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What We Did in 2025

Ealing FoE — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 12:55:43 +0000

In 2025, EFoE members participated in …

Meet Ups – 23

10 Saturday ‘Climate cafes’
11 Green Drinks evenings at the WLTUC
Summer walk in Hanwell
Christmas social

Stalls – 10

At book launch of ‘An Economy of Want’ at WLTUC in January
At the Acton Market hub in February and April
At Ealing Animals Fair in March
At the Community Party at West Ealing Library in April
At the Boston Manor Nature Festival in May
At Brent River Park 50th Anniversary, 29th June
At the Brentford Festival in September
At West London College Freshers Fair in September
Contributed to a ‘Planetary Health Diet’ stall for Climate Week, run by West London NHS Trust in Ealing Broadway centre.
At West Ealing library in September as part of Climate Week

Activities – 19

Maintained our social media (FB, X, Insta, website).
Participated in public meeting on Heathrow expansion (15 Feb).
Met the London Deputy Mayor for the Environment and Energy, Mete Coban, at FoE offices in February.
Printed and installed ‘Letters from the Global South’ poster exhibition at West Ealing library. Press release got local coverage.
Formed a focus group at the University of West London for a Sustainable Food Project with West London NHS Trust (part of the ‘Planetary Health Diet’ project).
Supported School Streets proposal in Little Ealing (implemented!)
Attended an Acton meeting of the Ealing Transport Strategy.
Supported photo call at Holcim (cement manufacturer) in solidarity with Pari Islanders.
Participated in the Climate Coalition mass lobby of parliament on 9 July, drawing attention to FoE Big Climate Plan.
Installed ‘Letters from the Global South’ exhibition at the Dominion Centre, Southall, as part of ‘Ealing Climate Week: Better Living’. 22nd to 29th September. See article in Ealing Today.
Supported Climate Week activity at West Ealing Library 27 September, re-displaying our set of ‘Letters from the Global South’ posters.
Participated in the Make Them Pay demonstration Saturday, 20 September in central London, and the Saturday 15 November rally for COP 30.
Met FoE’s new chief executive Asad Rehman at FoE offices (October).
Held a photo call outside Ealing Town Hall for COP 30, and sent out press releases.
Contributed to Ealing Matters on planning issues and represented EFOE.
Represented EFoE on issues in meetings with council on planning matters.
Presented written evidence for EFoE and appeared in person at Local Plan Examination.
Kept a watching brief on Ealing Parks Forum.
Attended meetings and kept a watching brief on council’s Community Engagement programme.

Coming Up in 2026

Some of the fixtures already planned for 2026 are:

We shall be installing the ‘Letters from the Global South‘ exhibition at Ealing Central Library on Tuesday 6th January.
We’ll have a stall at the Ealing Animals Fair in Hanwell on Saturday 7th March.
We’ll have a stall at the Hanwell Carnival on Saturday 20th June.

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Children around the world reveal how climate change has affected their lives

Caroline Evans — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:19:26 +0000

Stunning ‘Letters from the Global South’ exhibition at the Dominion Centre, Southall

for Ealing Climate Week 22nd-28th September

Ealing Friends of the Earth has brought the stunning and moving exhibition LETTERS FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH to the Dominion Centre in Southall for Ealing Climate Week with children around the world revealing how climate change is affecting their communities.

The exhibition has been put together by the environmental campaign groups Zero Hour and Muslims Declare and has visited churches, mosques, universities and community centres across the UK.

The aim of the exhibition is to raise awareness of the cross-party Climate and Nature Bill, proposed legislation that would make the UK’s existing international commitments on climate and nature legally-binding.

A Zero Hour spokesman said: “We asked children, parents, teachers and climate campaigners around the world to tell us how the climate and nature crisis is affecting their lives. We received handwritten letters, emails, photos and drawings from children and adults living in countries and communities experiencing the very real impacts of climate change and environmental destruction.”

