Birmingham City University “greening” it up!

Something “green” is stirring in the air at BCU. The university is developing new initiatives to become an eco-friendly university and to educate students about the environment. The university has set up a new campaign entitled “grrreen“. It is based on the three ‘R’s reduce, reuse and recycle. BCU has appointed various members of staff [...]

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People and Planet Green League 2008

The Green League 2008 is published tomorrow in the Times Higher Education Supplement.  The Green League is a ranking of how environmentally friendly British Universities are.  The results are based on 9 environmental criteria such as Co2 Emissions and the percentage of waste recycled for each institution. This is the second year the table has [...]

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CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year

I recently spoke to Emily Doyle from The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) about the environmental photographer of the year awards which is part of CIWEM’s Arts and Environment intiative “putting creativity at the heart of environmental policy and action”.
The winners of the 2007 competition are going to be on display at [...]

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Enviro Cribs Part Three

Enviro Cribs Part Three

The Final Part.

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Sports stars and education

I don’t know why I never thought of sport as a way of educating people about the environment, but it looks like a great way to reach out to kids. Surfing the net recently, I came across a blog called 6footsix. It’s about the plans for a beach volleyball player called Colleen Smith to educate [...]

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Hannah Newland Interview

I managed to speak to Hannah Newland, the newly elected representation and campaigns officer at Birmingham City University Union of Students, about environmental issues and what she thinks the union and university should be doing.

If the above link doesn’t work you can download the interview here

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Climate change to be taught at public schools in California?

A senator in California has put forward a bill that requires the topic “climate change” to be taught in Science classes at all public schools in the state.
Senator Joe Simitian said “This is a phenomenon of global importance and our kids ought to understand the science behind that phenomenon.”
The bill has received mixed responses. [...]

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Grocery Store Wars

I found this video from looking at a Titan TV blog http://community.titantv.com/blogs/morganjones/archive/2008/01/11/the-wonderful-world-of-mulch.aspx.
A hilarious and great way of promoting organic foods.

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Ten ways we learn about the environment

Obviously this is not a definitive list.
1. From school.
2. From advertising.
3. From films.
4. From our parents.
5. From watching documentaries.
6. From reading a book.
7. From celebrities.
8. From art.
9. From music.
10. From the internet.

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