We are a small group within the county of Rutland, aiming to make a positive difference to our environment. While we are backed by the national / international Friends of the Earth organisation, our focus is to look at local issues, thereby bringing together people in the area who share our concerns about how the way we live affects our environment.

* protecting our environment both now and for the future, and respecting the natural world and all living things
* finding solutions which are sustainable, practical and within everyone's reach
* effectively sharing, communicating and carrying out our responsibility to the environment

* we value the rural nature of our county, so we want to develop new approaches to sustainable living while also keeping some of the old ways and encouraging traditional skills and crafts
* it is easier to monitor how well new approaches and systems are working, such as experiments in waste collection and recycling
* we can more clearly see and meet threats to our environment