Grassroots news

4 February 2010

Don't forget about the inspirational Local Groups Review Film 2009 and scroll down this page for some picture highlights too:

• Aberystwyth Friends of the Earth held a free screening of Pig Business, an investigative documentary into the true cost of the cheap meat on our supermarket shelves.
• Bury Friends of the Earth opened Peel Tower, a local landmark, up to visitors in December, serving refreshments to reward people for climbing the hill. The Tower has amazing views of Lancashire, Manchester, Cheshire, and North Wales, and the group charged a small admission fee to raise funds for local voluntary groups.
• Camden Friends of the Earth led a plastic bag amnesty and bag-making workshop at the C73 pop-up shop. They ran a carbon footprinting game alongside a workshop creating and decorating fabric bags, and knitting/weaving new bags from old plastic bags.

Local groups in action in 2009:

Hull hand over Food Chain postcards to their local MP

Cardiff host a trick or treat climate public meeting

Leeds celebrate their Get Serious About CO2 victory

Blackwater Valley enjoy Food Chain fortnight

Colchester & North East Essex campaign against incineration

Walsall celebrate 21 years of a successful group

Camden's Fix the Food Chain picnic

Gosport & Fareham catch the Mayor's attention with the Get Serious About CO2 campaign

Southport get in the festival spirit for the Food Chain campaign

Northern Ireland group, Larne & District, host a showing of Age of Stupid

Don't forget you can also view and add more photos via the Friends of the Earth Local Groups' Flickr site.