Brighton & Hove Friends of the Earth

´The Bee Campaign´: after a two year campaign which fired community and individual actions all over the UK and also involved focussed governmental lobbying, we now have a pollinators strategy in place for this country. It will apply from next year. It does not mean we can individually or in our groups and communities, stop helping bees – they need our everyday actions, helping provide their nurturing plants and flowers, and protecting their habitats from commercial and agricultural attack. But it means the government is backing our efforts and recognising that pollinators are a vital component in our food chain. If you want to continue to do your bit please do sign up to the Bee Cause, maybe, like us, you could create your own bee world (we have supported the creation of bee worlds in St Nicholas churchyard and in Hollingbury and Burstead woods) or even make your own bee and bee in the back garden

Other current FoE successes in protecting nature all over the world are detailed on the national FoE website (http://www.foe.co.uk/), where you can also find out about the new Robin Hood Tax petition (http://www.foe.co.uk/news/sign-robin-hood-tax-petition), which aims to capture ´financial crisis´ reparation taxes from the banks duly responsible, and use the revenue to fight against poverty and climate-change .

FoE is also raising funds to help a school go solar, as part of FoE´s ´Run on Sun´ national campaign, https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-a-school-run-on-sun