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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...

Trees are cool!

by Admin | Oct 23, 2019 | Biodiversity, Blog, Uncategorised

We have heard it all before, how trees are important for us all on planet Earth. They provide food, shelter, tranquillity, helping us all breathe, etc., etc. Here’s yet another article on it. Trees are cool, the longest-living species on earth. They have been around...

Birmingham Friends of the Earth are Proud to Sponsor Paget Rangers

by Shaz Rahman | Jul 8, 2019 | Blog, News, Uncategorised

BFoE were delighted to sponsor Paget Rangers at the end of March and I attended the match with fellow BFoE volunteers. Although it may not seem so, there is actually a lot of cross over in what we do. We are both community led organisations that rely on volunteers to...

HS2 is off the rails – High Cost, Scandalously 2 Expensive

by Jake Yeates | Jun 18, 2019 | Blog, Transport

High Speed 2 is a plan for high speed trains, to connect London with Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. It will cost £80 billion (more than £1330 for every man, woman and child living in England, Wales and Scotland). There are numerous arguments against the...

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...

Dudley Road “Improvements”

by Admin | Jun 18, 2019 | Blog, Transport

In June 2018, Birmingham City Council cabinet met and worked through an agenda of around 1080 pages covering important items requiring a decision to be made. Amongst these were 2 which were very important for Birmingham’s environment. The first was making a decision...