Archive for May, 2009
The West Midlands MEP Candidates to be challenged on the environment
Birmingham Friends of the Earth have launched in a project for West Midlands MEP candidates to face a challenge in the development for campaigners and voters concerning the EU and the environment. The event proceeds on Thursday 14th May at the Birmingham City Council Chamber and is being jointly organised with Jubilee Debt Campaign in Birmingham. Starting [...]
Reusable nappies VS disposables
Reusable nappies have, in the past few years, managed to become fashionable again. Not only are several charities built around the concept of using reusable or “real” nappies but local councils themselves advise citizens to use them. While it may be harder for parents to find and buy reusable nappies at their local supermarkets, these [...]
Birmingham Recycled Episode 5: The Green Pedal
This week Energy, Fuel and Transport Editor, Georgie Campbell, got in touch with local Birmingham City University student, Sejal Deshpande, to talk about her recent cycling documentary. Making the documentary as part of her Television and Interactive Content Masters, Sejal discusses her initial shock at the emission figures in the West Midlands and how she [...]
JD Wetherspoons Are Going Green
Across the UK JD Wetherspoons owns a whopping total of over 680 pubs, bars and hotels. Can you even begin to imagine how much waste the company produces as a whole? However, since 2008 the company has started making various moves to help reduce the size of its colossal carbon footprint. Starting with its delivery [...]
Fuel prices rising faster than last spring’s surge
The price of fuel in the UK broke the 95p a litre barrier again last month as April saw an increase of over 4p according to the latest report from the Automobile Association. Despite petrol being dramatically cheaper right now in comparison to last year (108.1p last April), the price has gone from 90.56p to [...]
Future unsure for Centre of the Earth
The Wildlife Trust’s Centre of the Earth in Winson Green might be used as headquarters for the organisation instead of being an education facility as employees are planning on being transferred. The current Head of Centre Andrew Simons is being made redundant. The Wildlife Trust say however that there will still be the same educational [...]
Council spends £88,500 to remove bus lane
Local transport groups in Birmingham have voiced their fury at the council’s decision to remove a bus lane in an extremely busy part of the city. West Midlands Campaign for Better Transport (CFBT), along with Birmingham’s Friends of the Earth, spoke out against Councillor Len Gregory after ha announced the decision to spend £88,500 removing [...]
Kindle…the iPod for reading?
Trees have always been used for books, newspapers, and magazines but does it have to be that way? On Greener People, some comments were posted about Kindle, Amazon’s storage/wireless reading device that holds 200 books at a time. It also allows you to store more books/information/newspapers on your Amazon account or laptop. What are the [...]