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Oxford Friends of the Earth works to protect and improve our environment locally and nationally. We are part of the Friends of the Earth global network

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Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · Jan 16

Sign our petition to urge Keir Starmer to deliver a bold and fair Big Climate Plan!

The UK needs a new climate plan by May 2025, let's push for:
✅ Clean energy
✅ Warm homes & lower bills
✅ Better transport
✅ Thriving nature & green jobs

📢 Add your voice today: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Tell Keir Starmer to deliver a Big Climate Plan

Add your name to our petition today.

actionnetwork.org

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Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · 20h

Join us for an insightful evening with Roger Harrabin, former BBC Environment broadcaster, on 14th Oct at 7:30pm. Gain practical ideas for effectively communicating climate issues. The event is also accessible via Zoom for registered participants. Register at actionnetwork.org/events/oxfor....

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Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · Sep 7

Corporations should not be allowed to destroy nature or abuse human rights in the name of profit 🌍

We need a new UK law to hold them accountable✊

✍️ Sign the petition here: action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/mak...

#PlanetOverProfit #FriendsoftheEarth

Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · Sep 7

📢 Our Next Monthly Meeting – Wed 10 Sept, 7:30–9pm
Friends Meeting House, Oxford (and on Zoom)

We will be setting out autumn plans and discussing:
🌍 Climate denial
📑 UK Climate Plan
🏛 Planning Bill
🤝 Volunteer roles

Register here:
actionnetwork.org/events/oxfor...

actionnetwork.org

Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · Sep 7

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Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · Sep 7

Our friends at MP Watch Witney are hosting an important event on Thursday 18th September at 7pm at Wesley Memorial Church.
The meeting will explore a crucial question: Why is politics failing to respond to the climate crisis and how can we make it work? 🌳
www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-ma...

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Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · Jul 15

Was great to join other Friends of the Earth groups at the Westminster lobby to call for action on climate, nature and justice. We had productive meetings with Freddie van Mierlo, Anneliese Dodds, Olly Glover, Callum Miller and Sean Woodcock 🌍💚

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Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · May 29

Our celebration of local climate action is getting close! Join us next week

Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · May 25

Celebrate World Environment Day with us on Broad Street, Oxford - live music, inspiring speakers, great food and local environmental groups all coming together for an afternoon of community and climate action. Join the party and help us protect the planet!

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Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · May 27

📢 Nature & Climate: What is the Government doing – and what should they be doing?

Join us for a vital public meeting with expert speakers on Weds 11th June, 7.30pm at Wesley Memorial Hall, Oxford.

🔗 Reserve your place: actionnetwork.org/events/oxfor...

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Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · May 25

We are looking for volunteers to help run the party, please let us know if you can help: [email protected]

Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · May 25

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Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · Apr 4

💚 Save the Date! 💚

On 9th July 2025, we’re heading to Westminster to show MPs that climate & nature must be a priority.

This is your chance to speak directly to your MP & call for urgent action. Stay tuned for details!

📅 9 July 2025 |📍 Westminster, London
🔁 Spread the word!

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Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · Apr 3

We are supporting this excellent campaign for a fair community payment scheme from the Botley West solar farm if it goes ahead. Please sign and share this post

Low Carbon Hub @lowcarbonhub.bsky.social · Apr 3

Low Carbon Hub isn’t a campaigning organisation.

Except – we are, just this once.

We’ve launched a petition calling for a much stronger community benefits package from the developers of the proposed Botley West Solar Farm in Oxfordshire.

Sign the petition here👉 tinyurl.com/5n7mermf

We've launched our first campaign. Here's why it matters. - Low Carbon Hub

Low Carbon Hub isn’t a campaigning organisation. Except – we are, just this once. We’ve launched Make Botley West Solar Farm Fair, a petition calling for a much stronger community benefits package fro...

www.lowcarbonhub.org

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Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · Mar 27

🌍 Vote for the Climate on 1st May! 🌿

The Oxvote tactical voting website is now live, helping you make a climate-conscious choice in the Oxfordshire County Council elections.

