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Our AGM for 2008

Friends of the Earth, Gibraltar held its 2008 Annual General Meeting at John Mackintosh Hall on Thursday evening. After reports on the past year by the outgoing Co-ordinator, Secretary and Treasurer the Members present voted-in the following Committee members for the new operational year.

Co-ordinator : Lyana Armstrong-Emery
Minutes Secretary : Vivien Dawson
Recruitment : Peter Vasquez
Treasurer & Communications : Al Emery
Sales and Stores : Gladys Sanchez
Research : June Warren

Friends of the Earth believe our extended new Committee structure
will reflect the more flexible requirements now needed for environmental campaigning. Our Group also welcomed the new ordinary members present with their colleagues for the first time, reiterated FoE commitment to environmental and social sustainability and outlined their approach for the new year.

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We Support NO2PB

Friends of the Earth, Gibraltar announced today that it fully supports and endorses the newly-launched 'No to Plastic Bags' (NO2PB) campaign.FoE Co-ordinator Lyana Armstrong-Emery commented " Yes, we fully back the campaign. Indeed, we are already working in it with Gibraltarian people from many other groups and none on this issue which is so important for us all."The Campaign is working to reduce the large-scale use of non-biodegradeable plastic bags in Gibraltar. It seeks to replace them with biodegradeable ones or re-usable fabric bags.

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