On Tuesday 3rd February, the second day of Changing Lifestyles at Birmingham Town Hall, the Midlands Eco Partnership will be launched. The evening formalities will be preceded by a series of entirely sustainable, most certainly eco friendly, and eminently recyclable, presentations from local businesses in the style of TV's 'Dragons' Den'... Globally Local manages a number of businesses and social activities directly, and supports and promotes others who are in the business of changing the world for the better. More →

The Big Schools' Birdwatch is a free activity for schools and youth groups (brownies, scouts etc) throughout the UK, which is run every year in January and February by the RSPB. By observing the birds that visit your school grounds you will be helping them monitor UK bird numbers. In 2008, over 45,000 UK school children stuck black paper with eye-slits on classroom windows, put up bird posters, borrowed binoculars, made bird feeders out of old plastic bottles, and told them about which birds they spotted in their school grounds. More →

Hydroelectricity accounts for half of the renewable energy produced in this country. Yet, in all of the publicity surrounding climate change, it is wind and offshore renewables that are highlighted. Hydroelectricity never gets a mention. Yet there is an untapped potential for hydroelectricity that exists almost in every river in this country which is being overlooked by the government and potential investors. That untapped potential drove the early stages of the industrial revolution and the infrastructure is still there. More →

In 2009 the UK will play host to BRE and BWEA's inaugural international conference, for a technology which is seeing unprecedented market growth the world over. Two days of seminars, workshops, demonstrations, educational sessions and networking opportunities will bring all constituents of the global sector together with focus given to renewable energy policy, international markets, technology awareness, technical research, and educational issues. More →

Modern art is often criticised for not being in touch with the everyday person in the street and the things that matter to them, but this is certainly not the case with a new exhibition running from 8th to 20th December called 'The Fruits of Conversation', artist Alan Warburton's biggest project to date. The exhibition is the culmination of work that began at harvest-time in an historic kitchen orchard... More →

National Tree Week is a great chance for communities to do something positive for their local treescape. Each year, Tree Council member organisations such as voluntary bodies and local authorities, up to 200 schools and community groups, our 8,000 Tree Wardens and many others, support the initiative by setting up fun, worthwhile and accessible events, inspiring upward of a quarter of a million people to get their hands dirty and together plant around million trees. More →

28th October is the final day for UK expressions of interest to be submitted for The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy (UK schools have until December). For those not familiar with the awards, they look to reward and publicise inspirational and innovative sustainable energy projects both here and around the world, with winners receiving GBP30,000 in prize money for project development. More →