Environment or Creation?

This is my first post on the B’ham FoE blog, a nice new tool. Hopefully over time it’ll be clear to readers of this blog that ‘treehuggers’ come in different shades, flavours, ages and persuasions so if you care about our shared planet...

On loan from Manchester FoE

First impressions of Birmingham FOEAs everyone knows as a student you have incredibly short holidays…so I thought I would use mine to do something more interesting and worthwhile than the usual minimum wage office job. I didn’t really know what to expect...

It is easy to pass-by the wilderness aback The Warehouse, off Shaw’s Passage. A rich habitat amid trees and shrubs restrained by dull steel fencing, inaccessible to folk, nevertheless a hideaway for wildlife. Frequent ‘twitching’ from the overlooking...

Recycling Facts

Most of think that we know everything about recycling and we don't need to read another article on how to recycle. But then we could all do with a reminder of things we think we already know. Which is what I thought when I picked up a book called “Do the...