Should we be consuming fish in the way we do?
Most governments encourage people to eat fish for its health benefits. However, promoting increased fish consumption ignores its negative environmental impacts. Unlike the fast decline in meat consumption, due to its environmental impact, fish consumption remains high...
Pumpkin waste at Halloween
Did you know every year 18,000 tons of perfectly edible pumpkin squash is tipped straight into the bin at Halloween time? All this weighs the same as 1,500 double decker buses! That’s a lot of unnecessary food waste which could be prevented. With this in mind, we...
Digbeth Bees Please! needs your help.
At Birmingham Friends of the Earth we are passionate about saving the bees and raising awareness of these important pollinators. Our passion has developed into a campaign - Digbeth Bees Please!. We are delighted with the interest a lot of people in Birmingham and...
Brum’s Best veggie/vegan restaurants
What are your favourite restaurants to eat vegetarian food? In order to prepare for Meat Free May, we were asked by Friends of the Earth EWNI to make a list of restaurants in Birmingham that cater to vegetarians and vegans. Meat Free May is part of their Eat Better...
Join us for our Nature and Well-being Day.
Summertime is upon us, so whilst the days are still long and the flowers still blooming, we thought what better time to join together and spread the message that nature is for everyone, everywhere! We invite you to gather with us THIS SATURDAY in one of Birmingham’s...
Meat Free May – Blue Nile
It is hard to really fault my experience at Blue Nile – for a cheap, tasty, healthy meal served efficiently and hospitably, this Ethiopian/Eritrean restaurant comes highly recommended. Despite being springtime it was blowing a blizzard outside when we arrived, but the...