Hot summer helps butterflies bounce back
Numbers increase after years of decline.
Innovation Birmingham receives green light for £786,000 project
Funding granted for research into environmental challenges faced by local groups.
Gold for Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
Top award in green tourist scheme.
Teme Spirit
RICHARD LUTZ wanders through a bit of this sceptered isle in Worcestershire
MEP backs Coventry University initiative to support sustainable building projects
Helping build for the future and sustain local businesses.
Birmingham Airport welcomed Air India’s Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
Birmingham Airport welcomed Air India’s Boeing 787-8 ‘Dreamliner’ into Birmingham last night as it operated its inaugural service from Amritsar and Delhi.
The joy of trees
This week Laurence Inman is in an arboreal mood.
Martineau Gardens wins Best Green Space Award
A Community Garden and oasis for wildlife, in Edgbaston, has been recognised as one of the best community run green spaces in the country
Birmingham – an airport for Britain
Birmingham Airport has today published its response to the Airports Commission’s challenge to deliver aviation capacity in the long-term.
Came the deluge
As forecast, the heat on Monday was followed by brief but heavy thunder storms.
Any hope for butterflies?
Sir David Attenborough is urging the public to take part in the world’s largest butterfly count to assess if species are recovering after their worst year on record.
UK aviation needs “flexibility and resilience” – Kehoe
Aviation chief tells Airports Commission that UK aviation needs “flexibility and resilience” to respond to a changing industry
Aston Uni gets set for bio-energy switch-on
Redhall Jex is nearing completion of a nine month contract to build a bio-energy plant located within a new facility on the Aston University site in Birmingham.
University event highlights benefits of short food chains
The benefits of short food chains and local produce were the focus of an event on Wednesday 3 July organised by Coventry University’s Centre for Agroecology and Food Security
Smethwick fire update
A number of injuries have been reported in one of the Midlands’ biggest-ever peacetime blazes.
Declare war on Chinese lanterns
Andy Goff doesn’t like air pollution and he doesn’t like Chinese lanterns.
‘Cautious welcome’ for Pollinator Action Plan
Government plans revealed today for the introduction of a National Pollinator Strategy to tackle the rapid decline of Britain’s bees and other pollinating insects have been given a cautious welcome by Friends of the Earth.
Library building ‘obsolete’
Birmingham City Council officials have written a report to the Cabinet stating that the 40-year-old Central Library building is not only vacant but ‘obsolete’ as well, reveals Alan Clawley.
Getting serious about the bee crisis
The UK’s largest Bee Summit aimed at tackling the causes of bee decline, will take place in London next Friday (28 June 2013), Friends of the Earth revealed today.
Birmingham Airport well equipped
Birmingham Airport unveils five new fire fighting vehicles.
Birmingham Friends of the Earth launch Let’s Get Moving campaign
Campaigners from Birmingham Friends of the Earth will launch their new campaign Let’s Get Moving today with a stunt outside Birmingham Town Hall.
2013 Festival of Archaeology encourages public to get ‘hands on with history’
Residents and holidaymakers across the West Midlands can get hands on with history this July by taking part in around 30 free activities taking place in the region
Should we really be pissing weedkiller?
The Government is being urged to take urgent action on pesticides after laboratory tests found traces of the weed killer glyphosate in the bodies of people across numerous European countries, including Britain.
University scoops clutch of awards for ‘green’ achievements
Coventry University has been awarded a series of accolades in recognition of its green credentials
John Duckers on the rubbish revolution taking place in Birmingham
Wheelie bins are hitting the streets of Birmingham in a campaign funded by tax payers. John Duckers has come up with other ideas for those pesky plastic uber bins.
In search of John Madin’s Birmingham
Madin walking tour led by Alan Clawley
Starting at Five Ways Station, 10.30 am, 22nd June 2013
Streetwise
Laurence Inman has been studying the decline of the high street.
Ivor Goodsite explains the dangers of building sites
Pupils from St Columba’s Catholic Primary School received a lesson in site safety from local housebuilder St. Modwen Homes;
Carbon incubator programme hatching out
11 new start-up businesses have been enrolled onto Innovation Birmingham Campus’ Low Carbon Incubator Programme.
Climb every mountain
Laurence Inman goes exploring heroism and wonders just who we should be celebrating.