BVFoE wrote to Rushmoor Borough Council asking them to extend the consultation period. This has been done and the new closing date for comments is the 16th January 2026. See here for more detail.
Blackwater Valley Friends of the Earth members strongly oppose the recent application 25/00615/REV made by Farnborough Airfield to: increase the number of weekend flights; increase the weight category and change the public safety zone maps. Each of the three proposals, if granted, will give little or no benefit to the community of Rushmoor. In fact […]
Blackwater Valley Friends of the Earth (BVFoE) had the pleasure of hosting a film and discussion event at the wonderful West End Centre on the 26th November 2025. We were taking part in the Climate & Migration Community Film Festival 2025 where stories of climate, displacement, resilience, and hope were brought together. The festival was […]
On Saturday 20th people from several campaigning organisations including Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign came together to march from Portland Place to Whitehall where we occupied space just outside and within hearing of 10 Downing Street. It was a pleasure to march with other local activists including those from ‘Cut […]
Water testing volunteers sent these pictures to the What’s App group. A few images that record the water testing event, for the last weekend of August 2025, for the Rivers Hart and Blackwater and Cove Brook. Thank you for the pictures. It was sad to hear that the invasive species of Signal Crayfish were found […]
This photo shows a poster from Friends of the Earth that can be populated with ideas from individuals on how to address the climate emergency. The ideas shown in this post come from people at the Food Waste Cafe North Camp Methodist Church.
Friends of the Earth South East invited members of local groups to this event in Vauxhall on the 14th June 2025. Two members of BVFoE took part in this event.
These are the campaign areas we have identified for this year. Of course as issues are raised we will aim to address them and so we are not restricted to these campaign areas. All our campaigning is underpinned by the concept of justice both at a local and global level. With this we must tackle […]
The second reading of the Climate and Nature Bill is happening on the 24th July. As far as we know of our 5 MPs in the Blackwater Valley area the two Lib Dem MPs have shown commitment to support the bill. Alex Brewer and Al Pinkerton. According to Zero Hour UK we need over 100 […]
Blackwater Valley FoE organised the filming of “Can I Live? ” at the West End Centre on the 27th November 24. The film is A Complicité production in association with the Barbican, and supported by Oxford Playhouse and Doc Society Climate Story Fund. This production is supported by Friends of the Earth UK (FoE). The […]