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Welcome to Tottenham & Wood Green FoE

Local scoundrels campaigning in Wood Green

If you'd like to help in our local campaigns, why not come along to one of our meetings? They are usually held from 7.30pm at the Phoenix Millennium Centre, 386 West Green Rd, entrance through first gate in Vincent Rd. Ring the bell if door is shut. Climb the stairs - we are usually in room opposite top of stairs. » Link to map of where we meet. We usually meet for about an hour and a half to report on recent events and plan our next activities and then we often go for a drink in the nearby Goat pub. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 21 July at the Phoenix Millennium Centre (details above) from 7.30pm. Contact: Quentin Given, tel: 07946 535656, email: quentin.given@btinternet.com.

Latest news:

Spurs new stadium could be solar powerhouse - new Friends of the Earth research

We have commissioned research from the Carbon Descent consultants which shows that the proposed new stadium could accommodate Britain's biggest array of photovoltaic panels, generating enough electricity to save 355 tonnes of CO2 every year. It would not be economic on current prices, but the government has committed to bringing in preferential prices for renewably generated electricity which, if set just at the European average, would make the panels economic.

We are asking Spurs fans and the Council to press Spurs to make this happen with the attached petition letter here. Add your voice - please print off, sign and post, or do an e-signature and e-mail it to us. You can see the Carbon Descent report here.

Get Serious About CO2! This is a new campaign to get local authorities to adopt a target to cut CO2 emissions in their area by 40% by 2020. We have been gathering signatures at the Green Fair and Tottenham Festival and will be at the Age of Stupid film showing Thursday 25 June 7pm at the West Green learning Centre and the South Tottenham Going Green event on 27 June at Chestnuts Community Centre.T

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Marine Bill The government finally announced its Marine Bill in the Queens Speech on 3 December. FoE joins other conservation groups in lobbying for 30% of our seas to be made nature reserves to help threatened species and help fish stocks recover. On 19 December we saw David Lammy MP and handed over a briefing about the Bill and an array of chocolate fish to illustrate the point in a seasonal way. The campaign to .

News on major developments: Spurs are proposing a big new stadium on their present site. We will be arguing for it to be carbon-neutral. More to follow!

We have commented on major plans for Wards Corner and Lawrence Road, both in the Seven Sisters area, calling for carbon-neutral developments with lower amounts of parking.

The Hale Village proposal for the GLS site at Tottenham Hale, with 1210 flats, 700 student rooms, 800 parking spaces, a hotel, school, shops and health centre got outline planning permission in May 2007. The site has now been demolished and building the student block has started but the rest is threatened by the credit crunch.

Plans for Haringey Heartlands could also come in soon - we will be on the case from a sustainability perspective.

Sustainable Haringey: This is a new network to coordinate and stimulate work on sustainability issues across the borough, with working groups on transport, food, what you can do to make your own home more sustainable, and on involving black and minority ethnic communities. The challenge is now to build this so it can raise awareness and create new projects in Haringey. See www.sustainableharingey.org.uk or contact Quentin on 8801 9490 if you are interested.