Friends of the Earth Fife

Friends of the Earth Fife actively campaigns to improve our local environment (in Fife, Scotland), as well as joining in with Friends of the Earth campaigns nationally and internationally. Our campaigns cover a wide range of environmental issues, including waste, climate change and local planning.

The Big Ask Scotland - event in Kirkcaldy on 31st January 2009

Climate Change

Decisive action is needed from governments around the world to stop catastrophic climate change. The UK government's Climate Change Bill is a great start - thank you to all those who supported Friends of the Earth's Big Ask campaign to strengthen it!

Now we need to make sure that the coming Scottish Climate Change Bill is even better - by closing the loopholes and making sure that government departments take responsibility for their policies and actions.

Find out more about climate change, or find out how you can help.

Fife Plastic bag Campaign

The group is also currently working with shopkeepers and other community groups to rid Kinghorn and Burntisland of plastic bags in 2009. Plastic bags cause litter and harm wildlife, and their manufacture causes pollution. But we can change things - by refusing plastic bags.

Please sign the petition to register your support for a plastic bag ban in the towns, and to show your support for shops that choose to ban the bag. Find out more about the campaign.

The Second Forth Road Bridge

If they are to be more than greenwash, climate change laws must be more than words. In Fife, government is committed to building an additional Forth Road Bridge, which will increase greenhouse gases at the same time as we should be reducing them by at least 80%! Friends of the Earth Fife is a member of the ForthRight Alliance, the campaign against the construction of a Second Forth Road Bridge. The current estimate is that the bridge will cost £2,300 million, although it is not clear where this money will come from.

Find out more about this campaign.

Local Food

There are loads of good environmental and social arguments for eating locally produced food. For example, local, seasonal fresh vegetables are likely to have a smaller carbon footprint than imported ones. It also tastes better!

Find out more about local food in Fife.