Oxford Friends of the Earth is a group of people working together to promote a healthy and sustainable environment. We encourage people across Oxfordshire to be active in driving meaningful, positive change that makes a lasting difference to our environment. We are one of 150 local groups in England and Wales that are part of the national Friends of the Earth organisation (which is one of 75 national groups across the world). We are a thriving and effective local group that has been active for over 40 years and we welcome new members.
Friends of the Earth’s vision is that “By 2030, the next generation will enjoy an environment that’s getting better: a safer climate, flourishing nature, and healthy air, water and food.”Latest News
More Trees Please! Meeting to launch our Trees for Climate campaign
We need to increase tree planting on a very large scale. Friends of the Earth is calling on the UK government to commit to double tree cover across the UK[…]
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“Scrap Expressway” say Oxford planning experts
A group of Oxfordshire planners have gone public with their concerns about the Expressway and the Oxfordshire 2050 Plan, calling for the proposed road to be scrapped and for[…]
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Climate Action Conference Report and materials
The report from our May 4th Climate Action Conference is now available. It highlights the need for us to act on planning issues such as the Oxfordshire 2050 plan and[…]
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Climate Change
We need to have the strongest possible calls for action locally and nationally to cut our carbon emissions to zero. We have a Climate Working Group leading our activities
Air Quality
Oxford FoE have an active Clean Air working group and we have set up the Clean Air Charter
Expressway
The proposed Oxford-Cambridge Expressway will have hugely damaging impacts on our environment and our
communities.
Nature – Trees and Bees
We are launching a major new campaign for many more trees to be planted across Oxfordshire.
Plastics
We are working with other groups across the county to end the use of single-use plastics
Local Development
Oxfordshire faces huge development pressures. We work to ensure local plans take climate change seriously