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Get in touch with candidates in your area and ask them to sign the Birmingham Charter of Hope. This pledge outlines a brighter and greener future for our city 💚
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OUR LAND Film Screening and Q+A with Right to Roam West Midlands 27th April 2026 7pm at Mockingbird Cinema The Custard Factory Gibb St, Deritend Birmingham B9 4AA Tickets Available Online at www.mockingbirdcinema.com BFoE Seas on Film Background image is dark green with tree patterns, there are various small figures in amongst the text. A small group bottom left hold a sign saying Right to Roam, a single figure mid- right holds a sign saying no trespassing. Top left is a fanciful pheasant flying.
Introducing the 1st in the BFoE Season of Film on the 27th April, Our Land! This film explores debates between land & power “a journey over the walls that divide us.” This will be followed by a Q&A with @righttoroam.bsky.social
Get your tickets www.mockingbirdcinema.com you won’t want to miss it!🍿
Oh, well I suppose our waste isn't travelling so far to be sent up into the sky. It all needs reducing really.
Orange background with a train travel snaking across it. Tuesday, 7th April 2026 We are officially Back on the Rails
Orange background with train tracks sneaking across and pins showing Birmingham New Street at the top then moving down the new stations: Moseley Village, Kings Heath, Pineapple Road, Kings Norton
Passenger services are about to begin at three stations across South Birmingham, closed since 1941. This is the result of a long campaign by residents of Moseley and Kings Heath, supported by Birmingham Friends of the Earth. The design has had a lot of input from local communities and they are keen to be involved in caring for their stations.
Yesterday 3 new stations opened to passenger trains for the first time since 1941. This is a result of decades of community campaigning, which we have supported at various points. So glad for those residents who can use the new services.
We just keep pushing for them to do better, and learn from other areas that are more successful.
How will the Act* Effect Birmingham Residents? Introduces Producers Responsibility: -Producers of packaging have to pay towards the management of items when they become waste -Means an incentive to simplify packaging and ensure it's recyclable -More than £1 billion a year will be passed to local authorities to spend on improving recycling -Birmingham will get £15 million every year from 2025
That's a point. Recycling is better than incineration, which puts waste into the sky. The incinerator at Tyseley is a huge source of air pollution in the city. The Environment Act which brings in waste changes means producers have to pay more towards waste management, so hopefully that'll improve.
How will the Act* Effect Birmingham Residents? Introduces Producers Responsibility: -Producers of packaging have to pay towards the management of items when they become waste -Means an incentive to simplify packaging and ensure it's recyclable -More than £1 billion a year will be passed to local authorities to spend on improving recycling -Birmingham will get £15 million every year from 2025
That's a point. Recycling is better than incineration, which puts waste into the sky. The incinerator at Tyseley is a huge source of air pollution in the city. The Environment Act which brings in waste changes means producers have to pay more towards waste management, so hopefully that'll improve.
Birmingham Friends of the Earth Stop Incinerating Start Recycling! Red stop sign image and 4 exclamation marks around the words
Birmingham Friends of the Earth Birmingham is facing many waste-based issues: Dependence on the Tyseley Incinerator This greatly inhibits Birmingham's capacity to recycle Resulting in high rubbish collection costs and recyclable materials going to landfills A picture of 3 recycling bins in a line
Birmingham Friends of the Earth How can we create change? Our volunteers, including John Newson, have been calling for the closure of the Tyseley Incinerator To ensure the closure of the incinerator a recycling strategy must be put in place Improvements in recycling would mean the incinerator will no longer be fuelled, reducing harmful byproducts
Stop Incinerating, Start Recycling!
Birmingham burns a lot more than it recycles, sending waste into the sky.
Birmingham marches together against the far right
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On Saturday we joined the #Together march in London, forming part of the biggest mobilisation in recent history against the far right.
Our campaigners and local action groups united with a reported 500,000 others to say no to hate, division and climate denial and yes to unity, hope, and solidarity.
A timely reminder! This evening's campaign meeting was about Dave Our Soil, a campaign asking the Council to stop using pesticides.
@brumcjc.bsky.social statement on the @togetheralliance.bsky.social march in London - cosigned by @birminghamfoe.bsky.social among many other organisations! There are still places on the SUTR Birmingham & Birmingham NEU coach departing from Moor Street
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Join us this afternoon!
SAVAGES Saturday 21st March Film: 3pm Discussion: 4:30-5:30pm The Warehouse 54-57 Allison St Free Snacks and Drinks
Savages film screening
On the edge of Borneo’s rainforest, Kéria rescues a baby orangutan & forms a strong bond with her Indigenous cousin.
