Pippa Sandford
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Biodiversity loss – an alarming report
Further to the recent news item about the Government’s updated Environmental Improvement Plan, another report’s just been published, after many delays; this one looks at the risks of biodiversity loss […]
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Good news – local action to stop sewage spills
Our local MP, Alex Mayer, spoke in yesterday’s debate in Parliament on the government’s Water White Paper: “This week, work begins on storage tanks to stop raw sewage pouring into […]
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New Environmental Improvement Plan launched
The Government launched its updated Environmental Improvement Plan a few weeks ago – here’s what our national office of Friends of the Earth had to say about it: “Although this […]
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Plant Sale this Saturday
Don’t forget our Plant Sale this Saturday – 10:30 to 12:30, on the grass verge between the car park in Mentmore Road, and the hedge round the Memorial Gardens. We […]
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Pop-up stall on 7 March
Three members of South Beds Friends of the Earth manned a pop-up stall outside Waitrose last Friday, to hand out information about the insulation project we’re involved in, and to […]
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Our local MP is ‘buzzing over a victory for bees’
This week’s Leighton Buzzard Observer reports on our MP Alex Mayer’s support for pollinators, as she welcomes ministers’ decision to block the use of the controversial neonicotinoid insecticide, Cruiser SB. […]
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Wassailing in the Community Orchard
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A visit from Alex Mayer, our new MP
Our MP Alex Mayer visited South Beds Friends of the Earth, Buzz Energy and The Refill shop in Friday Street (1) in Leighton Buzzard last Thursday to show her support […]
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Remembrance Day
For the last few years we’ve put artificial poppies out in Linslade Garden of Remembrance, and this year is no exception. This time, they’re knitted or crocheted poppies that have […]
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Update on the Local Nature Recovery Strategy
Last Monday, Central Bedfordshire Council’s Lead Officer for their Local Nature Recovery Strategy came to Leighton to update us on local plans to help nature in the area. First of […]