Clean Air Zone Delayed

by | Dec 5, 2019 | Air Quality, Blog

In June 2019, Birmingham City Council announced that its Clean Air Zone, which it had planned to introduce in January 2020, will now be delayed until July 2020 at the very earliest. This is because the vehicle checking software needed to enforce the CAZ (the delivery...
Campaigns Digest 2019

Campaigns Digest 2019

by | Dec 5, 2019 | Blog, Blog

Hello and welcome to our summer newsletter. What an exciting time we have had at BFoE over the past few months! Our Nurture Nature Day was a success despite the odd rain shower and our new Climate Change Campaign is really starting to take shape. We have some great...
Birmingham Youth Strike for Climate

Birmingham Youth Strike for Climate

by | Dec 5, 2019 | Blog, Blog, Energy And Climate Change

By Olivia Wainwright On Friday 15th February, I sat down outside Birmingham City Council House for the first time. I was on strike from school, protesting about how little The Government are doing to tackle and even recognise the issue of climate change. Just a month...
30 DAYS WILD 2019

30 DAYS WILD 2019

by | Dec 5, 2019 | Biodiversity, Blog, Blog, Nature Everywhere

By Yolanda (Mom), Adam (9 yrs old) and Nelson (8 yrs old) 30 Days Wild is a campaign run by The Wildlife Trusts to encourage people to get in contact with nature during the 30 days of June; this is the 5th year we have joined in. Although we do spend a lot of time...