Friends of the Earth Cardiff Cyfeillion y Ddaear Caerdydd

Say no to Plastic Bags!

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Throwing things away is a waste of the resources and energy that have been used to make the product.

If we reduce, reuse and recycle instead of throwing things away, fewer new materials need to be quarried, mined or grown to make new things.

Thank you to everyone who took action over the Convention of the Parties (COP) climate change talks in Copenhagen. There was a fantastic turn out of Cardiff Friends of the Earth supporters for The Wave rally in London the weekend before the talks started. Some members of the group also travelled to Copenhagen for the talks.

Some world leaders have said that the talks were a success. And that they moved the world forward in tackling climate change. But the reality is that it's neither a strong nor fair deal.

Photo: Chris Brown. Cardiff Friends of the Earth.

By Adam Corner

Cardiff Friends of the Earth is delighted at the strong support for tough action on climate change from some of Cardiff's politicians at a public meeting in the Old Library on Halloween.

Jenny Willott, Liberal Democrat MP; Karen Robson, Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC); Jenny Rathbone, Labour PPC and Jill Evans, Plaid Cymru MEP all supported proposals for strong international action at the United Nations climate talks in Copenhagen this December.

Come and grill your politicians on climate change! We have organised a question-time style Halloween event to talk to our politicians about the international climate talks in Copenhagen this December.

31 October 2009 - 3:00pm - 31 October 2009 - 4:00pm
Venue: 1st floor meeting room, The Old Library, the Hayes, Cardiff city centre.

Daran Hill from Positif Politics will Chair the event.

Speakers will include:

Members of Cardiff Friends of the Earth joined thousands of people around the world in calling on our leaders to wake up to climate change on 21 September. We were there for the first ever Climate Flashmob on Queen Street, Cardiff.

The event, organised by Stop Climate Chaos Cymru, was one of hundreds taking place internationally before the United Nations climate change and G20 meetings. At these meetings world leaders will make crucial decisions on whether to cut global carbon emissions.

The Climate Change Act commits the UK to cut climate change emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. Local councils must take action if we are to hit the target. Local councils in Wales control a budget of £4 billion a year.

The I Count climate change rally, Trafalgar Square, London. Photo: © Paul Anderson

The I Count rally

London 4 November 2006

Climate Change Rally, Trafalgar Square. Photo: © Paul Anderson

Climate Change Rally, Grosvenor Square. Photo: © Paul Anderson

Climate Change Rally, Picadilly. Photo: © babarji

Following a request from the Riverside Labour Party, Cardiff Friends of the Earth gave a talk to the group on the 1st September concentrating on climate change, and, in particular, energy. The members were keen to hear how Cardiff Friends of the Earth thought that the UK government were doing and where changes are needed and improvements possible.