Archive for October, 2009
Are you a waster?
WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) announced that an average of £10 billion worth of food is being wasted by us Brits alone every year.
The ‘Love food hate waste’ campaign are attempting to encourage household owners to use the food we have by offering a guide of how we can use leftovers.
A Birmingham Friends of [...]
Calling all students in Birmingham!
At last, an incentive for students to make an effort to save energy – a lifetime supply of Ben and Jerry’s Ice cream!
That’s just one of the prizes being offered as part of national campaign the Student Switch Off, which kicked off proceedings again last month, for its third year running and hopefully its biggest year yet.
If [...]
Birmingham Students are friends of the Lake District
The Birmingham University Conservation Volunteers’ (BUCV) academic year started with a bang, with a residential trip taking fifteen students to the Lake District.
Old and new members of the society undertook the two-night trip to join Friends of the Lake District in improving the area.
They did conservation work such as building fences to keep control of [...]
Government launch £6 million climate change advertising campaign
In a desperate bid to cut carbon emissions, the Government have launched a whopping £6 million advertising campaign.
The prime-time television advert currently being aired nationwide provides a stark warning that climate change will have a major and devastating impact on the world, during the lifetime of today’s children.
If you haven’t seen it yet, the minute-long [...]
RWM achieves best success yet
September’s RWM 09 has been described as the ‘most successful ever.’
The event, which was held at Birmingham NEC, has been confirmed as the number one recycling and waste management exhibition in the UK. This year it had its highest number of visitors and exhibitors since its launch over a decade ago. Visiting demand has increased [...]
How green is the happiest place on earth?
Like many Brummies this summer I was lucky enough visit Walt Disney World in Florida and like with every activity that I take now, I stopped to think of the environmental consequences. You’ve probably come across the result of Disney’s great PR machine boasting it’s environmental achievements, especially on Earth Day this year, but I [...]