It was great to have a table alongside so many other organisations, individuals and groups sharing the concern of climate and nature and connected with Rushmoor. We had the time to speak with people involved in selling local and ethical products, standing up for clean water and nature and addressing issues to do with inequality. […]
Blackwater Valley Friends of the Earth BVFoE were invited to have a table at this very special, grass root community event. It is always a privilege to spend the day with this community and share our ideas and campaign material with the local community. Our main activities were putting messages and pictures on flags concerning […]
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 […]
On the evening of the 18th July 2025 a group of BVFoE members and associates went for a guided walk with Royal Society for the Protection of Birds RSPB experts to experience the sounds and sights of the nightjar. If you want to know more about this bird and its ways read up about it […]
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.
This picture is of Crondall pond, the source of the River Hart, after a dry and very warm June. BvAR volunteers went out to look at sites on the local river system to find out how the water ways and nature are fairing after this month of unseasonal weather.
On the 9th July 2025 members of Blackwater Valley Friends of the Earth are joining with other environmental groups to meet with our MPs to ask for a bold and fair climate plan. So far we have secured a meeting with Alex Brewer MP, North East Hampshire and hope to meet Alex Baker MP Aldershot […]
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.
In March 2024, BVFoE donated £200.00 to Yateley Town Council to have the Royal Oak Pond dug out. This money originally came from the Ladies Golf Team, Aldershot Golf Course. Just recently BVFoE have asked how the pond is fairing. The photos above are taken just after the digger was used to remove excess silt […]
This weekend around 20 volunteers surveyed 23 sites on the waterways in the Blackwater Valley for nitrates and phosphates and also took a turgidity test. This is an amazing accomplishment to get this all together. The surveys are going to be repeated every month for the next few months. The data is uploaded onto the […]