - next National FoE campaign to launch
- Food events - including VegFest Cook-Off
350.org talk in Bristol
13/11/11

I found this talk by Bill McGivern for Bristol Schumacher lectures this year an inspiring reminder of why sustainability is important. Bill is co-founder and global organiser of http://www.350.org/
'Bristol Volunteers Get Energy' (BVGE)
07/10/11
This is a new project led by CSE (Bristol-based Centre for Sustainable Energy charity), to develop Energy Champions across the city, which is exactly what is needed to make greater inroads into energy efficiency, warmer homes and cheaper fuel bills around Bristol.

Some of us are helping to roll this out to residents associations and others at Neighbourhood Forums in each ward of the city. No experience is needed. Please contact julian.p.jones@gmail.com if you can help.
 
Marinet Campaign
15/07/11
A Bristol FoE member is leading FoE/Marinet work in the South West on the serious fishing issues we face, please get in touch if you want to get involved.

Marinet, the Marine Information Network of Friends of the Earth, is appealing for fighting funds to support its campaign for meaningful changes at the 2012 Reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy. The scientific evidence is that this will almost certainly be the last chance to prevent the permanent extinction of the fish stocks of the North East Atlantic.

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Events
Bristol FoE Monthly Gathering 7:30 2nd Tuesday of month 
14/05/13

Come and meet us, help plan upcoming events and then stay for a drink and chat after 9pm. Meet upstairs at the Beat Root Cafe, 20-21 Lower Park Row, Bristol BS1 5BN. Adjourn to Colston Yard bar after 9pm. Further info from julian.p.jones@gmail.com

For the May meeting, Rob Telford, newly elected Green councillor for Ashley, will talk about getting elected and his plans and aspirations for the next 3 years. Plus planning stalls for Festival of Nature, Big Green Week and other events.

 


 


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Next open BFoE Meeting: 
Tue 14 May 2013 7:30pm, 
Upstairs at Beatroot Cafe,
 20-21 Lower Park Row,
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