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Birmingham queues up to join world-record breaking World Water Day campaign

Campaigners in Birmingham are planning on joining thousands of others in over 50 countries in a symbolic queue for the toilet to urge Britain to tackle the national and global sanitation crisis. The stunt is a bid to make a Guinness World Record for “The World’s Longest Toilet Queue“. The event which will take place [...]

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Oxfam aid worker talks to Birmingham about climate change

Birmingham University’s Oxfam Outreach Society hosted a talk last night by Oxfam aid worker Arbab Shakar as part of his tour of the UK. The event took place at The University of Birmingham and aimed to raise awareness of the impact of climate change in Pakistan by providing an insight into the first hand experiences [...]

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Sculpture of new Library made out of Birmingham waste

Following the announcement that Birmingham has been shortlisted for the City of Culture award 2010, artist Stuart Murdoch has produced a sculpture of the new Library of Birmingham which is made purely out of recycled materials from the area. The project, commissioned by Recycle Now, aims to raise awareness about recycling and to combat the [...]

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Green Dragon’s Den comes to Birmingham

Birmingham based company Globally Local hosted a Green Dragon’s Den event last week as part of  the city’s line up for the “Fairtrade Fortnight”. Based on the popular television series, where entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of judges, the Green Dragon’s Den took place at The Library Theatre in front of a [...]

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