Birmingham Recycled Episode 8: Why be a conservation volunteer?
Fellow Birmingham Recycled journalist Rebekah Douglas and I joined the University of Birmingham’s Conservation Society on Sunday 15th November to answer the question of why these students spend their weekends working as a conservation volunteer? We spoke to the co-chairman Andrew and two first year students Imogen and Laura on why they enjoy being part [...]
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 [...]
Birmingham parks for the week beginning 14th September
Kids might be back at school now, but there are still plenty of activities in our conservation areas that families can get involved with this weekend. In Cannon Hill Park, take part in a walk around the park led by rangers, looking at the many tree varieties from cedars to sequoias. If you wish to [...]
Birmingham parks for the week beginning 31st August
After a quiet week in the West Midlands’ parks last week, Birmingham Recycled is back our annual roundup of activities you can get involved in. There are several choices for you if your eager to get your hands dirty, starting with the Holders Lane Conservation Work Weekend in Cannon Hill Park. On Saturday and Sunday [...]
Top retail supermarkets team up with RWM for this year’s exhibition
This year’s Recycling Waste Management Exhibition (RWM) is creeping closer and closer to Birmingham’s NEC with less than an month to go before the big launch. Set to take place on 15 – 17 September, RWM have prepared for a highly informative and interesting exhibition concerning environmental issues, with over exhibitors, a live recycling plant [...]
Coca-Cola hits milestone with Drink2Wear
The American coke company has recently sold 1 million porducts from the new clothing range Drink2Wear. The Coca-Cola Company has a history of designing packaging with the world in mind. Drink2Wear t-shirts are made using recycled plastic bottles and feature catchy slogans such as “make your plastic fantastic”. The Drink2Wear line has been supported by [...]
Birmingham parks for the week beginning 17th August
Another week, another pack of activities waiting for us in Birmingham’s beautiful parks this summer! In the Kingfish Country Park, you can go wild for a Family Fun Day with “Wellie wanging, duck racing and lots more antics” on Wednesday from 10AM. It is recommended that you wear sturdy footwear and light refreshments are provided. [...]
Cadbury’s future looking green.
Being one of the largest companies and manufacturer’s in the UK hasn’t made Cadbury forget about or desregard the importance of their carbon and enviromental footprint. Launching the ‘Purple Goes Green’ initative back in 2007, Cadbury are looking ahead to the future and have set out a series of goals and targets they hope to achieve [...]