Archive for March, 2009
Wheelie Bins Bring Down Waste Production
Soon residents of Birmingham will find their waste disposal troubles reduced with the introduction of new wheelie bins. After the success of a new pilot scheme which involved giving five demographically representative areas two wheelie bins, a grey wheelie bin for rubbish and a green wheelie bin for garden waste resulting in a 15% reduction [...]
Great Barr’s Green Lane reduces energy use in national challenge
Green lane of Great Barr has cut its gas and electricity bills by nearly 25% this year in British Gas’s Green Streets challenge. The challenge lasts a year, and elects roads and streets across the country with the word ‘green’ in them from Leeds, Birmingham, London, Manchester, Southampton, Edinburgh, Plymouth and Cardiff. The winner, this [...]
Sharenergy give local power to local people
Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire could benefit from a new funded community based project for renewable energy. The Rural Regeneration Zone has backed the project named Sharenergy, which encourages the development of community owned renewable energy systems. Sharenergy is unique because participating co-operative communities are responsible for creating their own energy programmes, using wind, hydro, solar, [...]
Perry Barr combats carbon emissions
A Perry Barr car dealership is set to hold energy saving lessons next week to encourage drivers to reduce their carbon footprints. Heartlands Ford Perry Barr will host the event on Thursday March 19 as part of the Eco Drive campaign set in place by Ford Retail and the Energy Saving Trust. With energy saving [...]
Metro Newspaper launches recycling campaign
The commuter’s favourite, The Metro, has launched a campaign to encourage their readers to recycled their newspapers after reading. Most people who travel regularly, I’m sure, will be used to seeing used copies of the Metro littering the seats throughout the day. I travel through Birmingham New Street every day, and you can always find [...]
The Bullring Goes Green
As we all fall into the era of recycling along with all the other green issues we try to compromise, we don’t need to notice how the surroundings in which we living adapt to these new commitments. Birmingham is the second largest and one of the more popular cities in the United Kingdom. Tourists are [...]
Lickey Hills Conservation Day letdown: no publicity, no people
Only two members of the public attended the Lickey Hills Conservation Workday on Sunday 8th March. No advertising for the preseveration event was arranged to reach the local community apart from details in Birmingham City Council’s Out And About brochure, which lists the events of all local parks. The day, which involved clearing trees and [...]
Go Green at this years Pride Festival
After succesfully gaining backing from the Environment Agency this years annual Pride festival held in Birmingham is going from its tradional pink to a green colour scheme. Last year, over 80,000 people attended the larger than life annual event held for Birmingahms gay community, and this year’s number is set to be even greater with [...]