‘Eco-Sreet’ enables West Midland’s businesses to go green
A Government -funded programme will help businesses to identify the use of sustainable resources and advise them on ways that they cut their environmental footprint. The website called ‘ Green Street Welcomes West Midlands Visitors Seeking Free Advice On Going Green’, was launched by Envirowise. Established in 1984, they have helped UK businesses save over [...]
Green restaurants awards launched in Birmingham
A new a green awards scheme has been launched by Be Birmingham. The green restaurant awards will celebrate and highlight the commitment that restaurants have made to cutting energy consumption, reducing waste and protecting the environment. The awards will comprise of four categories: Waste Management, Energy Reduction, Staff and Community and Purchasing. Restaurants who have [...]
How to go-green at this year’s festivals
Summer is approaching and that means the time to don our wellies and hit the music festivals is almost upon us. Following a few stories on the music industry’s need to cut-down carbon emissions as a result of these festivals we thought we’d offer our readers some tips on how to help out and make [...]
Dirty Oil: Do you really know what you’re putting in your car?
Next time you fill up your car, stop and think, because you might just be using Dirty Oil. Canadian Tar Sands and forests are being dug up in the search for oil, and its not very ‘green’. As well as containing tar, sand and other residue that require a massive amount of processing; the massive [...]
Proud of Pride’s Green Credentials?
Birmingham Gay Pride 2010 flew off with the usual flurry of sequins and feathers this Bank Holiday weekend with a parade starting at Victoria Square in the City Centre. With a weekend of fun and frolics now over, the Mardi Gras themed on ‘Equality over the Decades’ was enjoyed by an estimated 80,000 people who [...]
Perry Barr Shoppers Support ASDA Bags for Life
In a recent poll of ASDA shoppers at Perry Barr’s One Stop shopping centre, we found that the ASDA bag for life scheme was going down quite well. The scheme has been running for the past few months and is part of the ASDA pledge to send zero wast to landfill by 2010. It means [...]
BCU students take on National Vegetarian Week 2010
Media and Communications students Jessica Dutton and Natalie Eccleshall took on the challenge of being vegetarian for a week in aid of National Vegetarian Week 2010 which ran from 24th-30th May. Sponsored by Cauldron who are joining in the week for a fourth year, National Vegetarian Week encourages individuals, community groups, schools, businesses and organizations [...]
Get on board and pledge your Carbon Emission Power
If you want to show you are doing your bit for the environment, you can! A site has been set up by Birmingham Environmental Partnership to encourage the people of Birmingham to pledge what they promise to do to ensure their lifestyles are greener. The site will then calculate from the information provided what [...]