Weekly roundup and the first podcast

Apr. 3 by Kasper Sorensen (0)

This week was pretty exciting as we released the first of our podcasts. We will release podcasts on a weekly basis every Monday and you can either listen to them here on the site, or subscribe using iTunes or any other feedreader.

Saturday was Earth Hour and I’m happy to say that we got a few features in the pipeline to follow up on this event. In the meantime, enjoy some of the stories from the recent week.

Earth hour: An idiots guide

Mar. 28 by Oliver Appleby

Tonight at 8:30PM your street may be a little darker than usual, that’s because today marks the 3rd annual ‘Earth Hour’, a simple event dedicated to switching off the lights in your town, city or street to aid and highlight needless energy consumtion and help save OUR planet just that little bit.

Podcast Episode 1: Waste & Recycling

Mar. 30 by Kasper Sorensen

The Waste & Recycling team; Alice Tidey, Chloe Botting, Rebekah Douglas and Katie Wood discusses carrier bags, littering in the streets and recycling around Birmingham.

Government urged to tackle greenwash

Apr. 1 by Natalie Adcock

A report released this week claims that a clear system of environmental labelling is needed to tackle the growing problem of greenwash, the deceptive use of promotion concerning how environmentally friendly products are.