The Illegal Migration Bill is set to become law after the government won a final series of votes in House of Lords. Friends of the Earth is part of a coalition of 290 organisations representing the human rights, migrants’ rights, refugee and asylum, anti-trafficking etc which pledges to continue pushing for creative solutions and practicalContinue reading “Climate and Immigration”
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Havant’s Climate Strategy
You can read Havant’s new Climate Strategy here. You can find councillors’ emails here We are particularly keen to see You can find out how well Havant is doing compared with other areas on Friends of the Earth’s Near Me Tool The South East Climate Alliance has done a survey of different councils and aContinue reading “Havant’s Climate Strategy”
The People’s Plan for Nature
Following the BBC series Wild Isles, three conservation charities: the World Wildlife Fund, the National Trust and the RSPB came together for the first time to create a follow-up documentary saving our Wild Isles, again narrated by Attenborough. This resulted in a unique Save Our Wild Isles campaign and a crowdsourced set of recommendations forContinue reading “The People’s Plan for Nature”
Letters to Tomorrow
We’d like to invite groups and individuals to write Letters to Tomorrow to explain your hopes for future generations if our leaders step up to protect the environment – and your fears about what life could be like if we don’t slow down climate change. Your letter could be to your friend, child or evenContinue reading “Letters to Tomorrow”
Green Week Art Competition
We’re launching our Big Green Week Children’s Art Competition 2023, sponsored by the Mayor of Havant The theme this year is Making a Difference Create an artwork to show how you can help protect our planet and the creatures we love Some ideas of what you might do, but come up with your own asContinue reading “Green Week Art Competition”
Recycling effluent and the reservoir
Please sign our petition asking for a rethink on Southern Water’s plans for recycled effluent in Havant and pumping it into the new Havant Thicket Reservoir. And please share it as widely as possible. We believe there are better options. Even more important is to let DEFRA know that you object and to respond toContinue reading “Recycling effluent and the reservoir”
Havant Borough Big Green Week 2023
From Saturday 10th to Sun 18th June we’re hoping to see lots of events around the Borough, celebrating action on climate and sending a message to the politicians that we really care about the linked issues of cutting greenhouse gas emissions, protecting biodiversity and tackling waste and pollution. Our Green Week is part of theContinue reading “Havant Borough Big Green Week 2023”
Fairtrade Fortnight
Fairtrade Fortnight 2023 is taking place 27 February – 12 March 2023. This year we want to highlight the links between Fairtrade and Climate change, with a focus on three key products: cocoa, coffee and bananas. All of these are threated by the changing climate and obviously that’s bad news for us and disastrous forContinue reading “Fairtrade Fortnight”
Show the Love
SHOW THE LOVEJoin the Climate Coalition this February to #ShowTheLove! Fill Parliament with green hearts and show MPs that they need to prioritise urgent action to tackle the climate, nature and cost of living crises together. They’re asking all our members to: The website has all the information you need to get involved, and just get inContinue reading “Show the Love”
Teaching about climate and the environment.
The Hardest Lesson The Climate Majority Project’s Climate Courage Schools campaign has produced a moving two-minute film called The Hardest Lesson about the experience of teaching about the climate emergency. They have also published nine case studies of schools doing this work well, and built a growing network of educators, psychologists and researchers. They’re looking for funding to bring in the staffContinue reading “Teaching about climate and the environment.”
Havant Climate Alliance 