Bayer agrees to pay $7.25bn to settle Roundup weedkiller cancer lawsuits Thousands of lawsuits accuse the agrochemical maker of failing to warn people that its glyphosate-containing weedkiller could cause cancer.

This is today, no appointments necessary, just come along and swap seeds you don't needz make a commitment to grow different crops and share the produce?

Growing food and community, together 💚 FAFFS (free and fair food sharing scheme) aims to build a movement of small, local groups of people, growing and sharing food in their gardens. Come to our seed swap! Saturday 14th Feb 12pm to 3pm #BrumTogether

Growing food and community, together 💚 FAFFS (free and fair food sharing scheme) aims to build a movement of small, local groups of people, growing and sharing food in their gardens. Come to our seed swap! Saturday 14th Feb 12pm to 3pm #BrumTogether

Another great thread from Tom Cox. I love moths - their names are wonderful too, like little incantations.

16:18 11 Feb 💙

Free Clothes Swap & panel talk on Fast Fashion, Sat 7th March at @inthewarehouse.bsky.social in Digbeth. If you're having a spring clean of your wardrobe do bring wearable items. Or come along and see what you find. Clothes Swap starts 11:30am & panel at 2:30pm. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-cloth...

Calling all Friends of Park groups in #Birmingham. @mybcu.bsky.social is looking to partner on a research project to co-design parks with teenage girls and shape more inclusive green spaces. Interested in taking part? Email [email protected]...

Birmingham isn't just concrete - it has a green heart. 🌳💚 We’re so proud to share this short film celebrating the incredible volunteers who help to keep our city’s parks and open spaces thriving. Watch the full film here: www.youtube.com/watc... #Brum #Birmingham #CommunityPower #Volunteer

Doing the Big Garden Birdwatch and trying to work out how many long tailed tits to log here @rspb.bsky.social? #BigGardenBirdwatch #BGB2026

There should be more competitiveness between counties in the @rspb.bsky.social's Big Garden Birdwatch Also maybe a participation count by percentage not just numbers?

📣 No 50 users - please sign the petition ✍️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Doing the Big Garden Birdwatch and trying to work out how many long tailed tits to log here @rspb.bsky.social? #BigGardenBirdwatch #BGB2026

The Fruit and Nut Village movement brings the farm to the city, urban orchards in pocket parks. Involving the community in growing food on our doorstep. One day they turned up on my street with free fruit trees, lifted slabs, planted keeping English traditions alive - wassailing to wake the trees

Fruit & Nut Village is an excellent charity based in Birmingham. They are growing orchards & perennial food spaces, and work with local communities to "develop a range of edible landscapes". They currently manage around 70-80 growing spaces in total, across Balsall Heath, Druids Heath and Stirchley.

WASSAIL! Fruit and Nut Village's Stirchley Wassail 2026! Back at Birmingham Brewing Co. for 2026 with music, poetry, + dance from 3PM, as well as stalls from charities around Birmingham. The procession to wake the trees will be later that evening. Bring a light + noisemaker + warm clothes + footwear

this is a mad temperature differential if true BBC Weather for Birmingham Tonight min. -1° Sunday 9° 8° Monday 11° 7° we've got an inch of ice out there now after Storm Goretti

when bins is 🗓️ #WhenIsBins

Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

This year in south central Birmingham we have sleek rats living under the garden toolstore + cute voles and mice in the woodpile, all growing fat off the veg waste in the old council compost bin and the nuts + seeds that fall from the bird feeders. We also have several owls now. Me every day:

Good news: Study shows France’s birds making tentative recovery after neonicotinoid pesticide ban UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Only 2 years since the ban on neonics, France's population of insect-eating birds has risen 2-3% - from banning a single type of insecticide. Demonstrating just how much harm we cause birds when pesticides kill off the insects they need for food. @paneurope.bsky.social

When you tell your mum you like bumblebees … All items are available on our online shop and support UK bumblebee conservation. Tell your mum. 🐝🎁 https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/gift-guide/

