Action Briefing Feb 2005 - Mar 2005
	The Newsletter of Birmingham Friends of the Earth

Diary Feb-Mar 2005

Birmingham Friends of the Earth's weekly campaigns meetings take place every Monday (except Bank Holidays) at 7.30pm in the Warehouse, 54-57 Allison St, Digbeth. All welcome.

Tue 1-Thu 3 Feb G8 representatives attend a Scientific Conference on Climate Change at the Hadley Centre for Climate Research and Prediction in the UK

Wed 2 Feb Farmers' Market, New Street, City Centre.

Thu 3 Feb Pubic Meeting: Climate Crisis - Rally for Kyoto . . . and beyond. Top Foyer, Carrs Lane Church Centre, 7.30pm. Organised by Campaign Against Climate Change and Birmingham Friends of the Earth. All welcome.

Mon 7 Feb Birmingham Friends of the Earth Speaker Evening. Dr Roland Brandstaetter, 'Bird migration, climate change and light pollution', the Warehouse Cafe, 54-57 Allison Street, 7.30pm for 8pm start. All welcome.

Sat 12 Feb Kyoto Climate March, London. Organised by the Campaign Against Climate Change. Assemble 11.30am, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. For more details visit www.campaigncc.org.

Tue 8 Feb 'Green Light for Local Action', Birmingham City Council Sustainability Forum, Banqueting Suite, Council House, Victoria Sq., 6pm-8.45pm.

Wed 16 Feb Kyoto Protocol enters into international law.

Wed 16 Feb Farmers' Market, New Street, City Centre.

Wed 23 Feb GM Scarecrows rally and mass lobby of Parliament. ''Say No to GM contamination', Westminster, London. See www.gmscarecrows.org

Thu 24 Feb Birmingham Annual Walk to School Workshop. For details call 0207 820 8208 or visit www.livingstreets.org.uk

Sat 26 Feb Farmers' Market, Moseley.

Wed 2 Mar Farmers' Market, New Street.

Sat 5 Mar West Midlands Friends of the Earth Activism Committee meeting and 'Regional Knockabout', Birmingham.

Sat 5 Mar Fairtrade Market and Brunch in Committee Rooms 3-4 of the Council House, Victoria Sq. Organised by Fairtrade Association Birmingham. The event will mark the launch of a Birmingham Fairtrade 24-page Guide and Birmingham Directory of the 95 shops and 50 Cafes audited by Fairtrade Association Birmingham over the past year.

Mon 7 Mar Birmingham Friends of the Earth Speaker Evening. Topic: Waste and Recycling, speaker to be confirmed.

Wed 16 Mar Farmers' Market, New Street.

Thu 17-Fri 18 Mar G8 Environment and Development Ministers meet in UK.

Sat 26 Mar Farmers' Market, Moseley.