by Libby Harris | Mar 12, 2018 | Air Quality, Blog
We had a busy 2017 campaigning for better air quality in Birmingham. We did a lot of raising awareness on stalls, replied to consultations, led a Clean Air Conga around the city centre, contacted councillors and ended the year with a meeting with Councillor John...
by Libby Harris | Mar 8, 2018 | Air Quality, Events, News, Transport
Do you think Birmingham City Council should be doing more to tackle air pollution? We do! Our Breath of Fresh Air campaign is calling for the Council to make the Clean Air Zone city-wide and improve air pollution monitoring. Birmingham needs a Clean Air Zone which...
by Libby Harris | Mar 1, 2018 | Air Quality, Blog, News, Transport
Air pollution is a massive problem in Birmingham. Too many of us are breathing in toxic filthy air created by vehicles on our roads and the consequences for our health are devastating. Birmingham City Council is currently developing plans for a Clean Air Zone, where...
by Poppy Buckingham | Dec 8, 2017 | Air Quality, Blog, Blog, Transport
We have continued to be busy with our Clean Air Campaign over recent months. Saturday 14th October was Friends of the Earth’s International Day of Action Against Climate Change. We used this date to launch our petition. We’re asking Birmingham City Council to: 1....
by Molly Luke | Dec 8, 2017 | Air Quality, Blog, Blog, Energy And Climate Change, Transport
On the 14th October, Friends of the Earth held an international day of action for the climate, where we invited FOE groups across the world to get creative and come together for a day of climate events, actions and mobilisations. The aim was to use powerful climate...
by Roxanne Green | Oct 16, 2017 | Air Quality, Blog, Blog, Energy And Climate Change, Events, Fracking
From local to global, the movement for climate justice has never felt more alive. This Saturday was Protect our Futures day, where activists around the world stood together. This was an international show of solidarity with the self-named ‘wretched of the...
