by Hayley Bevan | Jul 22, 2016 | Biodiversity, Blog, Blog, Nature Everywhere, News
We were really excited to be taking part in the Great British Bee Count, which happened between 19 May and 30 June. Friends of the Earth set up the Great British Bee Count to monitor the British bee population as the numbers of British bees are declining! Twenty...
by Hayley Bevan | Jun 9, 2016 | Blog
As a Geography student I am interested in many of the environmental issues that Birmingham Friends of the Earth are involved with and have always had a keen interest in potentially working for a successful charity. Therefore, I knew undertaking a three week work...
by Hayley Bevan | Jun 9, 2016 | Biodiversity, Blog, Nature Everywhere, Uncategorised
We are excited to be taking part in the Great British Bee Count which started on the 19 May and will finish on the 30 June 2016. See the live count and download the app here: The Great British Bee Count was set up by Friends of the Earth in order to monitor the...
by Hayley Bevan | Jun 8, 2016 | Uncategorised
Bees are an essential component in helping to sustain our food and economy. We rely on them to pollinate our fruit and vegetables and without them it would cost farmers around £1.8 billion to do this manually. Researchers have estimated that bees contribute £651...
by Hayley Bevan | May 26, 2016 | Uncategorised
What is Fracking? As a result of unsustainable energy consumption and the continous depletion of fossil fuels, the threat of fracking has reared its ugly head across many areas of the UK. Coupled with an ever increasing demand for energy there has been a move towards...
