Birmingham City Council have agreed to make a large loan to Birmingham Airport!
Birmingham City Council is a major shareholder in Birmingham Airport, and has recently decided to give a large loan to Birmingham airport. This decision has not been discussed at a full council meeting and much of the detail is not available to the public. In view of...
Outrage for vegetarians and vegans over new £5 notes!
The new plastic £5 notes which came into circulation in September have been found to contain tallow, an animal fat, much to the disgust of many vegetarians and vegans. When this was confirmed by the Bank of England, in response to question on Twitter, a petition was...
Planning the Birmingham Pound
Last Monday I had another meeting with the Birmingham Pound team. We considered the next steps to take to set up our own independent currency. This way I can brainstorm with the Birmingham FoE campaigners about our role in the public engagement at the Away Day this...
Small Business Saturday
This Saturday 5th December, the Library of Birmingham will be hosting Small Business Saturday, so a chance to introduce the economics side of our localisation campaign. At the event, Simon Topman - CEO of Acme Whistles - will be giving a small business masterclass,...
Birmingham Keeps up the Pressure Against TTIP
On Saturday 18th of April Birmingham Friends of The Earth and other local campaigning groups including Birmingham & Black Country Greenpeace and anti cuts campaigniners staged a mini protest in Victoria square against 'free trade agreement' the Transatlantic Trade...
Go Local – Our Localisation Campaign
Introduction Over the past couple of months we've been planning our new localisation campaign. As a bit of a curtain raiser, Adam, Christina and Maria talk about the three main strands of our campaign of the economy, nature and waste. First up Adam explains...
