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Marine campaigning website gets makeover

Check out the new Marinet website

5 December 2012Read more View more

New campaigning tips

Top tips to help you plan campaigns with a difference

30 November 2012Read more View more

Get-together 2013

Want to develop ideas, make friends, build skills?

28 November 2012Read more View more

Buy art for Christmas gifts - and help bees too

Art auction to raise funds for The Bee Cause

27 November 2012Read more View more

On air. What do you think of our podcast?

Our pilot needs you

14 November 2012Read more View more

Hot off the press: a poetry anthology for the planet

Poetry competition winners announced

22 October 2012Read more View more

Robbing power from local councils

Government plans to bypass local democracy

11 October 2012Read more View more

The Bee Cause comes to Highbury Fields

Successful planting event in North London

2 October 2012Read more View more

Putting the Bee into the BBC

Joining the BBC and Mr Bloom for the day in Kings Lynn

25 September 2012Read more View more

Earthmovers winners 2012

Top Earthmovers unveiled at this year's Conference

24 September 2012Read more View more

Young Friends of the Earth save the bees

Stall at Summer Sundae was a buzzing success

21 September 2012Read more View more

Vivienne Westwood calls for climate 'revolution'

Fashion designer and activist says attitudes must change

17 September 2012Read more View more

Bringing eco music to a town near you

Animated music hits all the right notes

13 September 2012Read more View more

New tickets released for Conference rally

Vivienne Westwood and Caroline Lucas headlining Conference 2012

16 August 2012Read more View more

We're going on a bee walk

Local groups hosts a successful look at bee habitats

10 August 2012Read more View more

Planning Masterclass

Turning everyone into planning masters

6 August 2012Read more View more

Buzzing bee breakfast in Sheffield

A local look at the importance of bees

20 July 2012Read more View more

Tell us what to debate at Conference 2012 - ballot opens

Prioritising motions for our annual conference in September

12 July 2012Read more View more

Deadline for Earthmover Awards nominations is coming up

Tell us all about your campaigning efforts

10 July 2012Read more View more

Join Vivienne Westwood at Conference 2012

See the fashion designer & environmentalist at our biggest event ever

6 July 2012Read more View more

Herring we go again

There's still time to lend a fin

5 July 2012Read more View more

A hothouse of ideas

Join The Bee Cause Hub and find a hive of activity

3 July 2012Read more View more

Earthmovers nominations now open

It's time to showcase all your hard work

26 June 2012Read more View more

Don't waste this oppor-tuna-ty

Get our fish off the hook

6 June 2012Read more View more

Join the Rio+20 conversation

Twenty years on from the first summit, what does Rio+20 mean for us?

1 June 2012Read more View more

Put the brakes on fracking

Lancashire cyclists say no to fracking future

23 May 2012Read more View more

Councils crucial to combat climate change

Local action could reduce fuel bills

17 May 2012Read more View more

Grassroots UK campaigning conference, 26 May

A conference to share and hear top campaigning ideas

8 May 2012Read more View more

What's on where at the UK Green Film Festival?

Film screenings times and dates for the UK Green Film Festival

3 May 2012Read more View more

A joint effort in Felixstowe

Neighbouring local groups run a joint stall in Suffolk

1 May 2012Read more View more

Buzzing in High Wycombe

Activists show their support for Bees in High Wycombe

30 April 2012Read more View more

Success with Fisheries Policy amendments

Marinet's marine messaging with MEPs

25 April 2012Read more View more

Two thirds of British population support wind farms

Two thirds support wind power for 30% of electricity

19 April 2012Read more View more

Watch the UK Green Film Festival 2012 trailer

Take a look at our new film for the UK Green Film Festival 2012

19 April 2012Read more View more

Supporter of the week: Esmie Ricks

A supporter since the 1980s

5 April 2012Read more View more

Save our Lake District - Don't Dump Cumbria

Campaigners fight to save the Lake District from nuclear dump

30 March 2012Read more View more

Banner rally against biomass in Shropshire

Come to rally against false energy solutions on 5 April

27 March 2012Read more View more

Wind power campaign success in Bedfordshire

Local group's energy campaign bears fruit

27 March 2012Read more View more

Film night in Wanstead

Local group hosts successful film night

23 March 2012Read more View more

Are you a Gamechanger?

Turn your environmental enthusiasm into action

23 March 2012Read more View more

City of the future

Lively debate on a sustainable economy for Birmingham

23 March 2012Read more View more

Successful Earth Course pilot

Learning together about environmental issues

22 March 2012Read more View more

Plenty more fish in the sea?

The Marinet network discuss fishing policy reforms with DEFRA

21 March 2012Read more View more

Midlands MPs show their support for community energy

Local groups urge MPs to support Final Demand

7 March 2012Read more View more

Help avert a marine disaster

Malcolm of Leicester calls for Marinet support

7 March 2012Read more View more

Back for 2012: UK Green Film Festival

Challenge, inspire, educate, learn and entertain

5 March 2012Read more View more

The Midlands makes a stand

Final Demand comes to life in the Midlands

17 February 2012Read more View more

Supporter of the week: Rachna Shah

A graduate on what Friends of the Earth offers a student

16 February 2012Read more View more

Rhyme for a reason

Enter our poetry competition for a chance of publication

10 February 2012Read more View more

The power of film

Green film festival in Sheffield this month

10 February 2012Read more View more

Bee prepared

Find a campaign training event near you

9 February 2012Read more View more

Get up to speed on Final Demand

Energy campaign training events across the country

9 February 2012Read more View more

Free learning and training in 2012

Become an eco-extraordinaire with Friends of the Earth

23 January 2012Read more View more

Supporter of the week: Stanley Knill

Friends of the Earth was something I could commit to

19 January 2012Read more View more

Join us at a regional training event near you

What's on between January and June

12 January 2012Read more View more

Practical solutions to financial problems

Hackney and Tower Hamlets group hosts finance conference

16 December 2011Read more View more

Hitting the headlines

Local group in South Bedfordshire in the media spotlight

9 November 2011Read more View more

The Midlands plugs into community energy

Case studies show a different energy future is possible

3 November 2011Read more View more

Sevenoaks residents speak out

Sevenoaks Chronicle reports on local concerns about energy

31 October 2011Read more View more

Related news from other years:

2011

Local action on green energy, incinerators and more

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2010

Stories about local action on our food chain campaign and more

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2009

Lots about local action on climate change, and more

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2008

Lots about local action on climate change, and more

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2007

Creative campaigns from local groups, and more

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2006

Climate bill makes it into Queens Speech, and more

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