by Molly Luke | Jun 18, 2019 | Blog, Blog
In the past couple of months there has been a big media buzz around the devastating environmental and human rights implications of cheap, mass produced ‘fast fashion’, and the fashion industry in general. It is a huge problem that has been bubbling away quietly while...
by Molly Luke | Nov 28, 2018 | News
Every summer a dedicated team of BFoE festival volunteers take a phone charging and lock-up service to a number of music festivals across the country to raise vital funds for our campaigns work. This year, and for the first time, we were invited to Lunar festival in...
by Molly Luke | Jun 29, 2018 | Air Quality, Blog, Blog
It’s been a couple months since Councillor John Cotton handed our petition for a city wide Clean Air Zone to full council, and from the outside it may look like the air pollution campaign has gone a bit quiet. It’s true that in the run up to any local election,...
by Molly Luke | Mar 12, 2018 | Blog
Packed into the tiny hexagon theatre at the MAC Birmingham, I had no idea what to expect from the sold out performance of ‘Rocking the Wire’, a theatre production based on the experiences of women from Birmingham at the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp. The...
by Molly Luke | Dec 8, 2017 | Air Quality, Blog, Blog, Energy And Climate Change, Transport
On the 14th October, Friends of the Earth held an international day of action for the climate, where we invited FOE groups across the world to get creative and come together for a day of climate events, actions and mobilisations. The aim was to use powerful climate...
