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Appeal for help with cycle lane in Charter Avenue

I've been made aware of a small number of complaints being made to the Council about the pop up cycle lane on Charter Avenue. I don't want to give these complaints any more air time and it's really only a handful of emails, but it's concerning because, as you may have seen elsewhere in the country, cycle lanes have been …

Show the love: Green Hearts campaign

Gabrielle Back of Rotary Club is running the Climate Coalition's Green Hearts campaign in Warwickshire. This is a campaign taking place in February to raise awareness to Climate Change. Instead of red hearts participants are invited to create a recycled Green Heart of any size, They can then give the heart to a relative, friend, local MP ,or any one …

Creative Recycling Community Project

Gabrielle Back of Rotary Club is running Recycled Angels 2020/21. The project is made up of several Parts, including the schools recycling competition, Community collages and mosaics, Recycled Angel workshops and an angel pebble trail. Schools have been invited to encourage their students to collect plastic or glass bottles and transform them into beautiful Angels or sculptures of any size, …

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) was established in 1995, as a platform for business to respond to sustainability challenges that were just beginning to break the surface of collective business consciousness. It’s now well understood that business’s sole responsibility is not just to make profits: it must take care of the planet and its people as well. The …

BBC Radio Podcast: The New Arctic

Global warming is happening twice as fast in the Arctic than in any other place on earth. As the ice melts, economic opportunities are increasing - from shipping lanes, to resource extraction and tourism - prompting security risks and geopolitical tensions. Allan Little investigates how the climate crisis and increased economic activity is impacting the communities who call this extreme …

Drone and Flying TaxiAirport planned for Coventry

On 28 January 2021 it was announced that Urban Air Port® Air-One® has today been selected as a winner of the UK government’s Future Flight Challenge. Hyundai Motor Group, Coventry City Council and the UK Government have partnered with Urban Air Port® to launch the world’s first site – Air One® – to demonstrate the potential of urban air mobility …

Coventry Food Network

Coventry Food Network is a partnership of statutory, voluntary and private organisations which has evolved from the work and continuing development of Feeding Coventry. Feeding Coventry is a registered charity which was established in 2016 to deal with food poverty and its’ causes in Coventry. It is part of the nationwide Feeding Britain(External link) pilot areas. The Coventry Food Network evolved from …

Equipment for Litter Picks

Sophie Williams is collecting money to buy litter-picking equipment for lending out in Coventry. To donate, please visit www.crowdfunder.co.uk/hearsall-litterbusters

Biden announces actions on climate change

On 27 January President Biden announced steps his administration will take to combat climate change and build a greener economy. "It's a future of enormous opportunity," he said, vowing to "put climate change at the center of our domestic, national security and foreign policy." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS-ktTKmUx4

Forthcoming Events

West Midland Mayoral Hustings

Coventry Green New Deal is organising an online 'hustings' event for the candidates for West Midlands Mayor as an opportunity for them to set out their agenda on the climate and environmental crisis and take questions from the public. The event is scheduled to start at 7pm on Wednesday 10th March. Thus far Liam Bryne (Labour), Jenny Wilkinson (Liberal-Democrats) and …

Health, well-being and sustainable communities

Coventry and Warwickshire Green Business Programme will be running a webinar in partnership with Thrive at Work on 9 March on how the physical benefits from green infrastructure, active travel and green spaces can improve people’s health and well-being. There will be details on how you can adopt well-being initiatives within your organisation and in your home life, as well …

West Midlands Metro Mayor Friends of the Earth Campaign Meetings

The 2021 West Midlands mayoral election will be held on 6 May 2021. Friends of the Earth West Midlands are running a campaign and will be holding meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 19.00 hrs. For details contact Chris Crean via email. Further Information Wikipedia Article on 2021 Election

West Midlands Metro Mayor Friends of the Earth Campaign Meetings

West Midlands Metro Mayor Friends of the Earth Campaign Meetings