Covid Chronicles: the last hurrah
Richard Lutz grabs a handful of meadowsweet and delivers his last food parcel.
Covid chronicles: The case of the kilted chickens
Richard Lutz wanders through the dying embers of Lockdown Land.
Howard Shocker: Trump’s secret emails to the queen (of Ingerland)
From Sir Howard’s hot desk at the La Hula 69 Bar in Las Vegas
Farmers join forces for butterflies
Grant aid for groups to help struggling species.
Is There A Tiger In Your Garden?
Nature lovers are being asked to check their gardens for tigers in a bid to help conservationists studying the effects of climate change on moth distribution.
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.
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
Marks and Spencer calls for plan to save bees
Marks and Spencer has today called on the Government to create a Bee Action Plan.
Cannock Chase visit highlights University’s quest to protect forestry
A course aiming to assist the international drive to protect the world’s tree population is once again being hosted by the University of Wolverhampton.
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.
Anna Rose and her asparagus tips
Anna Rose writes a timely reminder of a tasty product that requires fewer delivery miles to arrive on our menus.
In the field of opportunity it’s veggie time again
Anna Rose brings news of National Vegetarian Week and some thoughts on how easy it is to explore epicurian serendipity.
Campaign to save the Long-Horned Bee
New research by the University of Reading shows that the West Midlands Long-Horned Bee is holding on to its northernmost stronghold and is restricted to just a few small areas.
International Dawn Chorus Day; two dawns away
There are just two days to go until bird lovers across the world come together for the annual celebration of nature’s ode to joy when songbirds fill the air with music as the sun comes up.
Euro vote may help but bees still beleagured
Yesterday’s decision to introduce EU-wide restrictions on neonicotinoid insecticides linked to bee decline is a significant victory for bees and common sense, said Friends of the Earth.
March of the beekeepers: Government urged to back pesticide restrictions
The Government must take urgent action to protect declining bee populations by supporting European Commission proposals next Monday
Gardeners urged to be green-minded and green-fingered
Gardeners are being urged to create bee-friendly gardens and play their part in safeguarding these threatened pollinators
2012: A Disaster Year For UK Butterflies
Washout 2012 was the worst year for UK butterflies on record with 52 out of the 56 species monitored suffering declines, a scientific study today revealed.
The Big Dig Needs You Birmingham
Food growing sites around the city (and beyond) will be opening their doors, gates, sheds and greenhouses to offer locals a look inside and the chance take part in a mass food growing event
Beleaguered bees finding local havens
Birmingham Friends of the Earth are funding High Orchard Community and Balsall Heath is Our Planet to create wildflower havens for local bees
Don’t forget, it doesn’t have to be meat
As the demand for meat rises inexorably, Anna Rose explains why this doesn’t have to be the case.
Improving nature in Birmingham and the Black Country
This March will mark a year since Birmingham and the Black Country were awarded Nature Improvement Area status.
UK Moth numbers crash
The abundance of the UK’s larger moths has crashed during the past 40 years with three species becoming extinct in the last decade, a major scientific report reveals today.
West Midlands’ ethical businesses provide food for thought
Ethical businesses from across the West Midlands will be providing food for thought at a seminar in Birmingham next month.
There’s something funny in the honey – Bee at the Glee
Bee numbers in Britain have fallen dramatically in recent years and Birmingham Friends of the Earth intend to save them; with a little help from a few very funny people.
A fishy tale
Tammy Facey went shopping for fish…. and became embroiled in the Common Fisheries Policy.
Food Show Set to Wow NEC
The region’s food lovers are set for a patriotic feast this summer.
Moseley Farmers’ Market wins again
Moseley Farmers’ Market on the outskirts of Birmingham has been named the 2012 UK Farmers’ Market of the Year
Light or wind? Does money talk?
Alan Clawley comes face to face with the realities of a ‘low carbon’ economy: “What’s in it for me?”