Friends of the Earth Southampton
@foesouthampton.bsky.social
Local action group part of the largest grassroots environmental campaigning network in the UK 💚
Contact us to get involved 🌱
https://linktr.ee/foesouthampton?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=47a5bbfb-8128-444f-957c-04a9d90bae8a
Contact us to get involved 🌱
https://linktr.ee/foesouthampton?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=47a5bbfb-8128-444f-957c-04a9d90bae8a
Yesterday at the Global Day of Action event, mobilising to stand up for a brighter future.
We call on the UK government to:
🌳 Honour the UK’s pledge to protect forests
✊ Demand justice for frontline communities & make polluters pay
🍉 End UK complicity in genocide and environmental ruin in Palestine
We call on the UK government to:
🌳 Honour the UK’s pledge to protect forests
✊ Demand justice for frontline communities & make polluters pay
🍉 End UK complicity in genocide and environmental ruin in Palestine
November 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Yesterday at the Global Day of Action event, mobilising to stand up for a brighter future.
We call on the UK government to:
🌳 Honour the UK’s pledge to protect forests
✊ Demand justice for frontline communities & make polluters pay
🍉 End UK complicity in genocide and environmental ruin in Palestine
We call on the UK government to:
🌳 Honour the UK’s pledge to protect forests
✊ Demand justice for frontline communities & make polluters pay
🍉 End UK complicity in genocide and environmental ruin in Palestine
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Southampton
BREAKING 🚨: We've just dropped a massive banner off Westminster Bridge to demand the UK Government #StopRosebank
It's time for Keir Starmer make the right choice 👀
It's time for Keir Starmer make the right choice 👀
July 16, 2025 at 8:37 AM
BREAKING 🚨: We've just dropped a massive banner off Westminster Bridge to demand the UK Government #StopRosebank
It's time for Keir Starmer make the right choice 👀
It's time for Keir Starmer make the right choice 👀
"The area of Woodmill Outdoor Activities Centre in Southampton is being bought by Southern Water, despite environmental protests.
The terms of the sale were approved privately on Tuesday after the press and public were excluded from a council cabinet meeting."
The terms of the sale were approved privately on Tuesday after the press and public were excluded from a council cabinet meeting."
Southampton City Council to sell river leisure area to water firm
The deal will help to preserve outdoor activities and the River Itchen, councillors say.
www.bbc.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"The area of Woodmill Outdoor Activities Centre in Southampton is being bought by Southern Water, despite environmental protests.
The terms of the sale were approved privately on Tuesday after the press and public were excluded from a council cabinet meeting."
The terms of the sale were approved privately on Tuesday after the press and public were excluded from a council cabinet meeting."
GOV DELAY THE DEBATE ON THE CAN BILL
📢 “The Climate and Nature Bill is the axe. We need to use it to break down the doors of Parliament. Now isn’t the time to give up. Now isn’t the time to be angry. Now is the time to act.”
🐝 Read here: zerohour.uk/bringbackthecanbill
📢 “The Climate and Nature Bill is the axe. We need to use it to break down the doors of Parliament. Now isn’t the time to give up. Now isn’t the time to be angry. Now is the time to act.”
🐝 Read here: zerohour.uk/bringbackthecanbill
Government tries to bury the Bill… But we’re bringing it back
CAMPAIGNER BLOG BY SARAH WARREN Today is the day my hope in this Government died. The landmark Climate and Nature Bill, introduced by Roz Savage last autumn, has been ...
www.zerohour.uk
July 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
GOV DELAY THE DEBATE ON THE CAN BILL
📢 “The Climate and Nature Bill is the axe. We need to use it to break down the doors of Parliament. Now isn’t the time to give up. Now isn’t the time to be angry. Now is the time to act.”
🐝 Read here: zerohour.uk/bringbackthecanbill
📢 “The Climate and Nature Bill is the axe. We need to use it to break down the doors of Parliament. Now isn’t the time to give up. Now isn’t the time to be angry. Now is the time to act.”
🐝 Read here: zerohour.uk/bringbackthecanbill
"Good early progress on climate and noteworthy investments in public transport and EVs are signs for optimism, but the government must do better across all areas, particularly justice and democracy."
The Labour government – our assessment 1 year on | Friends of the Earth
One year after the last general election, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace assess how the Labour government has performed on climate and nature action.
friendsoftheearth.uk
July 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"Good early progress on climate and noteworthy investments in public transport and EVs are signs for optimism, but the government must do better across all areas, particularly justice and democracy."
