{"id":72,"date":"2017-08-30T19:48:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T19:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eastdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2019-03-05T17:40:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T17:40:10","slug":"home-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eastdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-3-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"background-color:#d9e963\" class=\"has-background\"><strong>Hello and Welcome to the East Dorset Friends of the Earth website.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>East Dorset Friends of the Earth<\/strong><\/em> is the licensed local group of Friends of the Earth (England &amp; Wales) covering the area of Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, Ferndown, &nbsp;Wimborne and parts of the Isle of Purbeck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group has been active in the area since 1972, and campaigns on a range of local environmental issues: climate change, recycling, energy policy, pollution, marine conservation, protection of local heathlands, wetlands and Poole and Christchurch Harbours, transport policy and land use issues. &nbsp;We work with other community groups who share our aims, and where possible work with local councils, MPs and other decision-makers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\n\nOur<em><strong> campaign successes<\/strong><\/em> include:\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>campaigning to ensure that the best environmental practice was used in the development of Wytch Farm Oilfield;<\/li><li>stopping BP&#8217;s plans for an offshore oil-drilling island opposite Sandbanks beach;<\/li><li>successfully lobbying for the early closure of Winfrith Nuclear Power station;<\/li><li>saving several areas of heathland from development (including parts of Canford Heath, Upton Heath, Talbot Heath and Arne Heath);<\/li><li>designing the blueprint for the S.E. Dorset cycle network and successfully lobbying for cycle access to the beach promenades;<\/li><li>successfully encouraged local councils to introduce comprehensive recycling facilities;<\/li><li>achieved (with other groups) the establishment and protection of the S.E. Dorset Greenbelt; and<\/li><li>raised the profile of environmental issues locally and nationally.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-background has-light-green-cyan-background-color\">News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information coming soon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\">For information, membership and donations contact: <a href=\"http:\/\/eastdorsetfoe@gmail%2Ccom\/\">http:\/\/eastdorsetfoe@gmail,com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello and Welcome to the East Dorset Friends of the Earth website. East Dorset Friends of the Earth is the licensed local group of Friends of the Earth (England &amp; Wales) covering the area of Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, Ferndown, &nbsp;Wimborne and parts of the Isle of Purbeck. The group has been active in the area &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eastdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About Us&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-72","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/eastdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120,"href":"https:\/\/eastdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastdorsetfriendsoftheearth.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}