Wandsworth Friends of the Earth
See things differently – campaigning for a better environment in Wandsworth
Background: We have have had problems with our last two meetings, which means that the last ‘coherent’ meeting was in March this year. The May meeting was totally disrupted due to noise in the room at the Old Sergeant and the July meeting was abandoned due to lack of attendees. Also, for some time now, … Continue reading WFOE Coordinator’s Statement, September 2018
At our first meeting in 2018,Wandsworth Friends of the Earth decided on a fresh start. Using an uncompleted version of the matrix above, we looked at the current eight campaigning topics promoted on the National Friends of the Earth website and compared these with types of activity that we might embark on as well as … Continue reading A fresh start to 2018
On May 25th we wrote to four candidates at each of our Wandsworth parliamentary constituencies. For Battersea, Putney and Tooting we wrote to the conservative, labour, liberal democrat and green party candidates. Our letter, of which you can read a typical example here FOE_Ellison02017-0524, poses questions about the environment both nationally and locally. So far, we … Continue reading Only two responses to WFOE letter to Candidates
On August 17 our group meeting was held on Susie’s and Mike's allotment and started with a short "tour" of the allotment where they grow a good proportion of the vegetables they need. We were blessed with a perfect evening for an alfresco meeting that was convened in the allotments’ ‘communal seating area’. Members of the group … Continue reading August WFOE meeting held alfresco!
A letter was sent personally addressed to three of the Tooting by-election candidates– Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour), Dan Watkins (Conservative) and Esther Obiri-Darko (Green Party). So far we have received two replies (from Ms Obiri-Darko and from Dr Rosena Allin-Khan) and we publish them as well. We could not find suitable contact details for other candidates in … Continue reading WFOE Letter to Tooting By-election Candidates
Due to difficulties with fixing a date for June, the next Wandsworth Friends of the Earth Group Meeting will be held on Wednesday July 20. Please make a note in your diary!
The next meeting of Wandsworth Friends of the Earth will take place at the Spread Eagle on Wednesday May 18 at 19:30 hours. All are welcome to come and join us.
In accordance with our new schedule we will be holding the next Group meeting for Wandsworth friends of the Earth at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, April 20 at the spread Eagle Pub. Watch out for our new agenda coming shortly!
Once again we are changing the date of the next Wandsworth Group Friends of the Earth meeting. This will be held on March 16 at the Spread Eagle public house on Wandsworth High Street, starting at 7:30 PM. We are considering changing the monthly meetings to the third Wednesday in the month generally.
Due to a difficulty with the first Tuesday, the February WFOE meeting Will be held on February 17. As the January meeting was poorly attended, it would be good to see more group members at this meeting! We need to plan ahead>