Ealing Friends of the Earth commented: “The message could not be more timely given the government’s recent decision to expand aviation – one of the major sources of the emissions that are trashing the environment, and yet benefits only a small minority of the world’s population, eighty percent of whom have never been in a plane.” After its visit to the Dominion Centre (112 The Green, Southall UB2 4BQ), the group plans to continue displaying the exhibition in locations around the borough.

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Brent River Park 50th Anniversary Fair, Sunday 29th June.

Ealing FoE — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:51:46 +0000

Ealing Friends of the Earth will have a stall at the celebration of the Brent River Park’s 50th Anniversary, on Sunday 29th June at Churchfields Recreation Ground, from 12pm to 5pm.

It’s going to be a fantastic day filled with food, art and local groups / charity stalls. There will be ‘unplugged’ entertainment like maypole and Morris dancing, and a range of nature, history and environmental walks and talks.

With Ealing Council support there will also be a history sign reveal telling the story of Luke FitzHerbert and how our park’s creation came to life thanks to his vision and volunteers. We’ll also be marking the 25th birthday of the Millennium Maze with children’s creative activities, and launching our charity fundraiser ambitions so it promises to be a lively and joyful day!

More Information: Brent River Park’s 50th Anniversary

Brent River Park 50th Anniversary

Churchfields Recreation Ground, Hanwell W7 3NB

Sunday 29th June, from 12pm to 5pm

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Boston Manor Nature Festival

Donald Power — Thu, 22 May 2025 11:33:25 +0000

Friends of the Earth Stall

Ealing Friends of the Earth will have a stall at the festival.

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EFoE Activities 2024

Ealing FoE — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 16:22:23 +0000

In 2024 …

Over 15 Stalls
Warm Homes Quilt
Ealing Project Workshops
GLA & national elections
Restore Nature Now,
Clean Water & Climate marches
Drumming
Young Planet Protectors library sessions
Meetings with Council and MPs
Exhibitions
BBC Make a Difference Award
Green Drinks
Climate Cafes
Zooms
Press releases
Letters
Petitions

…. and more!

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Stalls in September

Ealing FoE — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 22:15:06 +0000

Ealing Friends of the Earth September programme includes stalls at the following events:

Brentford Festival

Brentford Festival in Ealing’s Blondin Park W5 4UL – Sunday 1st September 12:00 midday to 5:30pm. Our pitch is D2, in the rows of stalls between the Times Radio Bus and the performance area.

Acton Market Reduce and Recycle Hub

Acton Reduce and Recycle Hub – Saturday 7th September 10:00am to 12:30pm. On the Mount in the centre of Acton W3 9NW, near Morrisons and St Mary’s church.

Parents for a Future Big Green Street Party

Parents for a Future West London, Big Green Street Party – Saturday 21st September 11:00am to 4:00pm. Bilton Road, Perivale, UB6 7DE.

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EFoE Activities: 2022-23

Ealing FoE — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 18:29:01 +0000

Here is a short summary of what our group got up to during the year, as presented in our AGM in November. Apologies if anything is missed out.

Stalls: Ten

Hanwell Animal Fair, Hanwell Carnival, Brentford festival, six Acton Market Hubs, Ealing Voluntary Organisations Recruitment Fair.

Demonstrations: Three +

Took part in two local anti-idling demonstrations in partnership with other community organisations, and provided the leaflets that were given to drivers.
Took part in the The Big One national demonstration.
Individual members have taken part in several other climate rallies and protests.

Campaigns:

Activity on Twitter, Instagram, FB and the website.
Supported national FoE Warm Homes campaign with 2 stalls, the latest featuring a quilt, photo op, press releases and letters to our 3 local MPs.
Sent out at least 12 press releases, almost all published in multiple local news sites, covering: the local plan, green belt, air pollution & ULEZ, detoxifying banking, Warm Homes.
Donated copies of the book Hot House Earth to Ealing – now in all libraries.
Air pollution talk at a local NHS surgery.

