What's Green in Brum?

Recent updates from some trusted blogs and Twitter streams, including BSustained, ZeroCarbonHouse, BhamRecycled, Faith & Climate Change, and the Lighter Footprints blog at the Birmingham Mail.
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WHAT’S GREEN IN BIRMINGHAM? Climate change (or climate chaos as some people call it) is a reality which will increasingly dominate the 21st century. As citizens, we can help create a city to be proud of, leading the way in reducing global warming to help save the planet for future generations.

Our aim is to become the first port of call for people looking for green products and services, green spaces, green initiatives and groups in Birmingham UK, primarily through our website. With your help, we can help everyone cut the carbon by pooling our knowledge on all the different initiatives in the city to cut CO₂ and other greenhouse gases – and other forms of pollution.

GREENING BRUM: If you are doing anything to help create a sustainable economy in the city, to preserve biodiversity, or to increase awareness of ecological issues, we want to know about it.

Latest Twitter updates from Birmingham Friends of the Earth .
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events.greeninbrum.org.uk A NEW (Google) CALENDAR for green events in Brum.
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Good Energy came out top in an Ethical Consumer report, with Green Energy, Utilita and Ecotricity close behind.
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A competitor to Freecycle and Freegle called Freegive has sprung up in Birmingham. All are email networks designed to give away rather than throw away unwanted goods.
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LAST

Outside
the quicksilver sinks a little in the glass.
Inside the conference hall
the temperature rises.

After decades of hypocrisy
quick minds need to find a quick and lasting deal
to save us from the quicksands,
requicken our forests, restore our full humanity.

Last,
the kings & queens begin to trickle in
with their signet rings,
as hustlers continue to cobble texts.

Last chance? Last days? Last gasp?
Place mind in heart, put pen to paper, breathe a prayer.

©Copyright Chris Duggan 2009

Birmingham City Council is pushing its Climate Change Declaration, with targets for 2015. What will it achieve? (By Chris Duggan)
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The Age of Stupid is well worth watching for its own sake – it’s a really well made film, visually impressive, engaging, with great personal stories
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Over 30 people attended the candlelit vigil in Kings Heath to call for a strong climate deal at Copenhagen this evening.
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Temp: 6 months. Future Jobs Fund – you must have been unemployed and registered with the Job Centre for 9 – 12 months. Employer: Birmingham Friends of the Earth. Closing date: ASAP. Contact: Maud via faithandclimatechange.org.

We suggest every church in Birmingham prays for world leaders negotiating in Copenhagen. It’s the eleventh hour! Please tell us in the comments if your church is doing this. Ideas from other faith communities are welcome too.
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David Urquhart, the Anglican Bishop of Birmingham, muses on environmental campaigning and the gospel. From www.birmingham.anglican.org. I have added the sub-headings.
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5 December 2009

Dear Roger Godsiff,

I have just learned that our national bank, the Royal Bank of Scotland, has lent or underwritten £8bn for exploiting the tar sands in Alberta, Canada. This is a crazy scheme for extracting oil by strip mining, destroying huge areas of forest. Extracting oil from this highly impure source requires a huge amount of energy, and causes pollution of an unprecedented intensity in the oil industry.
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