Get Your MP to Support Cycling

by | Aug 29, 2013 | News, Transport

Over the last couple of months we’ve been campaigning for an increase in provision for cycling in Birmingham with our Let’s Get Moving campaign. Our focus is on tackling this by putting pressure on local politicians to make further cycling investment a...

Calling all Health Professionals

by | Aug 22, 2013 | Transport

Are you a health professional? Do you cycle to work, or would you like to but have never got around to it? If so we’d would love to hear from you! Thursday 12th September is National Cycle to Work Day and Birmingham Friends of the Earth are looking for health...

Honey Fun Day in Highbury Park

by | Aug 15, 2013 | Biodiversity

The second of our bee-friendly projects funded by last year’s comedy gig, the Foraging Necklace in Highbury Park, is going from strength to strength. So much so that Highbury Orchard Community, who are setting up the Necklace, have made it the centre-piece of...

Cycle City Success

by | Aug 12, 2013 | Transport

There was some good news today with the announcement that Birmingham has been successful in securing much needed funding for improvements to the cycling infrastructure of the city. Hopefully helping to change it from the Detroit to the Amsterdam of the UK. The funding...

More Bike Trains for Birmingham

by | Aug 7, 2013 | Transport

As part of Let’s Get Moving, as well as calling for more investment in walking and cycling in order to reduce air pollution caused by traffic, we’re also encouraging people to take up cycling and walking as a way of getting from A to B.  We’ll...