Blogs

Published: 24 Nov 2023

Our campaign to persuade local government pension funds in Wales to move their investments away from fossil fuels and other highly polluting and carbon intensive industries started in 2015.  

Published: 6 Sep 2023

Have you ever taken a stroll along Pembrokeshire’s stunning coastline? Well, beneath its beauty lies a not-so-pretty problem.

Published: 25 Apr 2023

Hundreds of people from Wales made their way to London for the Big One on Earth Day last Saturday (22 April 2023), including members of Friends of the Earth local action groups.

Published: 24 Apr 2023

Nature is on a knife edge. To halt and reverse the catastrophic decline, Wales needs a nature positive bill, says David Kilner, co-ordinator of the Nature Positive campaign in Wales. David thinks we are close but now is the time for a final push.

Published: 24 Feb 2023

Our pollinators need our help! Now the pandemic is over, let's go outside and make our towns, villages, and schools as bee friendly as possible. Bleddyn encourages us to take part in Wales's bee friendly scheme.

Published: 17 Feb 2023

In this blog Bleddyn Lake considers how reducing methane emissions could avert runaway climate change by preventing or delaying tipping points and calls for a methane action plan for Wales.

Published: 8 Feb 2023

Sustainability is the theme of the 8th International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11th February 2023. It is a fitting time to pay tribute to one of the first scientists to study the effects of pollution on life in Welsh rivers.  

Published: 18 Jan 2023

Tourism contributes hugely to the Welsh economy but it also contributes to climate emissions. It's time for Wales to position itself as a destination for eco-tourism, and cater to the growing demand for sustainable travel from eco-conscious visitors.

Published: 6 Dec 2022

With the Welsh Government set to publish some data on Wales’s consumption emissions footprint by the end of the Senedd term, Sarah looks at what Wales imports as a nation, its effect on our planet and how we could reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 

Published: 1 Dec 2022

With climate change well underway, the only way we can avoid the worst of a climate catastrophe is by urgently reducing emissions and reviewing the way we live, work and travel.

Published: 15 Nov 2022

As world leaders gathered at the UN climate change summit in Egypt, campaigners marched in Caernarfon, Carmarthen, Swansea and Cardiff.

Published: 2 Aug 2022

As we struggle with the heat, a long dry spell, huge cost of living increases and possible water shortages, Friends of the Earth Cymru Campaigns and Development Manager, Bleddyn Lake, looks at how setting a new improved water use target in Wales could have many positive benefits. 

Published: 1 Jul 2022

For the first time in three years, our groups, activists and supporters met face-to-face at Egnïo 22. Becky, our Activism and Community Campaigns Officer, reflects on what we learned from these two one-day events in Pontypridd and Bangor.

Published: 4 Nov 2021

A social enterprise with a mission has recently been awarded a grant by the People's Postcode Lottery and won the BASIS Social Impact, Engagement and Education Award 2021).

Published: 20 Aug 2021

The burning of virgin wood for energy continues to spread across Wales under the guise of renewable energy. Gareth Ludkin, Climate Activist and co-ordinator of Cardiff Friends of the Earth thinks it's time to invest in genuine solutions.

Published: 1 Jul 2021

Jennifer Carew tells us about Climate Cymru's campaign to gather voices from all over Wales in the lead up to COP 26, so we can make sure our voices are heard by the people in power.

Published: 30 Jun 2021

Bleddyn Lake considers shines a light on how poor decision-making is threatening to derail our efforts to solve the climate and nature emergencies and how we can inoculate ourselves against it.

Published: 27 Apr 2021

Bianca, one of our volunteers, is from St Lucia, an Island in the Caribbean. In this blog, she compares Wales to her home country. Although they are on completely different sides of the world, these two small nations are similar in some ways and face some of the same challenges.

Published: 4 Mar 2021

Bleddyn Lake reflects on what the new Welsh Government circular economy strategy means for people living in Wales.

Published: 17 Feb 2021

Chamodi Peiris looks at different zero-waste initiatives around the world, arguing that Wales's 2050 zero-waste target needs to be brought forward to 2030 and cautioning against Wales allowing any new incinerators to be built.

Published: 4 Feb 2021

The pace of climate change is increasing and Wales, like other nations, must step up its level of ambition. Volunteer Joe Cooke looks at Wales's path to net zero and what needs to be done to get to the finish line as soon as possible.

Published: 21 Jan 2021

This is the story of how some amazing people in Caerphilly worked together to stop a beautiful area of countryside from being turned into a housing estate, so that the whole community, including families with little or no gardens, can continue to enjoy the green space. But the fight is far from over...

Published: 20 Jan 2021

The Welsh Government is consulting on its new transport strategy. Here, Dr Ian Taylor explains how it is our best hope for a transport system which is fairer on people and planet.

Published: 16 Nov 2020

Trees provide us with oxygen, store carbon, stabilise soils, give life to local wildlife, and are vital for our mental and physical health. Ffion Edwards explains why our woodlands are under threat and what is happening here in Wales to help solve the problem.

Published: 6 Nov 2020

Supermarkets could save enough energy to power 730,000 homes if they put doors on their fridges. Friends of the Earth Cymru volunteer, Joe Cooke, urges supermarkets in Wales to make this important change for the sake of our planet.

Published: 20 Oct 2020

In Swansea, some new-born babies’ families have been gifted a baby bundle of sleepsuits, toys, nappies and other items as part of a Welsh Government pilot. Becky Harford explores why a national rollout needs to go further than the trial.

Published: 16 Oct 2020

Many of us drink oat, soya or other plant milks these days. Most of the time, they are sold in Tetra Paks - have you ever wondered just how green and sustainable they are?

Published: 5 Oct 2020

The Welsh Government wants to ban single use polystyrene cups and food containers, cotton buds, plastic cutlery and plates, beverage stirrers, straws and balloon sticks. We want more products added to the blacklist.

Published: 5 Sep 2019

So what is zero waste exactly? Basically it does what it says on the tin. No waste anymore.

Published: 28 Jun 2019

A blog from Blog by Helen O’Sullivan from Sustainable Fashion Wales