The Big One
Last week Extinction Rebellion (XR) organised a climate demo – The Big One – lasting from April 21st -24th. They mobilised more than 200 organisation, trade unions, and charities UK-wide to join them demanding to end the fossil fuel era. BFoE went to London of...How did HS2 Ltd get their nature calculations so wrong?
HS2 Ltd claim ‘no net loss in biodiversity’ will occur after demolishing wild habitats to create new railway infrastructure. This includes the destruction of ancient woodlands, which are irreplaceable. Cheshire Wildlife Trust investigated the accuracy of...
Composting is Climate Action – how we closed our food waste loop.
In February 2022, we began working with Compost Culture, a two-year project supported by the National Lottery Climate Action Fund. Its aim: to transform the way people think about food waste and composting in Birmingham. With a busy office upstairs and the bustling...
Where have all the birds gone?
French government leads the way in banning the use of pesticides harmful to bees in their towns and cities In a recent article published by The Guardian highlighting the link between the use of pesticides in private gardens and the number of birds visiting those...