Check it out now: www.oxvote.org

Oxvote - climate smart voting in May 1st Oxfordshire council elections | Vote Climate Smart

Discover how to vote tactically on May 1st to accelerate Oxfordshire's progress toward Net Zero. Find out what issues you are voting on.

www.oxvote.org

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Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · Mar 25

🚨 Last week, we joined @friends-earth.bsky.social at Westminster for The Big Climate Plan, pushing for bold and fair climate policies.

Tackling the climate crisis can create warmer homes, cheaper energy and green jobs—if done right. Now, we need action.

#BigClimatePlan

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Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · Mar 19

Our right to protest is under threat!

The Public Order Act is silencing climate activists & campaigners. Protest is a fundamental right. We must defend it.

✍️ Sign Greenpeace’s petition to demand its repeal:
🔗 action.greenpeace.org.uk/protect-the-right-to-protest

If you agree the govt should not strip away our right to protest, add your name

action.greenpeace.org.uk

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Mar 19

More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UN

Floods, heatwaves and supercharged hurricanes occurred in hottest climate human society has ever experienced The devastating impacts of the climate crisis reached new heights in 2024, with scores of unprecedented heatwaves, floods and storms across the…

www.theguardian.com

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Friends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · Mar 12

Starting something without a proper plan is a recipe for disaster. Especially when it comes to combatting the climate crisis. That's why we’ve joined forces with @chrisgpackham.bsky.social, Drag Race UK star Crystal and Dylan Bachelet to help demand a #BigClimatePlan that delivers a brighter future.

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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · Mar 11

SHOCKING FACT: a Greenpeace investigation found that destructive supertrawlers with huge nets spent 21 HOURS A DAY fishing in UK protected waters in the last 5 years.

Anyone else think that marine protected areas should actually be protected??? 🐬

#oceansanctuaries #conservation

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Climate Emergency UK @climateemergencyuk.bsky.social · Mar 12

🏛️ Are Climate Assemblies the gold standard for democratic participation?
🌿 How can campaign groups become critical friends of their council?

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Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · Mar 6

Join us at our March monthly meeting to discuss lobbying MPs on "The Big Climate Plan: The Fairness Test", the "Vote for the Climate" website for County elections, World Environment Day event planning and Oxford FoE fundraising.

actionnetwork.org/events/oxfor...

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Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · Feb 27

Politicians who mislead the public should face consequences! Sign the petition to demand accountability: 38d.gs/oyss

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Extinction Rebellion London Actions MoM (Movement of Movements) @xrlondonactions.bsky.social · Feb 15

70 YEARS OF SHELL’S ‘BLOOD MONEY’ IN COURT

🔥 Shell: your clean up projects are a scam, you must take responsibility for the poisoning you have caused.

Royal Courts of Justice: Do we recognize the right to a healthy environment as a fundamental human right?

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Sarah Mumford 🌳 🥾🌈♍️ @mumfordsa.bsky.social · Feb 12

I’ve just written a letter to my MP, condemning the recent decision to grant further tree burning subsidies to Drax. This decision harms bill payers, forests, communities and our planet.

Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...

Urgent Action: Stop Disastrous Decision to Extend Drax’s Subsidies

The Government has just made the disastrous decision to hand billions more in subsidies to tree burners Drax and Lynemouth. This is a decision to push up emissions, energy bills and profits for Drax’s...

actionnetwork.org

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Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · Feb 10

Definitely Izzy, should be a cracker of a meeting! 😀

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Oxford Friends of the Earth @oxfordfoe.bsky.social · Feb 5

The speaker at our forthcoming meeting this month is Barbara Hammond, the CEO of the Low Caron Hub.
* This exciting meeting allows Barbara to explain how we can overcome obstacles to clean energy
* Join us on Wednesday 12th February at 7.30pm, Friends Meeting House, Oxford.
* All welcome

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