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In September (18 – 26th) communities across the UK will join together for the ‘Great Big Green Week’. It will be the biggest event for climate and nature ever held in the UK.   It takes place just five weeks before the UN ‘COP26’ Climate Conference takes place in Glasgow. The Oxfordshire Great Big Green Week…
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Oxford FoE’s May Newsletter is out now – you can download it here: https://www.oxfoe.co.uk/oxford-foe-may-newsletter/ Our report on what our councils have done in the two years since they declared a climate emergency will be launched on Weds. 12 May. We’ll be discussing it at our meeting at 7.30pm on Wednesday. Find out more and reserve…
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Our next online meeting is on Wednesday 10th March (7.30 –9.00pm).  CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR PLACE We will discuss: The Oxfordshire Tree Mapping Project (with a talk by Jamie Hartzell, who is leading this work), the new Air Pollution work, and our work on COP26, Climate Action and Zero Carbon Homes. Our latest newsletter…
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Our February newsletter – with info on our current campaigns and more – is available to download here Our next meeting is online on Weds. Feb. 10th at 7.30pm – get the information here

Oxford Friends of the Earth and partners in the Oxfordshire Zero Carbon Homes Initiative (OZCHI) have launched a new campaign with the aim that all new homes across the county are built to ‘net zero carbon’ standards as soon as possible.  Our County faces serious housing pressure over the next decade. Our concern is that however…
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Our January newsletter is now available – download it here Find out more about what we are planning to do this year and how you can be involved Our next meeting is on Weds. 13th at 7.30pm – sign up to get the zoom link here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/oxfoe-january-meeting

Great Wolf Resorts (a huge U.S. ‘leisure industry’ company) are appealing against a decision by Cherwell D.C. planners who unanimously rejected their proposal to building a super-sized American resort in the historic Oxfordshire village of Chesterton. The council said that was completely unsuitable for its location. OxFoE agrees and has sent a letter to the…
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Oxford Friends of the Earth  have an informal open meeting on Climate Action and the UN COP 26 conference on Weds. Dec. 2nd  ( 6 – 7.30pm). In November 2021 the UK hosts the UN ‘COP 26’ global climate conference in Glasgow. This is a critically important event for our future. We can all play…
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Tomorrow 17 Nov. the government is expected to release its 10 point plan for a green industrial revolution. The Climate Coalition has put together this briefing (HMG 10 Point Plan) outlining what is expected and what the coalition is campaigning for. The Climate Coalition’s own 10 point plan is available here.   Compare and contrast to see…
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The OxFoE November newsletter has just gone out to our 1550 supporters. If you’re not on our list you can get a copy here: Nov 2020 newsletter