The group has used blogging in an exciting and innovative way to publicise development ideas being considered by the local unelected 'Vision Board' to local people.

It has opened up the debate, and given local people a voice, holding the people who make important decisions about our environment and our lives to account.

The blog carries a diverse range of news and views, including artwork, photography and poetry produced by local people who care about their river.

Save The Ribble is becoming a model for local community-based blogging, raising issues in a way that enlivens local politics and relates it to national and international environmental and social issues.

Nominated by Max Neill, 06 March 2007

The campaign blog is an accessible information highway for local people to find out about the damage the proposed developments would cause, why it is important that the Ribble and green belt areas are protected, the latest developments and what they can do to try to help prevent this from happening, and is an accessible space where ordinary people can express our own views.

Nominated by J. Bryan, 07 March 2007

Save The Ribble Campaign's blog has proved to be a fantastic, accessible and informative site where local people can find out about the development plans for the River Ribble and floodplain and the potentially devastating impact these could have on our precious environment and our homes. It allows the campaigners and local residents to respond to events as they occur, and try to counteract the ill-advised, ill-informed and downright misleading claims made by the developers. It is also a place where we ordinary local people can have a voice instead of being silenced and ignored by the powerful council officials and property developers keen to carve up our environment with scant regard for the impact on our lives.

Submitted by Jabberwocky, 07 March 2007

A fine example of 'NIMBYism' at its best.

Submitted by Peter Jenkins, 11 March 2007