Birmingham Friends of The Earth newsletter - Apr-May 2007

Action Brie fing Th e Ne w s l e tte r of Birm ingh am Frie nds of th e Earth

April '07-M ay'07

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Ne w St K ing’s H e ath Sutton Col dfie l d: K ing’s Norton H arborne M os e l e y: Sol ih ul l : Sh irl e y: Be arw ood:

W oul d you l ik e to vol unte e r for Birm ingh am Frie nds of th e Earth ?

W are h ous e Ne w s

One Earth Sh op

DON'T FORGET! W are h ous e Café’s M onday to Saturday Sunday

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Birm ingh am Carbon Rationing Action Group (CRAG)

Road to Now h e re

Are You a Com m itte d Re cycl e r?

Kate Nancarrow

M e gh na Das

Conce ntrating Sol ar Pow e r

Faith and Cl im ate Ch ange

Ge rry W olff

Colin M ansley

Th irty Ye ars of Th e W are h ous e

Dow n M e m ory Lane

Vol unte e r in th e Spotl igh t......

Ch ris W il l iam s s pok e to IAN BLAK E

So You Th ink You K now About Re cycl ing?

W h at do you do at Birm ingh am Frie nds of th e Earth ?

H ow did you ge t invol ve d h e re ?

For e ve ry tonne of pape r re cycl e d, you w il ls ave 17 tre e s , 3.33k h /h rs .of e ne rgy and five cubic m e tre s of l andfil ls pace .

W h y do you l ik e w ork ing h e re ?

W h ich e nvironm e ntalis s ue s conce rn you th e m os t?

Eigh ty- th ous and tonne s of pape r e nds up in l andfil l .

Th re e bil l ion dis pos abl e nappie s m ak e th e ir w ay into l andfil l s ite s e ve ry ye ar. Th e y tak e up l ots of s pace and cos t a l ot to dis pos e of. Th e y tak e up to 500 ye ars to de com pos e w h il e e m itting noxious gas e s .

Tw e nty- five th ous and tonne s of batte rie s are bough t and th e n ge t dum pe d in ...l andfil l .Onl y one th ous and re cycl e d bough t are re cycl e d.

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com pute r us e s 240k g of fos s ilfue l s , 22k g of

Fifte e n m il l ion pl as tic bottl es are us e d e ve ryday. Th e y tak e 100 ye ars to bio- de grade .Only

ch e m ical s and 1,500k g of w ate r

4% is re cycl e d. H ous e h ol ds ge ne rate a m il l ion tonne s of pack aging w as te annual l y.

Surinde r

Gue s t Articl e

W il d Side of th e W are h ous e

M attW ade & Alistair W augh -

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