Birmingham community action: Difference between revisions

Sustainability initiatives

• Balsall Heath Is Our Planet
• Bioregion Birmingham, "A resilient, sustainable city embracing a bioregional approach to economics, governance and culture."
• Birmingham Friends of the Earth
• Kings Heath Transition Initiative
• Northfield Ecocentre
• University of Birmingham People and Planet Society on facebook

Initiatives by topic

Arts, sport and culture

Communities online

Hyperlocal sites in Birmingham, June 2014

Community energy

BirminghamEnergy Savers, Birmingham City Council originated scheme

Cycling activism

Big Birmingham Bikes, information from Birmingham City Council - Bike North Birmingham, Birmingham City Council project delivered in partnership with Sustrans and Be Active, working to transform the profile of cycling in Erdington and Sutton Coldfield - Birmingham Cycle Revolution,part of the Birmingham Connected vision to reinvent the way people and goods move across the city - Critical Mass bicycle rides in Birmingham - Green Bike Project, community-led bicycle workshop and co-operative based at the University of Birmingham

Food activism

Growing Birmingham - Martineau Gardens, (Wikipedia)

Health and wellbeing

• The Active Wellbeing Society, community benefit society and cooperative working to develop healthy, happy communities living active and connected lives, added 17:16, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Open spaces

Birmingham has 571 parks totalling over 3,500 hectares (14 sq mi) of public open space, more than any other European city. The city also has five Local Nature Reserves, one National Nature Reserve and a number of Wildlife Trust nature reserves. ^[1]

Martineau Gardens, (Wikipedia) - Wikipedia: Parks and open spaces in Birmingham, Cannon Hill Park

Sustainable transport activism

• Birmingham Transport Plan 2031, Draft Birmingham transport plan

Birmingham is at the hub of England's canal network. There are 35 miles (56 km) of canals within the city, of which most are navigable. ^[2]

Towards sustainable economies

FutureShift, programme to encourage civic innovation in Birmingham and the Black Country ^[3]

Trees, woodland and forest

Birmingham Trees for Life

News and comment

2020

Apr 7 ‘Cities have been invaded by cars. Now they are being liberated’ - Positive News ^[4]

Jan 20 How a Belgian port city (Ghent) inspired Birmingham's car-free ambitions ^[5]

2019

Jul 21 "Play Out Til Tea" is a great Birmingham Impact Hub idea - but their "neighbourhood of the future" is even better ^[6]

Jun 16 From Impact Hub Birmingham to Civic Square ^[7]

2013

Pedal power to the people: Brum's £24m cycling boost, August 12 ^[8]

Events

2017

Beyond (un)employment, collaborative learning circle, Programme starts Wednesday 19th April 2017 birmingham.impacthub.net

2015

March 7 Birmingham GreenFest, Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Resources

• Commuity Lovers Guide to Birmingham

Funding

Birmingham SOUP

LoveBrum, charity supporting ‘hard-to-reach’ projects across Birmingham that are often volunteer led and that deliver real change, with outcomes that can be seen, measured, enjoyed, and loved.

Maps

Public Transport Maps ^[9]:

Birmingham public transport maps are available from Network West Midlands as follows:

• Rail map
• Bus map
• Metro map
• Integrated public transport interactive map

Interwiki links

Wikipedia: Birmingham

External links

• Green Commission, Birmingham City Council

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