News
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Help Central Beds Council find places for trees and shrubs!
Central Bedfordshire Council’s sustainability plan1 makes provision for planting a million trees by 2030., to help absorb carbon, reduce pollution, and help wildlife. Trees and shrubs can welcome shade in […]
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Engine idling leaflet
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Green Santa
Let us know who’s doing a good job in Leighton Buzzard and surrounding area! Email daphnewalker18@gmail.com by 24th Dec 2020
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Air pollution
Air pollution has been in the news this week, with a landmark ruling that air pollution contributed to a child’s death. Announcing the ruling, assistant coroner Philip Barlow said today: […]
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Briefing our MP on plastic
In September 2020, several members had a Zoom meeting with our MP, Andrew Selous, about strengthening the Environment Bill that was due to restart its passage through Parliament. He shared […]
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Summary of plastic pollution meeting with Andrew Selous MP
A representative from our group met with our MP, Andrew Selous, to discuss strengthening the Environment Bill, which was just resuming its passage through parliament. Here’s our summary of the […]
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Brian Eversham’s talk on ‘Nature and Climate’, 01 February 2020
Earlier this month, All Saints Church was again packed again for a meeting organised by Leighton-Linslade Low Carbon Town (the partnership between Christian Ecology Leighton Linslade and South Bedfordshire Friends […]
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Major plan for tree planting in Central Bedfordshire
At its budget meeting on 20 February 2020, Central Bedfordshire Council agreed to set aside $1.68 million from additional New Homes Bonus funds to a specific reserve, in support of […]
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Central Bedfordshire Council taking its response to climate change seriously
Three members of South Beds Friends of the Earth went along to a Central Bedfordshire Council budget-setting meeting last night, to ask them a question. This was prompted by our […]
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Paul Brown’s talk at the public meeting on climate change
Paul Brown’s talk at the public meeting on climate change, 16 November 2019 Paul Brown is the former Guardian environment correspondent/ Paul started by remarking that we had just been […]