Since the last newsletter Sheffield Friends of the Earth have carried out the following campaigning work:
- Held general and transport meetings. Attended the regional meeting in York.
- Taken part in the National No Shop day stunt on Fargate and gained media coverage due to our press release.
- Written to 20 national MPs urging them to adopt the Recycled Content of Newsprint Bill.
- Sent more letters to supermarkets, Sheffield City Council, and food companies about genetically modified foods.
- The transport group attended more cycle forum and pedestrian forum meetings.
- The transport group chaired the Local Transport Day meeting.
- We sent feedback to SYPTE regarding their web site and how to improve it.
- Decided that we would like to help national FoE hold a transport conference in Sheffield to support the Road Traffic Reduction Bill.
- Signed up to use the gene beast costume in Sheffield.
- Produced another newsletter.
- Held a Christmas Social event.