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SAVE Rivers

by Admin | May 18, 2023 | Blog, Blog, Land Food & Water, Planet Over Profit

What is happening? In 2021, Samling Plywood filed a lawsuit against SAVE Rivers (an NGO) in an attempt to silence the group speaking about the destruction the company has caused. Samling Plywood claimed that SAVE Rivers had published defamatory statements about the...

#BFOEFiveActions

by Admin | Aug 18, 2021 | Air Quality, Aviation, Biodiversity, Blog, Energy And Climate Change, Land Food & Water, News, Planning, Transport, Uncategorised, Waste & Recycling

Great Big Green Week is 18th – 26th September and in the weeks running up to it we’re asking people to do 5 simple actions that are good for the environment. Share your actions with us on Facebook or Twitter by tagging us and using #BFOEFiveActions If you...

An Opportunity to Blossom with Nature

by Admin | May 9, 2020 | Land Food & Water, Nature Everywhere, Uncategorised

I wonder how many people would like to have had the opportunity to learn to garden, plant flowers or grow their own fruit and vegetables, but have never had the time? Time was something we were always short of. We had to rush to work or drop off kids, returning tired...

When Less is More – Birmingham communities coming together over good food in 2020

by Admin | May 9, 2020 | Go Local, Land Food & Water, Uncategorised, Waste isn't Rubbish

There is so much waste, especially food waste, that goes to landfill. In fact, 1.9 million tonnes of food is wasted by the food industry every year in the UK. On top of this, farmers are using chemicals which affect our health to produce large quantities of food, many...

‘ETHICAL FOOD SHOPPING IN ACOCKS GREEN’

by Admin | Nov 28, 2018 | Home Matters, Land Food & Water, News

Having lived in Acocks Green for many years I’ve managed (at least in my own mind!) to purchase food with a fairly ethical slant. Of course this means visiting a variety of shops to achieve this, not just the supermarket (the existence of which, of course, being...

Should we be consuming fish in the way we do?

by Admin | Aug 25, 2017 | Blog, Blog, Land Food & Water

Most governments encourage people to eat fish for its health benefits. However, promoting increased fish consumption ignores its negative environmental impacts. Unlike the fast decline in meat consumption, due to its environmental impact, fish consumption remains high...

SAVE Rivers

#BFOEFiveActions

An Opportunity to Blossom with Nature

When Less is More – Birmingham communities coming together over good food in 2020

‘ETHICAL FOOD SHOPPING IN ACOCKS GREEN’

Should we be consuming fish in the way we do?

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