"Instead of naming storms after ‘those who work to keep people safe in times of severe weather’, thereby making these severe disruptions sound innocuous, it would be more appropriate to use the names of fossil fuel companies and the manufacturers of SUVs.”
Link:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
Link:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
Met Office should name storms after fossil fuel companies, say campaigners
Storm naming competition raises idea to remind public of link between fossil fuels and extreme weather
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"Instead of naming storms after ‘those who work to keep people safe in times of severe weather’, thereby making these severe disruptions sound innocuous, it would be more appropriate to use the names of fossil fuel companies and the manufacturers of SUVs.”
Link:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
Link:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Southampton
Today, alongside the Corporate Justice Coalition, we handed in our petition for a new law to tackle human rights abuses and environmental damage in UK company supply chains.
Over 145,000 people signed our call for a new #BizHumanRights law: now it’s over to the government to take action.
Over 145,000 people signed our call for a new #BizHumanRights law: now it’s over to the government to take action.
June 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Today, alongside the Corporate Justice Coalition, we handed in our petition for a new law to tackle human rights abuses and environmental damage in UK company supply chains.
Over 145,000 people signed our call for a new #BizHumanRights law: now it’s over to the government to take action.
Over 145,000 people signed our call for a new #BizHumanRights law: now it’s over to the government to take action.
See how Southampton City Council is measuring against the 2025 Action Scorecards developed by @climateemergencyuk.bsky.social
Southampton City Council Climate Action Scorecard
Want to know how effective Southampton City Council’s climate plans are? Check out Southampton City Council’s Council Climate Scorecard to understand how their climate plans compare to local authoriti...
councilclimatescorecards.uk
June 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
See how Southampton City Council is measuring against the 2025 Action Scorecards developed by @climateemergencyuk.bsky.social
Sign the pact, record your story. Join the global movement to make polluters pay: act.gp/3RIc9dq
Polluters broke it, we're paying for it. Make Polluters Pay
Sign the pact, record your story. Join the global movement to make polluters pay.
act.gp
June 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Sign the pact, record your story. Join the global movement to make polluters pay: act.gp/3RIc9dq
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Southampton
📝 Yesterday, UK union leaders delivered Keir Starmer an urgent letter at 10 Downing Street.
📣 “The Climate and Nature Bill would protect and safeguard nature—while creating 1000’s of jobs, bringing social and economic justice to communities across the county.”
🐝 zerohour.uk #CANBill
📣 “The Climate and Nature Bill would protect and safeguard nature—while creating 1000’s of jobs, bringing social and economic justice to communities across the county.”
🐝 zerohour.uk #CANBill
June 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
📝 Yesterday, UK union leaders delivered Keir Starmer an urgent letter at 10 Downing Street.
📣 “The Climate and Nature Bill would protect and safeguard nature—while creating 1000’s of jobs, bringing social and economic justice to communities across the county.”
🐝 zerohour.uk #CANBill
📣 “The Climate and Nature Bill would protect and safeguard nature—while creating 1000’s of jobs, bringing social and economic justice to communities across the county.”
🐝 zerohour.uk #CANBill
A consultation has been launched to gather the public’s views on the draft nature strategy, which will set priorities for wildlife, habitat, and biodiversity in Hampshire. The public consultation is running until June 23, 2025.
www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
A consultation has been launched to gather the public’s views on the draft nature strategy, which will set priorities for wildlife, habitat, and biodiversity in Hampshire. The public consultation is running until June 23, 2025.
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Southampton
REVEALED : the Rosebank oil field could send hundreds of millions of pounds to a company that operates in illegal settlements in Palestine.
May 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
REVEALED : the Rosebank oil field could send hundreds of millions of pounds to a company that operates in illegal settlements in Palestine.
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Southampton
🚨 Join us, Hugh, @domipalmer.bsky.social, @georgemcgavin.bsky.social—and campaigners across the UK—calling for #REALChange for a better Britain.
✊ Tell Keir Starmer to give the Climate and Nature Bill an emergency debate in Parliament.
✍️ Sign the open letter today 👉 action.zerohour.uk
🐝 #CANBill
✊ Tell Keir Starmer to give the Climate and Nature Bill an emergency debate in Parliament.
✍️ Sign the open letter today 👉 action.zerohour.uk
🐝 #CANBill
🚨 Tell Keir Starmer to give the CAN Bill an emergency debate in Parliament. #REALChange
YouTube video by Zero Hour: Climate and Nature Bill
www.youtube.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🚨 Join us, Hugh, @domipalmer.bsky.social, @georgemcgavin.bsky.social—and campaigners across the UK—calling for #REALChange for a better Britain.
