These are unsettling times for us all. But much like the climate emergency, the coronavirus pandemic has affected the most vulnerable both at home and abroad.
We've spent the past seven months promoting safety and wellbeing in our network, providing groups with resources and support as they shift towards online campaigning, and leading a "week of action" to lobby local decision-makers to get behind a green and fair recovery plan.
Our campaigning will be key over the coming months to ensure we don't return to the old broken economic and social systems of pre-COVID-19.
We've published a proposal for a green and fair recovery plan (see below), as well as guidance on how to lobby your MP to help get you started.
As a network, we will continue to support one another and those in our communities as best we can. If you have any questions or a suggestion on how we can support you, please email climateaction@foe.co.uk.
Demand a green and fair recovery plan
Lobby your MP
In early October 2020 we led a network-wide week of action, during which groups engaged their local communities and asked people what they'd like to see happen in their areas.
There's no "deadline" for engaging your local community with your campaign. So if you haven't taken part in the action already, take a look at what other groups did during the week of action (watch the video) and then find out how to get your community's input on what a green and fair recovery should look like.
Useful resources
16 Sep 2020573 kB PDF file
We need government to lead a green and fair recovery plan following the coronavirus pandemic. Download the policies behind Friends of the Earth's proposed plan.
04 May 2020
Zoom is a video conferencing tool that's great for taking your meetings and events online. This guide will show you how to set up and run a Zoom meeting.
06 Apr 2020
We’re living in unprecedented times. While we want to continue as much as possible to campaign on climate, we must be sensitive in how we do that – and how we communicate it.
02 Apr 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unsettling time for us all, and means we need to shift the way we go about much of our lives – including campaigning. For those of you who want to continue to campaign on climate, we’ve gathered a list of free tools to help you shift your efforts online.