Council & GLA:

Submitted three documents to Ealing Council about their local plan, and presented comments at Local Development Plan Advisory Committee.
Meetings with council cabinet member for the environment, and with opposition leaders.
Wrote to councillors about not slipping back on climate goals.
Attended three GLA consultations concerning the environment and climate change.

Membership:

Conducted a survey of EFoE members.
Added a training section and new members section to EFoE website.
Held a Christmas social (2022) and a summer social (2023) on the Hanwell Locks Orchard Trail.
Held 9 Green Drinks evenings.
Planned an offer to local schools to do DofE scheme volunteering with us.
A number of new members have joined throughout the year, especially at in-person events.

Next Year: 2024

In 2024 we plan to run our usual stalls at these events:

First Saturday of most months: Acton Market 10am-12.00am, as part of the the Reduce and Recycle hub.
Saturday 2nd March: Ealing Animals Fair.
Saturday 15th June: Hanwell Carnival.
Sunday 1st September: Brentford Festival.

Elections

We expect to campaign around the various elections due next year, raising environmental issues and querying the positions of candidates.

The 2024 London mayoral election is due to be held on 2 May 2024 to elect the next mayor of London. It will take place simultaneously with elections to the London Assembly.
There will also be a General Election during the year at a time as yet unknown.

Meetings

We will continue to hold our monthly meetings on the 3rd Wednesday of the month on zoom, except for August and December when there will be in-person social events instead.
We’ll also aim to continue Green Drinks on the 4th Thursday of the month.

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Climate Justice march: Saturday 9 Dec.

Ealing FoE — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 17:57:21 +0000

Friends of the Earth UK have made the following arrangements for FoE groups to meet up.

11:30 – we will meet at the entrance to Embankment Gardens on Villiers Street, just next to Charing Cross station (and the exit from Embankment Underground Station), where we will take some photos as a group;

11:50 – head to St James’s Square (BP’s HQ) where there will be a rally at 12;

12:30 – walk to BAE Systems HQ, for a 20 minute rally;

12:50 – climate justice march and rallies end.

This event is organised by the Climate Justice Coalition

More information

For more information about climate change and to see what you can do , click below.

Anti-Idling protest at Acton Central Station

Ealing FoE — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 20:14:15 +0000

When:

Saturday June 10 from 11am-1.30pm.

Where:

At either side of level crossing on the pavements and in front of the crossing (only when the barriers are down).

Friends of Friars Gardens in collaboration with the Churchfield Rd Community Association and Ealing Friends of the Earth are organising a protest to raise awareness among drivers of the harm they are doing to the lungs of residents and themselves – not to mention the planet – by idling their engines while waiting at the level crossing.

Meet: from 10.45am at the main entrance to Acton Central Station.

It will be a polite and non-confrontational protest. The organiser has spoken to the police to ensure that it’s legal and peaceful.

We will be educating drivers with a leaflet from Friends of the Earth with the message”Switch off your engines to protect children’s lungs” (pictured).

There is more about idling here.

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People’s Question Time – Ealing

Ealing FoE — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 21:20:28 +0000

7pm Thursday 2nd March, at Ealing Town Hall

The London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, and members of the London Assembly are holding a People’s Question Time at Ealing Town Hall.

The Mayor is responsible for ‘The London Plan’ and this plan dictates to a considerable extent Ealing’s ‘Local Plan’, which has just finished a public consultation. People’s Question Time is a rare opportunity for local people to question the Mayor about the Plan and policies more generally. Click below to book a place.

Questions will be taken at random from the audience, covering 6 topics:

Transport,
Policing and safety,
Air quality [pollution] and the environment,
Housing,
London’s economic recovery,
Other (culture, education).

Ealing Friends of the Earth cannot ask questions, but individuals in the audience who care about the environment can. We have therefore compiled a list of suggested questions which people may like to ask. Most of the questions could be asked under more than one topic.