Getting involved

 

Go to our Incinerator information page for information and actions regarding the planned local incinerator and national waste policy. 

 

Look! StAlbans is a new community project that aims to help shape the future design of our city, by sharing your ideas. Here’s how to share your photos of the best bits of St Albans, as well as bits that inspire you from other places- could be anything from a cycle track to a green roof, a tree to a recycling bin, beautiful use of local flint to a solar panel (or, indeed, anything else you just like the look of!)

 

1. Take pictures of your favourite bits of St Albans, or of other areas that inspire you. Load your photos on to a computer.

2. Go to www.flickr.com/photos/lookstalbans

 

Final Demand: Friends of the Earth's new campaign. Sign the petition asking the government to investigate the behaviour of the Big 6 energy companies and support green energy

 

What a waste: Why are we feeding waste food into polluting incinerators rather when so much of it could be fed to animals? Ask the Government to stop this waste.

 

Biofuels are not the answer: The government has decided to continue to support environment threatening biofuels but cut the funding for on shore wind. Please help change the Government's priorities

 

Meat Free Monday: Commit to go meat free for at least one day a week: It's good for your health, your pocket, biodiversity, climate change, world hunger....the list goes on!

 

Could your group be Electricity Detectives? St.Albans Friends of the Earth has joined with our Local Strategic Partnership to purchase a set of electricity monitors to lend to classes in schools, guides' groups, groups of neighbours- in fact, any group that would like to investigate electricity in their homes, cut down on waste energy and save on their bills. Get in touch at stalbansfoe@hotmail.com if you know a class, group etc. that could be interested, but hurry as many slots for the autumn are now taken.

 

 

Low carbon shopping: Find the five golden rules here

 

Use 100% Green Energy- and raise £50 for Friends of the Earth. Sign up for Good Energy at www.good-energy.co.uk/foe or call 0845 456 1640 - quoting Friends of the Earth.

 

Say no to toxic fuels: Tar sands are a filthy fuel whose extraction and burning causes immense environmental damage. Use your strength as a pension holder to take action here or join the Coop Bank in a campaign to force companies to report their carbon liabilities to try to prevent activities like the exploitation of Canadian tar sands here.