My two weeks at BFOE

by | May 25, 2007 | Blog

Chris asked me to write a Blog about my two weeks here at BFOE.In the weeks coming upto my work experience I was a little apprehensive about the whole thing, worrying whether people would be friendly towards me, and whether I would fit in.On Monday morning I was...

Food waste dilemma

by | May 19, 2007 | Blog

In a week where there has been a lot of media coverage about food wastage in Britain, here’s a puzzle I’m often faced with while going about my shopping : my local co-op regularly puts out ‘reduced’ items, which are past their sell-by date....

Plastic and the Albatross

by | May 17, 2007 | Blog

Last week there was another depressing wildlife programme about the destruction of the once paradise islands of Hawaii. The most worrying thing however was what was floating in the seas around the islands. It was found that thousands of young albatrosses were dying...

Tropical Birmingham…

by | May 13, 2007 | Blog

I spent Saturday night in the Accident and Emergency Department at Selly Oak Hospital, accompanying a friend who had been bitten in many places by mosquitoes in her back garden in Harborne. Her leg had become infected, was swollen and incredibly painful… quite...