#ClimateActionNow #COP30

Announcing the Million Frog March! savethefrogs.com/million Join frog enthusiasts worldwide for a historic gathering to defend democracy, freedom of speech, peace, amphibian conservation & environmental protection. Please spread the word! #MillionFrogMarch #SaveTheFrogs #WashingtonDC #PortlandFrog

Green education support

Birmingham Friends of The Earth show us a green way forward @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social #Retrofit @birminghamlive.bsky.social @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social @bhamwatch.bsky.social @beefriendlybrum.bsky.social @xrbham.bsky.social #Birmingham #FossilFuelNonproliferationTreaty fossilfueltreaty.org

Nearly half of the UK’s garden space is paved over, a new study has found. The RHS has conducted the largest ever audit of the UK’s gardens, and found that they are an untapped – and until now, mostly unmeasured – potential resource for nature. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Harlequin ladybirds are swarming UK houses this week - Like many insects, ladybirds enter a state of inactivity over winter known as diapause – an insect version of hibernation. Different species like to overwinter in different environments - harlequins in our homes and seven-spots in leaf litter."

Yet another reason why we need to protect bees 🐝💕 @beefriendlybrum.bsky.social www.newsweek.com/bee-venom-co...

@thebeeguy.bsky.social any ideas?

Bumblebees #sleeping on/in #flowers at this time of year! What the feck is that all about? Lots of people asking us so here’s a quick (long)🙄 thread explaining what’s going on. Please #repost/#share so more are more informed. Thanks good people. #bees #nature #biodiversity #worldbeesanctuary 1/16

Clophill Lakes Boardwalk Appeal Shocking acts of arson have left the Clophill Lakes boardwalk in ruins, impacting both visitors and wildlife. If you can, please help raise £100,000 to restore access for all to this treasured reserve. www.greensandtrust.org/appeal/cloph...

By changing our diets to be more plant-rich now, we can avoid the food chaos that climate change is bringing theconversation.com/by-changing-...

Gosling abandoned by its parents as an egg finds a family with 3 cranes. "We've been taught lately to fear the stranger, to basically become isolated + cut ourselves off from anything that is unknown. And here you have this blended family who have no questions to ask. They've accepted each other" 🥹

This story 🧵 has a sad ending but maybe we can help to make it better 💚

You’ll love this @beefriendlybrum.bsky.social 🐝💚 birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk/bbg-event/po...

🐝💚🌻 we 💚 these people, blooming beautiful 🌻💚🐝

NEW climate record: over half of UK electricity was generated by renewables in 2024! 🙌 This good news means we're a step closer to a Net Zero future, where: ✅ We produce our own energy ✅ Energy bills are cheaper ✅ Our air is cleaner ✅ People & nature thrive www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...

This real useful. 'Recipe for a bee-friendly growing space.' @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

One of our sunflowers came out with missing petals but it's still beautiful and bees & other pollinators still love it.

Hello world! RSPB Conservation Science has officially landed on BlueSky Follow us to hear about our science discoveries, new publications, citizen science, and all things conservation research

🌪️ X, Meta & YouTube are allowing a storm of false and misleading claims about extreme weather events flood their platforms. The online spread of lies about extreme weather events can disrupt emergency efforts and put lives at risk. Our new research in @desmog.com ⤵️

These sunflowers are being kept aphid-free by a dedicated team of 7 spot ladybirds

Bramble alert! First round of Birmingham brambles are berry much ready good to go sweet and juicy get to the hedges when you have a chance sunny Spring + wet start to summer = loads of these wild blackberries where they've been left alone to do their thing. So tasty, grown from the earth by the sun.

Bramble alert! First round of Birmingham brambles are berry much ready good to go sweet and juicy get to the hedges when you have a chance sunny Spring + wet start to summer = loads of these wild blackberries where they've been left alone to do their thing. So tasty, grown from the earth by the sun.

bee happy @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social 🐝💚

bee happy @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social 🐝💚

Birmingham City Council *increased* the use of controversial weedkiller despite pledge to 'reduce to zero' Activists and councillors discovered its pledge to stop using glyphosate had amounted to little 100K petition, assurances made - and abandoned www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...