Nuneaton & District Friends of the Earth
Contact details:
Postal contact | Michele Kondakor |
Address | 19 Gloucester Close NUNEATON CV11 6FU |
Email contact | Michele Kondakor |
Address |
micki_at_uk2.net
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Telephone contact | Michele Kondakor |
Number | 02476 344079
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When and where?
We meet on the second Monday of every month at 7.30 pm at
the United Reformed Church, Chapel St, Nuneaton town centre(opposite the Council House and next to the Ropewalk shopping centre). We always have lively discussions
on a wide variety of environmental issues - everyone is always welcome !
About this group
Nuneaton & District Friends of the Earth was formed in 1991. It exists to serve the communities of Nuneaton & Bedworth, North Warwickshire and Hinckley & Bosworth boroughs.
We provide local people with the latest information on the widest range of regional, national and worldwide environmental issues. We also exist to help local people have their say about local environmental needs, drawing upon the national resources of the organisation to provide authoritative solutions to local problems. We have close links with other Friends of the Earth groups throughout the Midlands.
We are the only environmental organisation in the area to campaign on local, regional, national and international issues. If you live in the area and are interested in environmental matters you need to be a member of Nuneaton
Friends of the Earth! We are a very active group ! We have spoken at borough council meetings to improve the poor recycling facilities. We are challenging the county councils plans for an incinerator in Warwickshire.
Pressure is also applied on the local MPs to support bills on tackling global warming and corporate responsibility.
We also need to improve local transport. We believe there should be a much better rail service between Stafford, Atherstone, Nuneaton and Rugby, for example. Better co-ordination between the different transport authorities
is needed.
The group is making small but real progress on influencing the powers that control our lives. We are looking to recruit more members as the more active members that we have, the greater the pressure that we can exert. We are well known at all levels to local politicians.
Never has it been so important to campaign. The local green spaces are under threat of further development. Our air may be polluted with toxins from an "energy from waste" plant. Big supermarkets are causing our local shops and farms to close. Our food is sourced from far away. It may be genetically modified and contain dangerous chemicals.
What's going on
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***** Nuneaton FOE Exposes Plans for a 200,000 ton/year mass burn incinerator in Warwickshire *****
For more details, see website greennuneaton.org.uk/waste
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We are taking part in the national campaigns on climate change, corporate responsibility and GM free Britain.
We have just got Nuneaton and Bedworth council to aim to exceed the government recycling targets, as well as agreeing to recycle plastic and cardboard in the Nuneaton and Bedworth borough.
We are challenging the Warwickshire waste management strategy and also the Leicestershire Waste Local plan.
We are monitoring the local transport plans.We have recently commented on the West Coast mainline service change proposals and a proposed "SPRINT" rapid transit bus. Also we have commented on the Warwickshire minerals local plan.
We are actively using the freedom of information act to get information out of local councils.
We have had stalls at a Nuneaton sustainability fair and a schools environmental event, as well as joining in the other Warwickshire groups at the Godiva Festival in Coventry and the Leamington Peace Festival. We also have frequent displays in our local libraries from material that we have supplied.
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