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The Conservative Party’s Jo Barker wants to make Hall Green greener

Conservative Party candidate Jo Barker, is one of the dark horses in the hotly contested Birmingham Hall Green constituency. An interview was conducted with her at the Moseley Exchange to find out about her own views on the environment, as well as what the Conservative Party plans to do if they win the election.
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Birmingham’s allotments set to grow, according to Council

As the trend for growing your own food continues to gain popularity, Birmingham City Council are responding with the creation of new plots for allotments.
Recently the Government proposed a scheme where it would allow places such as derelict building sites to be used for allotments.
The main reason for the increase in the number of allotments [...]

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Have an eco holiday this summer

Earlier this month, the Guardian announced their first ever Green Travel List 2010, highlighting that ecotourism isn’t just for gap year travellers wanting to make a difference to the world.
Birmingham residents can follow their suggestions of travelling abroad or staying closer to home in places like Devon and Norfolk.
John Vidal, the Guardian’s environment editor says [...]

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Save our wildlife, eat a grey squirrel

People who eat game have probably eaten the likes of rabbit, pheasant, partridge and many other wild animals.
But what about the grey squirrel? These animals which came to our shores from the United States have been gradually taking over our trees from our native red squirrels to the extent that the red [...]

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Save the albatross campaign launched

The blog, Under Clear Skies has found out via the Independent Newspaper that there is a campaign to save the Albatross.
As someone who only knows of the Albatross previously as a golf score I had no idea that they were under threat.
Thankfully Kunal Dutta’s article on them has highlighted this to me, and looking at [...]

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