Maggie Philbin and the future of environmentally friendly stations

Today at 1pm, true to her word, I received a call from BBC’s Maggie Philbin to discuss the conference that she will be hosting on the 29th April. The conference, entitled Future of Station Design, will be attended by many influential individuals in the transport industry to discuss the future of stations in England. One [...]

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Earth Hour

As I began research for an article that I constructed for Birmingham Recycled http://tinyurl.com/ygjyc73 I contacted numerous individuals from various organisations in order to obtain a better idea of the ‘Earth Hour Campaign’. Whilst carrying out this research, I slowly came to the realisation that this campaign, founded by the World Wildlife Fund, was not [...]

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Birmingham Friends of the Earth Meeting

Last night, I attended a Birmingham Friends of the Earth meeting in their building on Allison Street in Digbeth. To begin I was handed two publications,the first one a newspaper entitled Positive News (how refreshing!) and a newsletter named bfoe. I was then ushered into a meeting room with around 10 other individuals each volunteering [...]

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Environmentally friendly hairdresser!

On sunday night I attended a ball. In preparation, I travelled to a hairdresser named hushhair near the Mailbox in Birmingham city centre to have my hair styled for the big night. As I looked around the store there were numerous screens explaining the ways in which hushhair help the environment. Now, I have been [...]

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Tariffs

As I went about researching and constructing my article regarding the governments feed-in-tariffs that are being introduced in April 2010, I simply included information and quotes on the issue. However, after reading the article (which has been submitted) I have realised the magnitude of the issue. The government have stated that they will only give [...]

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It all starts with a question….

RBI’s head of editorial content Karl Schneider spoke to the students of BCU today about the art of a conversation regarding journalism. As a journalist student i am continually being confronted with the question “But aren’t newspapers dying?” This often leads me to wonder whether or not  i am embarking on the right profession. However, [...]

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Feed in Tariffs

A ‘feed in tariff’ refers to strategies aimed at stimulating both governments and societies into opting for renewable energy sources. These feed in tariffs, according to feed in tariffs limited, encourage the instillation of renewable energy capacity in Europe. Following a vast amount of lobbying, the government gave into pressure regarding the feed in tariff [...]

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Veolia

There is a wonderful company named Veolia environmental services that seek to make a substantial difference in the area of Birmingham concerning the environment. One of the issues they tackle is the issue of energy recovery. After constucting a Energy recovery facility in 1996, 350,000 tonnes of Birmingham’s rubbish is converted into electricity every year. [...]

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Energy

This blog focuses on the issue of energy specifically in the city of Birmingham.

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