✊ Tell Keir Starmer to give the Climate and Nature Bill an emergency debate in Parliament.
✍️ Sign the open letter today 👉 action.zerohour.uk
🐝 #CANBill
✊ Tell Keir Starmer to give the Climate and Nature Bill an emergency debate in Parliament.
✍️ Sign the open letter today 👉 action.zerohour.uk
🐝 #CANBill
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Southampton
🚨 This week marked 6 years since the UK Parliament declared an environment and climate change emergency.
That urgency hasn’t faded but the UK’s policies, plans and laws resemble “business as usual”—not the emergency response we need.
📜 We need the #CANBill.
🐝 @labourlewis.bsky.social 🧵
That urgency hasn’t faded but the UK’s policies, plans and laws resemble “business as usual”—not the emergency response we need.
📜 We need the #CANBill.
🐝 @labourlewis.bsky.social 🧵
This week marked 6 years since Parliament declared an environment and climate change emergency
This week marked 6 years since Parliament declared an environment and climate change emergency. That urgency hasn’t faded—it’s only grown louder. Yet the UK’s policies, plans and laws resemble “busine...
zerohour.uk
May 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🚨 This week marked 6 years since the UK Parliament declared an environment and climate change emergency.
That urgency hasn’t faded but the UK’s policies, plans and laws resemble “business as usual”—not the emergency response we need.
📜 We need the #CANBill.
🐝 @labourlewis.bsky.social 🧵
That urgency hasn’t faded but the UK’s policies, plans and laws resemble “business as usual”—not the emergency response we need.
📜 We need the #CANBill.
🐝 @labourlewis.bsky.social 🧵
The public is encouraged to assist by reducing water use, reporting any signs of pollution or illegal fishing to the Environment Agency and promoting the protection of the rare chalk stream salmon.
Atlantic salmon in the River Itchen on the brink of extinction
"Without urgent action to improve river conditions, we risk losing the salmon in the Itchen forever."
www.dailyecho.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The public is encouraged to assist by reducing water use, reporting any signs of pollution or illegal fishing to the Environment Agency and promoting the protection of the rare chalk stream salmon.
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Southampton
💚The climate movement is powerful!
💪We were at 10 Downing Street with the support of over 1️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ people demanding a fair & fast transition away from oil & gas.
👀 Politicians must act now to end oil drilling & deliver a greener future for workers & communities.
💪We were at 10 Downing Street with the support of over 1️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ people demanding a fair & fast transition away from oil & gas.
👀 Politicians must act now to end oil drilling & deliver a greener future for workers & communities.
April 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
💚The climate movement is powerful!
💪We were at 10 Downing Street with the support of over 1️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ people demanding a fair & fast transition away from oil & gas.
👀 Politicians must act now to end oil drilling & deliver a greener future for workers & communities.
💪We were at 10 Downing Street with the support of over 1️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ people demanding a fair & fast transition away from oil & gas.
👀 Politicians must act now to end oil drilling & deliver a greener future for workers & communities.
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Southampton
Friends of the Earth, alongside a number of fellow climate movement organisations, handed in a million-strong petition to 10 Downing Street today, calling on the UK government to end new UK oil and gas drilling and deliver a fair transition to renewable energy. ✊
April 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Friends of the Earth, alongside a number of fellow climate movement organisations, handed in a million-strong petition to 10 Downing Street today, calling on the UK government to end new UK oil and gas drilling and deliver a fair transition to renewable energy. ✊
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Southampton
Try Veg-Out: Southampton’s Beloved Pop-Up Vegan Café!
Join us every Monday, from 11:45 AM to 3:00 PM and enjoy a delicious meal on a pay-what-you-can basis.
buff.ly/o8NMxbZ
Join us every Monday, from 11:45 AM to 3:00 PM and enjoy a delicious meal on a pay-what-you-can basis.
buff.ly/o8NMxbZ
April 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Try Veg-Out: Southampton’s Beloved Pop-Up Vegan Café!
Join us every Monday, from 11:45 AM to 3:00 PM and enjoy a delicious meal on a pay-what-you-can basis.
buff.ly/o8NMxbZ
Join us every Monday, from 11:45 AM to 3:00 PM and enjoy a delicious meal on a pay-what-you-can basis.
buff.ly/o8NMxbZ
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Southampton
🚨 The climate crisis is driving a dangerous rise in floods and storms, including on our doorstep in Europe.