Saturday 21st March (International Day of Forests)
Film: 3pm
Discussion: 4:30-5:30pm
@inthewarehouse.bsky.social Digbeth
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/savag...
Calling all University of Birmingham Students! Join us for the 'Green Careers and Suppliers Fair' Gain insight into how sustainability is shaping the future of work. Learn about our internship opportunities. Chat to some friendly faces! Thursday 19th March 2026 12:00-15:00 (11:20 - 12:00 reserved for low-traffic time) The Great Hall, Aston Webb, 142 Edgbsston Park Road, B15 2TS See You There!
We'll be at @unibirmingham.bsky.social's Green Week for their first Green Careers and Suppliers Fair.
Breathing new, energy‑efficient life into a much‑loved #Birmingham community hub with community shares by @birminghamfoe.bsky.social
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Savages Saturday 21st March Film: 3pm Discussion 4:30-5:30pm The Warehouse 54-57 Allison St Free Snacks and Drinks Picture shows 2 claymation characters humans sitting on the branch of a tree, one is holding a baby orangutan.
Film Screening - Savages
On the edge of Borneo’s rainforest, Kéria rescues a baby orangutan & forms a powerful bond with her Indigenous cousin.
Saturday 21st March (International Day of Forests)
Film starts 3PM, with discussion from 4:30PM-5:30PM
The Warehouse, 54-57 Allison St, Digbeth
picture of children's tv presenter standing in Digbeth Community garden with text reading "I Can Grow It"
You may have heard that cBeebies were filming in Digbeth Community Garden. Their project is airing on cBeebies channel and BBC iplayer starting this week.
It's for 3-6 year-olds, but adults may be interested in the aerial drone footage and the garden looks really lovely in the footage we've seen.
flyer for climate cafe featuring text from the bluesky post and picture of a Tanzanian man in a garden with a wheelbarrow
Next Climate Cafe in collaboration between @birminghamfoe.bsky.social and @xrbham.bsky.social is this Sunday March 15. Come hear Emma Cooper talk about her time in an ecovillage in Tanzania. Sign up via url.td/climatecafe
Today's campaign meeting was feedback from our 1st Clothes Swap on Saturday. It was really good, at least 50 people came to the clothes swap & about 30 to the Fast Fashion talk after. We made a welcoming space based on community sharing & people connected there. Main confusion was lack of rules or £
There's still time to apply to be a @birminghamfoe.bsky.social Board member. Applications are particularly welcome from young people. If you don't think you're qualified enough, take that as a sign to apply anyway - we want our Board to truly represent people who care about climate justice in Brum.
At our campaigns meeting tonight we're in person at @inthewarehouse.bsky.social in Digbeth and doing our final planning for our free Clothes Swap & Panel Discussion on Saturday. Come and join us!
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1 Week to Go!
Free Clothes Swap & Panel Discussion on Fast Fashion, Saturday 7th March at
@inthewarehouse.bsky.social in Digbeth.
If you're having a spring clean out of your wardrobe bring wearable items along & see what you find.
Clothes Swap starts 11:30am & Panel at 2:30pm.
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Free Clothes Swap & panel talk on Fast Fashion, Sat 7th March at
@inthewarehouse.bsky.social in Digbeth.
If you're having a spring clean of your wardrobe do bring wearable items. Or come along and see what you find.
Clothes Swap starts 11:30am & panel at 2:30pm.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-cloth...
Free Clothes Swap & panel on Fast Fashion, Saturday 7th March at
@inthewarehouse.bsky.social in Digbeth.
If you're having a spring clean out of your wardrobe do bring wearable items along & see what you find.
Clothes Swap starts 11:30am & panel at 2:30pm.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-cloth...
@birminghamfoe.bsky.social We're recruiting new board members! Can you support our vital campaigns and thriving community building in this way? Seeking a Treasurer, Society Secretary, Safeguarding Lead and general board members. Read more birminghamfoe.org.uk/boardrecruit/
Here at The Warehouse 6th Feb 7pm with @birminghamfoe.bsky.social @xrbham.bsky.social & Greenpeace Brum.
New year, new Climate Cafe! Coming up on Sunday 25th January, on the theme of AI, communications and sustainability. Read more here: tinyurl.com/575hz93z Organised by @xrbham.bsky.social and @birminghamfoe.bsky.social in BRIG Cafe here at the Warehouse. All welcome - book below.
