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Shop green this Saturday
Birmingham Friends of the Earth are hosting their annual Christmas Fair in Moseley this Saturday from 10AM until 4PM. Stall holders including the Northfield Ecocentre and It’s a wrap will be at the event selling environmentally friendly presents and produce, such as wrap bags and reusable gift tags. Joe Peacock, Campaigns Support Worker, spoke about [...]
Birmingham Recycled Episode 9: The Wave
Did you miss going to The Wave in London last Saturday? Well, have no fear because Birmingham Recyled has documented the day in a podcast for your enjoyment as well as having video highlights. In this podcast we look at what the purpose of The Wave is, speak to groups in Birmingham attending the Wave, [...]
Northfield Ecocentre is ready for The Wave
Workers and visitors of the Northfield Ecocentre are excited to put their campaigning skills into practice at The Wave this Saturday. Last week they held a banner-making workshop, where people used broom poles and old materials to stylise a banner promoting the Ecocentre’s presence at The Wave and creating silhouettes representing themselves. The Wave is [...]
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 gets ready for The Wave
Birmingham groups are preparing to join people from all across the country to campaign for government action against climate change at the demonstration The Wave in London on Saturday 5th December. It will be the United Kingdom’s largest march in support for action on the issue of global warming and organisations such as Birmingham Friends [...]
Green Drinks comes to Birmingham
Birmingham is launching it’s own Green Drinks tomorrow on Tuesday 3rd November, a monthly event where people who work in the environmental field or are concerned about environmental issues meet up at informal sessions. The evening starts at 6:00PM at the Locanta Restaurant in St. Paul’s Square, with guest Tom Baker introduced at 7:00PM. Tom [...]
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 [...]
How green is the happiest place on earth?
Like many Brummies this summer I was lucky enough visit Walt Disney World in Florida and like with every activity that I take now, I stopped to think of the environmental consequences. You’ve probably come across the result of Disney’s great PR machine boasting it’s environmental achievements, especially on Earth Day this year, but I [...]