Manchester Friends of the Earth | Archive of website content

POSTS ARCHIVE

Our website contains a variety of items dating back to 2001. You can use this archive to explore by year, campaign theme, specific campaign, and category. See also our new releases, our media appearances and our newsletters.

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Help make a Marine environment fit for generations to come

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23rd Jun 2013

European Union fishing subsidies, believed to be a key cause of over-fishing, are being reformed by the EU during the second half of this year. This gives us an opportunity to ensure that the EU does the right thing by our fish …

Our mobile bees billboard is go

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Forget the Tour de France. Today we started the Tour de Witney – our mobile bees billboard crammed with over 10,000 of your names is touring the Prime Minister’s backyard. We want to remind David Cameron to save Britain’s bees …

Petition the Bees Minister

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We have one week to convince the Bees Minister to save Britain’s bees. On Friday (28th June), Lord de Mauley will attend our British Bee Summit. He’ll make an important bee announcement.

Add your name to our bees billboard

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31st May 2013

He’s talked about it in Parliament. He’s talked to Friends of the Earth supporters at his local Farmers’ Market. Yes – our campaign to save Britain’s bees has reached the Prime Minister. Now let’s make sure he sees, thinks and …

Get your Bee Saver Kit – Help us cover the map in wildflowers!

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16th May 2013

Bees are vanishing from Britain but you can help. Get your Bee Saver Kit today, with wildflower seeds and bee-saving materials, and we’ll pin a flower for you on our map.

Killing Bees

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10th May 2013

New research by the University of Reading reveals the true extent of the threat facing some of Britain’s most iconic bee species. The Great Yellow Bumblebee has disappeared from 80% of its old habitat. The Potter Flower Bee is only …

Breaking Bee news: Help ban bee-harming pesticides

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5th Apr 2013

In the last few hours the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has told the Government they got it wrong when they chose not to support a ban of the worst bee-harming pesticides. Friends of the Earth Director, Andy Atkins, has written …

Love Birds? Build a bird box during National Nest Box Week

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13th Feb 2013

According to tradition, Valentines Day is when birds start pairing up before settling down to nest. So each year, this date kicks off National Nest Box Week, organised by the British Trust for Ornithology, who are encouraging us to put …

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