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Finish fossil fuels for a feasible future

by Jake Yeates | Oct 23, 2019 | Blog, Blog, Energy And Climate Change

Some facts for us to ponder: We are faced with an energy crisis, for the following reasons: Over-population. Every year, 83 million more people live on earth than did so in the year before. There is a natural fact: there is nowhere else (not even Planet B) where...

My first experience going zero-waste shopping

by Admin | Jul 8, 2019 | Blog, Waste & Recycling

Have you heard of zero-waste supermarkets? A growing number of these establishments are providing practical solutions to the problem of packaging waste. Supermarket food packaging is largely unrecyclable, meaning the majority of it ends up in landfills or...

Inspired by hope for a better world

by Admin | Jul 8, 2019 | About Us, Blog, Get Involved, Outreach

– Toqueer Ahmed Quyyam OUTREACH CAMPAIGNER, BIRMINGHAM FRIENDS OF THE EARTH One of the wonders of the natural world for me is that it has always inspired me to believe in a better world, whether it’s beautiful high mountains to tall trees in local parks,...

If they can do it …

by Jake Yeates | Jun 18, 2019 | Blog, Energy And Climate Change

The transition to renewable energy. As we are all aware, the supposedly “developed” countries continue to use (unsustainable, finite) fossil fuels. Some people become extremely wealthy from the proceeds of destroying the planet – and millions of others lose their...

Fashion and the Environment

by Molly Luke | Jun 18, 2019 | Blog, Blog

In the past couple of months there has been a big media buzz around the devastating environmental and human rights implications of cheap, mass produced ‘fast fashion’, and the fashion industry in general. It is a huge problem that has been bubbling away quietly while...

Digbeth Community Garden Update

by Adam McCusker | Jun 18, 2019 | Blog, Blog

We have been very productive in the garden over the last few months. We have cleared out a lot of junk and there seems to be a lot more space in there, even with the new hazel dome/steam lodge structure. Having erected some birch posts for a shelter and extended the...