Meanwhile, Equinor and Ithaca Energy continue to push for new projects that will make extreme weather worse everywhere.
We must end new oil and gas. #StopRosebank
Meanwhile, Equinor and Ithaca Energy continue to push for new projects that will make extreme weather worse everywhere.
We must end new oil and gas. #StopRosebank
April 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
🚨 The climate crisis is driving a dangerous rise in floods and storms, including on our doorstep in Europe.
Meanwhile, Equinor and Ithaca Energy continue to push for new projects that will make extreme weather worse everywhere.
We must end new oil and gas. #StopRosebank
Meanwhile, Equinor and Ithaca Energy continue to push for new projects that will make extreme weather worse everywhere.
We must end new oil and gas. #StopRosebank
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Southampton
One million voices. One force. One future—fossil-free. And we’re just getting started. 🌍 🔥
From every corner of the world, people are calling for a #FossilFuelTreaty.
Join the movement → FossilFuelTreaty.org/endorse
#FossilFuelTreaty #ClimateAction #ProtectWhatWeLove
From every corner of the world, people are calling for a #FossilFuelTreaty.
Join the movement → FossilFuelTreaty.org/endorse
#FossilFuelTreaty #ClimateAction #ProtectWhatWeLove
April 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
One million voices. One force. One future—fossil-free. And we’re just getting started. 🌍 🔥
From every corner of the world, people are calling for a #FossilFuelTreaty.
Join the movement → FossilFuelTreaty.org/endorse
#FossilFuelTreaty #ClimateAction #ProtectWhatWeLove
From every corner of the world, people are calling for a #FossilFuelTreaty.
Join the movement → FossilFuelTreaty.org/endorse
#FossilFuelTreaty #ClimateAction #ProtectWhatWeLove
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Southampton
More fossil fuels = more climate change. It's that simple.
We have to get out of the fossil fuel doom loop. Please tell the government not to approve any new oil and gas in the north sea 👇
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4262?ut...
We have to get out of the fossil fuel doom loop. Please tell the government not to approve any new oil and gas in the north sea 👇
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4262?ut...
Tell the UK: No new oil and gas
The UK government has paused making decisions on new oil and gas in the North Sea while it examines how to regulate new drilling. And it’s asking the public for our views.
act.globaljustice.org.uk
April 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
More fossil fuels = more climate change. It's that simple.
We have to get out of the fossil fuel doom loop. Please tell the government not to approve any new oil and gas in the north sea 👇
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4262?ut...
We have to get out of the fossil fuel doom loop. Please tell the government not to approve any new oil and gas in the north sea 👇
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4262?ut...
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Southampton
📣 Stop Airport Expansion 📣
Help us tell the government WE DON’T WANT EXPANSION at any UK airport, including Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton.
Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Help us tell the government WE DON’T WANT EXPANSION at any UK airport, including Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton.
Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
March 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
📣 Stop Airport Expansion 📣
Help us tell the government WE DON’T WANT EXPANSION at any UK airport, including Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton.
Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Help us tell the government WE DON’T WANT EXPANSION at any UK airport, including Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton.
Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Southampton
Are you on the hunt for Easter Eggs? We've got some tips and tricks for cutting down or avoiding the plastic packaging they come in. friendsoftheearth.uk/sustainable-...
Plastic-free Easter eggs | Friends of the Earth
Over-packaged chocolate Easter eggs seem to be everywhere. We've explore why, and what can be done about it, to help us all enjoy plastic-free, low-waste chocolate this year.
friendsoftheearth.uk
April 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Are you on the hunt for Easter Eggs? We've got some tips and tricks for cutting down or avoiding the plastic packaging they come in. friendsoftheearth.uk/sustainable-...
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Southampton
He may not be able to talk to fish, but he CAN be the hero of our oceans… 👀🐠
David Lammy must stick to his promise, and pass the Global Ocean Treaty into law ASAP.
Let’s protect our oceans and make Aquaman proud. 🐳🌍
David Lammy must stick to his promise, and pass the Global Ocean Treaty into law ASAP.
Let’s protect our oceans and make Aquaman proud. 🐳🌍
April 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
He may not be able to talk to fish, but he CAN be the hero of our oceans… 👀🐠
David Lammy must stick to his promise, and pass the Global Ocean Treaty into law ASAP.
Let’s protect our oceans and make Aquaman proud. 🐳🌍
David Lammy must stick to his promise, and pass the Global Ocean Treaty into law ASAP.
Let’s protect our oceans and make Aquaman proud. 🐳🌍