Sutton Coldfield Debates
Eco-Sutton, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, Equality West Midlands and Birmingham Jubilee Debt Campaign have come together to organise Sutton Coldfield election debates on Tuesday 5th May. The event will start around 7pm and will take place at the Trinity Centre,...
Big Green Debate
Introduction After a hiatus the Big Green Debate returns with a debate about whether campaigning organisations should be politically neutral when it comes to political parties. With it being election season this debate couldn't be more topical. Libby will be making...
We launch our election surveys to find the greenest candidate of them all
Birmingham Friends of the Earth are launching our election surveys today, which we're sending to all of Birmingham's local and parliamentary candidates. The surveys include questions on a range of environmental issues. We're looking to show where candidates stand on a...
Survey Questions for Council Candidates
Waste Birmingham City Council should introduce a sustainable food waste collection, rolled out to all households by 2019. Birmingham City Council should aim for a recycling rate of at least 60% by 2020. Birmingham's waste must be dealt with as locally as possible...
Survey Questions for Parliamentary Candidates
Energy & Climate Change The UK government should ensure there is an ongoing commitment to maintaining feed-in tariffs. I support and will vote for a complete moratorium on fracking. I support every school in the UK being able to run on solar power within the next...
Hustings
Here are the dates and information of known local & Parlimantary hustings in Birmingham. Please let us know if we've missed any! Date Ward or Constituency Election Location Time Organisation Theme Contact Wednesday 15th April Northfield General Bournville College,...