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FOE Local energy Survey

Despite being soaked in a heavy down pour of rain, the dedicated FOE Croydon team went out to the town centre of Croydon to ask local residents to give their opinions in the Plug Us In survey... and desipte the dampened mood of the shoppers from the... More >

FOE Croydon Food Waste Campaign Success!

Last year FOE Croydon embarked on a local campaign to have food waste collected in the borough, collecting signitures of support from local events. We delivered the petition to Cllr Phil Thomas last October and were delighted this summer to find... More >

Croydon Green Fair 2011

We joined other green groups and environmental enterprises at the first ever Croydon Green Fair at Bramley Hill Centre in South Croydon on Saturday May 28th. A really informative, enjoyable and inspiring day, we managed to get 50 postcards signed... More >

Croydon Stop Climate Chaos/The Big Climate Connection met Garvin Barwell MP

Members of Croydon Stop Climate Chaos/The Big Climate Connection met Garvin Barwell MP for Croydon Central on Friday 8 April 2011 for a follow up discussion about the progress of the Energy Bill. He was knowledgeable about the problem and... More >

Croydon Stop Climate Chaos met Garvin Barwell MP

Members of Croydon Stop Climate Chaos met Garvin Barwell MP for Croydon Central on Friday 12th November, and had a useful discussion. He proved to be fully in touch with the science and politics of global warming and acknowledged the extent of the... More >

Wood Waste Collection Campaign

Croydon FOE met Councillor Phil Thomas on the town hall steps to hand over our petition calling on the council to roll out the Food Waste Collection to the whole borough. We collected over 200 signatures after a stall at the World party festival in... More >

Farmers' Markets

In March the group held a Food Chain campaign stall at Purley Farmers' Market and also joined forces with Sutton Friends of the Earth to hold a stall at Wallington Farmers' Market. New members Sarah and Bex were particularly effective in... More >

Candlelight vigil for Copenhagen talks - 12th December 09

A candlelight vigil was held on Saturday 12th December outside East Croydon Station to highlight the need for a strong climate change treaty to be agreed in Copenhagen. Members of Croydon Friends of the Earth were joined by other local... More >

The Wave - 5th December 09

Members of Croydon Friends of the Earth flew the flag for the borough at The Wave, the UK's largest ever climate change demonstration.  The group's members marched with 40,000 others to call for a strong, fair and binding deal to be agreed at... More >

Croydon Eco-Veggie Fayre - 1st November 09

Croydon Friends of the Earth held a stall at Croydon Eco Veggie Fayre on Sunday 1st November.  Attendees at the Fayre signed Food Chain campaign postcards and took away climate change action sheets, which explained how to reduce carbon at... More >

Trick or Treat - 31st October 09

Croydon Friends of the Earth members were joined by Croydon Central MP Andrew Pelling in donning vampire fangs, witches capes and other ghoulish dress to demand strong action on climate change on Saturday 31st October.  The event took... More >

Climate Camp - 29th August 09

Our group went for a day at climate camp in Blackheath. It was a great day, we learnt a lot and had fun too! There was a really friendly atmosphere, with lots going on such as workshops and activities. Read more about the camp here. More >

Croydon Mela - 2nd August 09

Croydon FOE held a stall at the Mela Festival in Lloyd Park on Sunday 2nd August. We were campaigning against factory farming methods which demand massive amounts of soy - a key ingredient in animal feed. Most of this comes from huge soy plantations... More >

Demonstration - NO NEW COAL without 100% CCS - 30th April 09

We took part in a demo against the governments plan to build coal-fired power stations without 100% CCS. 'The latest science makes it clear that we cannot afford those kinds of levels of emissions if we are to have any half decent chance... More >

Meeting with Malcolm Wicks - 29th April 09

On 29th April a few members met with Malcolm Wicks, MP for Croydon North, at Ruskin House in Croydon. We had collected some postcards from some of his constituents asking for the Government to stand by their promise of delivery at least 15 per cent... More >

Visit to Parliament - 16th April 09

On Thursday 16 April a few members of the group met with Andrew Pelling, MP for Croydon Central, at the Palace of Westminster. The purpose of the visit was to give him some of the postcards we had collected asking the Government to stand by their... More >

Put People First March - 28th March 09

Croydon Friends of the earth members took part in the 'Put People First' march on 28 March 2009. This involved over a hundred different organisations all coming together to ask the G20 for a world where jobs, justice and climate are put first. There... More >

Barn Dance - 7th March 09

We held our first ever Barn Dance, with live music from the Knock Kneed Bumble Bees. It was a huge success and everyone enjoyed some energetic dancing and a delicious vegetarian chilli supper. We are extremely grateful to the band and caller, Peter,... More >

Friends of the Earth renewable energy day - 25th October 08

Saturday 25th October 2008 was the environmental group Friends of the Earth renewable energy day. We had a stall in the Croydon Whitgift Centre and asked shoppers to sign postcards to send to the local MPs, urging them to get reassurances from the... More >

Stall promoting the use of reusable bags - 27th September 08

We held a stall at Sainsbury's in Selsdon to raise awareness of the environmental impact of using plastic bags and asked shoppers to use reusable bags. Residents not using reusable bags were given a free cotton bag to encourage them to do so in the... More >

Another Kind of Silence, at the Warehouse Theatre - 21th September 08

We went to see this play, about the environmentalist and author Rachel Carson. On this night only, there are were speakers from Africa, talking about the enviromental cost of toxic chemicals in Africa in the 21st Century. More >

Heathrow big NO - 31st May 08

On Saturday 31st May some of us took part in the 'Make a NOise' protest against a third runway and possible sixth terminal at Heathrow. We joined a march from Hatton Cross to Sipson, a village of 700 people which will disappear if a third runway is... More >

Climate Change Partnership for Croydon - 29th May 08

We are one of the organisations that has been invited by the Sustainability Department at Croydon Council to discuss the possibility of a Climate Change Partnership for Croydon. Under the Partnership organisations would make voluntary pledges to... More >

Public Meeting - 18th April 08

On Friday 18th April 2008 we held a public meeting on the Climate Change Bill with Malcolm Wicks, the Croydon North MP and Energy Minister, at Croydon Clocktower. Malcolm Wicks outlined the Government's position and then took some challenging... More >

FoE National Day of Action - 5th April 08

As part of Friends of the Earth's National Day of Action on Climate Change, we staged a demonstration in front of the constituency office of Malcolm Wicks, the Croydon North MP and Energy Minister, in Thornton Heath. We wore Gordon Brown masks and... More >

Climate March 8th December 07

Several of us attended the National Climate March on 8th December 2007, the annual Global Day of Action on Climate Change. Despite getting soaked due to some appalling weather up to 10,000 people took part in the March from the Houses of... More >

Whitgift Centre Stall - 15th September, 6th October 07

We have been campaigning actively in support of Friends of the Earth's highly successful Big Ask campaign, which has led to the introduction of the Climate Change Bill to Parliament. The Bill will make reducing the UK's carbon emissions a legal... More >