THE ENVIROMENT

Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and the Green Party all compaigns for a cleaner, healtier and less polluted enviroment.
Greenpeace operates internationally and is able to embarass governaments and large oil companies through feats for a direct action which attract public simpathy. These may include attemps to block the disposal of radioactive waste at sea or to prevent the sitting the new oil rig.

 Friends of the Earth has branches in many qowns and cities and is known especially for local initiatives such as recycling tins and newspaper, opposition to road- building schemes and attemps to raise people's awareness of Green issues. The Green Party in Britain has never won a seat in parliament. Never the less, the Green moviment as a whole has had an influence on the agendas of the major political parties. Both the redactions in the tax paid on lead-free period and the imposition of VAT  on the domestic heating have been presented as policies to help the enviroment. As more of our streets become jammed up with cars and more of our children suffer form asthma, the need for Freener life-style becomes one of the self-interest, not to mention the protection of other species and their habitants.