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More Trees Please!
More Trees Please! Trees play an important role in the fight against climate change as well as providing homes to hundreds of insects and birds and improving air quality. These are just some of the reasons why we are calling on Birmingham City Council to double tree...
Aldo brings a new flavour to the Birmingham Friends of The Earth quiz
Some background info About once a quarter, Birmingham Friends of The Earth host a quiz in the Warehouse Cafe. Volunteers from the campaigning group take it in turns to host the quiz. I hosted the quiz myself in 2015. There is a tendency for the host to pick rounds...
Hold up at the bus gate!
Transport For West Midlands want to widen the Moseley Road through Balsall Heath, this is supposed to enhance running conditions for the bus. They also want to put a bus lane on the central reservation of the ring road. Our video shows the Number 50 bus waiting for...
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Have your say on the future of planning
The government has proposed making sweeping changes to the planning system, which would almost completely take away our say about planning. If the proposals go ahead, local plans will become little more than a colour-coded map and we will lose our voice about what...
Stop Burning Birmingham’s Waste
Stop Burning Birmingham’s Waste – this great new video shows reps from 5 organisations speaking out about the Council-owned incinerator at Tyseley. Built to burn 350,000 tonnes of rubbish every year, we say it must be run down and alternatives put in place, urgently....
Retail space available at The Warehouse
Could you be the new operator of a friendly Vegan/Veggie Wholefood Shop at The Warehouse...? Do you have a different ethical retail business idea - books, crafts, hairdressing, something else...? If so, we'd love to hear from you! Our friends at Well Rooted Wholefoods...
