Katie Graczyk

Preserving Birmingham’s buildings

Our team for conservation hadn’t done any articles on building and historic conservation in Birmingham.  I wanted to add an article on this topic to have our area more rounded in Birmingham conservation scoop.
The Conservation Trust for Birmingham have already had several different achievements including but not limited to Perrot’s Folly, Brewmaster’s house, Station Road [...]

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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 [...]

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Public Pond Survey

As discussed in a previous article, ponds are a great resource for communities and a haven for wildlife.  However, information on what’s inhabiting these ponds isn’t always easily available.  The Birmingham City Council wants to know more about the wildlife in gardens and ponds throughout the city.
To find this information out, they offer a public [...]

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UK eco-villages

I searched one of my social networks, Greenerpeople (environmental forum/community), and found some comments on a thread about an eco-village in Cornwall/eco-villages in general.  What is an eco-village?  According to eco-village network UK,
Ecovillage – Sustainable, low-impact community with some shared ownership/management of land.
Percy, a Greenerpeople junior member, says:
“I have a friend who has just moved [...]

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Woodland Trust’s Tree for All campaign

4,049,615 trees have been planted so far, and more will continue throughout the campaign.
Attempting to plant 12 million trees between the years of 2004-2009, The Woodland Trust created a big challenge, but already has been successful. They want to include one million children in the effort- from schools, community groups, public events or in their [...]

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Disney works with The Woodland Trust

Disney is working with the Woodland Trust of the UK to raise money, awareness, and create a 50 acre wood.
“The Magical Woodland” (to be titled “The Magical Wood”) within already existing 858 acre Heartland Forest in Hertfordshire (near St Albans).   It will be funded by the sale of specially designed and reusable Earth Day [...]

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Green careers and volunteer opportunities in the UK!

Have you ever considered a career in the environmental area or wanted to volunteer for a green event but didn’t know where to start?  Although it isn’t conservation specific, (there are conservation jobs available though!) it is worth mentioning where to begin if you’re interested in green careers/volunteer work.  One good starting point is environmentjob.co.uk.  [...]

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Coal Caravan rolling through East Midlands, Yorkshire and North East

When looking on the Climate Camp 2009 website, you’ll find the Coal Caravan event happening from April 24-May 4, 2009.  This event is run through Climate Camp.  Climate Camp’s aims are:
“Every Camp for Climate Action event weaves four key themes: education, direct action, sustainable living, and building a movement to effectively tackle climate change both [...]

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