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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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The Bike Project: Get refugees cycling
The Bike Project is a community of refugees, cyclists, mechanics and volunteers. The mission is simple: to take second hand bikes, fix them up and give them to refugees. It was founded when the CEO, Jem, gave his brother’s old bike to a mentee at university, who...
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 cover by 2045....
End of History – End of the Heritage Project?
A small group dedicated to preserving the record of achievement of BFoE over time adjourned to the Warehouse cafe one Tuesday in January to celebrate the completion of the Heritage project - Birmingham Friends of the Earth, Then and Now, 40 Years at the Warehouse....
