by Jodie Etheridge | May 19, 2017 | Blog, Blog
I have been a volunteer with Birmingham Friends of the Earth for two years now. A few weeks ago an exciting opportunity became available, the chance for me to apply for the Birmingham Campaign Course. This is a course which trains people on how to organise and carry...
by Admin | May 17, 2017 | Blog, Blog
Since 2009, the Unist’ot’en clan have occupied a camp that is blocking several pipeline projects on Wet’suwet’en land in British Columbia. Lead by Freda Huson, they are a non violent movement who are occupying the Unistotens unceded territory....
by Admin | May 15, 2017 | Air Quality, Blog, Blog, Events, Transport
On 6 April at Birmingham Council House we jointly hosted a Metro Mayor hustings with campaign group Rail Future who are an independent organisations campaigning for better rail services for both passengers and freight. The main candidates competing for election...
by Shaz Rahman | Mar 9, 2017 | Blog, Let's Get Moving, Transport, Uncategorised
In 2013 and 2014 BFOE ran a campaign called Let’s Get Moving. This campaign was ahead of the curve by detailing how air pollution was damaging our lives. A significant proportion of this pollution was from motor vehicles. At the time 420 people a year died...
by Jodie Etheridge | Mar 6, 2017 | Blog, Blog, Events
On Monday 31st October we proudly hosted a Halloween themed thank you event in the Warehouse. We organised the party to celebrate all that we have achieved this year and to thank our staff, volunteers and supporters who have made it possible. We listened to talks from...
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...
