by Poppy Buckingham | Aug 25, 2017 | Air Quality, Blog, Blog
Over the summer, BFOE launched its Air Pollution Campaign and we’ve been busy. Every year an estimated 40,000 people in the UK die prematurely due to air pollution. For Birmingham, the annual figure is around 891. Air pollution in Birmingham is having a long...
by Poppy Buckingham | Jul 25, 2017 | Current Campaigns
Why are we running this campaign now? Every year an estimated 40,000 people in the UK die prematurely due to air pollution. For Birmingham, the annual figure is around 891. Air pollution in Birmingham is having a long term, detrimental impact on our lives. Birmingham...
by Poppy Buckingham | Jul 25, 2017 | Waste & Recycling, Waste isn't Rubbish
Like most people in Birmingham, we don’t have a food waste collection and also don’t have a garden. This makes composting difficult, almost out of the question. Last autumn, I heard about the Bokashi kitchen composter, so I gave it a go. What is it? It is...
by Poppy Buckingham | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog, Blog, Divest WMPF
Birmingham Friends of the Earth are supporting a campaign to get the West Midlands Pension Fund to divest from fossil fuels. This got us thinking about how individuals divest. There are a number of organisations and websites with information about how to divest...
by Poppy Buckingham | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog, Blog
Saturday 26th November 2016 saw the Lucas Plan Conference in Birmingham, celebrating 40 years of it. The Lucas Plan was an effort by workers at Lucas Aerospace to save jobs by proposing alternative, socially useful applications of the company’s technology and...
