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Birmingham Youth Strike for Climate

by Admin | Dec 5, 2019 | Blog, Blog, Energy And Climate Change

By Olivia Wainwright On Friday 15th February, I sat down outside Birmingham City Council House for the first time. I was on strike from school, protesting about how little The Government are doing to tackle and even recognise the issue of climate change. Just a month...

All Saints Kings Heath Youth Group

by Admin | Dec 5, 2019 | Blog, Blog, Energy And Climate Change, Waste & Recycling

Over the summer period at All Saints we did a series of weekly events around the theme of Climate Change. We started by creating EcoBricks; stuffing single use plastics into 2 litre bottles. We are going to use them to make stools and furniture for use in the youth...

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...

Youth Climate Strike – 15th March 2019

by Admin | Jul 8, 2019 | Energy And Climate Change, Events

On the morning of the 15th March 2019, rallying cries from 500 young people could be heard across Birmingham city centre. “What do we want? Climate Action! When do we want it? Now!!” The march was part of a global movement founded by the campaign ‘School Strike...

This is an emergency

by Roxanne Green | Jul 8, 2019 | Energy And Climate Change

It should no longer be up for debate that climate change is a global emergency, and this is the last generation that can deliver the change necessary to keep global emissions below 1.5 degrees. The issue has found its way back into public consciousness and we are...

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...