Retrofit Balsall Heath

neighbourhood #greenretrofit 🌱💚 weeding, cardboard and bark chippings to mulch & suppress weeds regrowth, a strawberry 🍓 plant, sunflowers coming 🌱 🌻 spinach setting seed, more 🌸 and a compost heap in the corner so no waste to take away #postcodegardener #fruit&nutvillage

Here’s our “all things Retrofit” Spring Fayre programme docs.google.com/document/d/1... A fantastic time was had by all…and the sun 🌞 shone 🙏🏽

A BIG THANK YOU to ALL who came to the Retrofit Spring Fayre on Saturday and ALL who helped make it happen 👍 👌🏻 👏🏾 It was a fabulous day 🏡 🥁🪘🙌

This today! 🥁🏡🍿♻️🌱🪱🌻🍇 🍉
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Bring your family, your friends, your neighbours… book here for free tickets: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/retr... 🌱🌻🏡

Retrofit Spring Fayre Cut your bills - Meet your neighbours - Green your streets What is retrofit? Stalls, Children's activities, Get Cycling  Collaboration with Saheli Hub, MECC, Fruit and Nut Village

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Get your tickets for our Spring Fayre here: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/retr... 🌱🌻🏡

This… today 🏡🌱
Please come along

Date for your diary …. Our Spring Fayre …. not to miss 🌱

Last week members of our Governance Group travelled to Manchester for a day of learning and mentoring. We’re in train to form as a Community Benefits Society. Come along to our Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 13th May 5-7pm at The Mix Cafe to find out more 🌱

Catch up with what we have been doing, our projects and our plans in our Spring newsletter 🌱 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Join us for our AGM

#interfaith #retrofit #community #iftar Reflecting on Greening Neighbourhoods, Insulating Homes, Reducing Consumption and Waste - retrofitting hearts and minds 🌱 @joshneicho.bsky.social www.yourworld.net/birmingham/b...

@arktindal.bsky.social
year 1 pupils assisted Retrofit Balsall Heath builders fitting insulation, draughtproofing and renewable energy- generating solar panels to our RBH Wendy House 🏡

Eid Mubarak 🕌🌙 to all our Balsall Heath friends and neighbours celebrating near and far

Reflection on reducing our consumption of … everything … during Lent and Ramadan at our Interfaith “Retrofit” Iftar at Balsall Heath Church Centre #ecoconsciousramadan #climatekam #lent 🌱 #earthovershootday #climatechange #retrofit

Good wishes to all those observing Ramadan or Lent this season. Do join us if you can for an Interfaith “Retrofit” Iftar on Wednesday 26th March. Please book via the ticketleap link so we can cater for all. ⛪️ 🕌 🏡 www.ticketleap.events/tickets/retr...

It’s time for climate populism – Rupert Read

In case you were stymied by the New Statesman paywall, here is the piece co-authored by Caroline Lucas and myself on climate popularism:

Mint green background with images of a tree, deer, and squirrel. Post is promoting our 'Branching Out for Nature' event.

Only 4 days until our event!

We're pleased that @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social Birmingham, Birmingham TreePeople, @bbcwildlifetrust.bsky.social, Lucy Starkey & @pynstory.bsky.social will be joining us on Saturday.

Wet weather plan: Event will be held in the BRIG cafe @inthewarehouse.bsky.social.

This… 🌱

25/2/22 Climate Summit

inspirational credit to @fruitnutvillage @ubeleinitiative @civicsquare.bsky.social and thanks to @faithfortheclimate @christianclimateaction @britishquakers for the opportunity to share our efforts: docs.google.com/presentation...

Join us for a Family Day Out at Birmingham Botanical Gardens TODAY! 🌳🌲🌸 🚎🚴🌱

Retrofit Balsall Heath “Explainer” is here: drive.google.com/file/d/1iQAC... Retrofitting homes, neighbourhoods, hearts and minds 🏡🌱💕💫

We visited #UbeleInitiative and #BlackRootz in north London yesterday along with @civicsquare.bsky.social @wecanmake.bsky.social @darkmatterlabs.org #retrofit #rebuilders #growers bright sunshine, hot hibiscus 🌺 tea, straw & reed/rushes building, clay/hemp daub, centring reciprocal relationships 🙏🏼

🏡 “Top Changemaker 2024” Retrofit Balsall Heath features in @bigissue Top Changemakers 2025 edition #retrofit

Community Cycle Cafe Saturday 8th February 2025 5-7pm Would you like to cycle ? What's stopping you? No really, what's stopping you? Come along and join in the discussion about making cycling easier for us all. We will seek solutions and mutually help each other MOSELEY HIVE CentralCCOp

All are welcome to this Community Cycle Cafe at the Moseley Hive on Saturday. Cath and Fabio will be discussing barriers to cycling and how we can help each other.

Address: 93 Alcester Rd, Birmingham B13 8DD

@biclas.bsky.social

Josh recently completed his first half marathon 🏅fundraising for warmer homes and greener lives 🏡 🌱 Conditions were challenging: High winds, briefly hail, and the path was gooey mud with no firmer ground on either side! His fundraiser is still open for donations www.gofundme.com/f/josh-runs-...

At our recent Social we enjoyed a delicious supper; identified addresses we had lived at in Balsall Heath & “round about” over our lives, through generations and connecting continents, named our Balsall Heathen heroes, discussed how a heat pump works & how we can restore reverence for trees 🏡 🌱 🚴 🌳

Social meet -up tomorrow evening at Bayt Al Yemeni, Moseley Rd. Vegan and Halal food available 🌱

How to Heat Your Home for Less This Winter Denise Van Outen shares savvy tips to help us save money on our energy bills

Catch up with Channel 4’s “How to Heat Your Home for Less this Winter” ❄️ www.channel4.com/programmes/h...

“How To Heat Your Home For Less This Winter” ❄️ will be airing TOMORROW! Thursday 5th December @ 8pm on Channel 4
Featuring @retrofitbh.bsky.social &
@zerocarbonhouse.bsky.social
“it’s already had Critics Choice in the I Newspaper and picks to watch this week in other publications” 🏡 🌱