Adblock Bristol are calling on Bristol City Council to ban the advertising of high-carbon products such as airlines, airports, petrol and diesel cars, and fossil fuel companies across the city. Continue reading Campaigners call for high-carbon ad ban
Campaigners have won a legal battle to protect Clifton Downs from becoming a car park. Downs for People, set up in 2013 to monitor and launch action against zoo parking on the Downs, has settled out of court with Bristol City Council and the Downs Committee, to obtain a binding agreement that the latter will not license land on the Downs for parking after 2023. … Continue reading Downs Safe From Car Park After Legal Victory for Campaigners
In Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the alien Ford arrives on Earth and supposes cars to be the dominant species. A visit to Bishopston and St Andrews makes one sympathize with Ford’s misunderstanding. To experience vibrant Gloucester Road, verdant St Andrews Park, or vistas of Bristol from Ashley Down on foot is to experience oneself scurrying between cars parked on double yellow lines, … Continue reading Residents Campaign for Social Justice on the Streets of Bishopston and St Andrews
Tree campaign group Save the Ashley Down Oak (STADO) are calling on Bristol City Council to tell the truth about the proposed felling of the 100 year old holm oak on Ashley Down road. In a letter to Afzal Shah dated April 13th, STADO request the release of key evidence supporting the claim that the oak is causing subsidence to a nearby house. STADO was … Continue reading Tree Campaigners Demand Truth from Bristol City Council
Air pollution campaign group Our Air, Our City (OAOC) hosted their first large public event on Saturday, Clean Air Everywhere – a Facebook livestream with simultaneous banner drops around the city. The online event featured community members from across Bristol speaking on issues around clean air and sought to raise awareness about the reality of air pollution in our city, the problems it causes, and … Continue reading Clean Air Everywhere
