After a long hard winter and a spring trim, the greenwall is beginning to bloom again, with several species now in flower and the prospect of it looking as fantastic as last year. There’s one small area that didn’t quite survive the winter and this is due to be replanted shortly.
Rhubarb has joined Paperchasers, the ethical recycling scheme. Paperchasers specialise in commercial recycling and in particular paper products, which are recycled locally here in Digbeth at the Smurfit Kappa Paper Mill. We’ll be getting a report twice a year (digital of course!) telling us how our efforts translate into carbon, landfill space, water, energy and trees saved. We’ve started with paper recycling and plan to “go large” shortly by adding cardboard, mixed plastics, glass, aluminium and office products such as ink & toner cartridges. Our aim is to become a benchmark development for office recycling and judging by the response from our ever expanding Rhubarb family. For more info about their service, visit www.paperchasers.biz
Walkit.com is the award-winning urban walking route planner that helps people get around town on foot. The service has been launched in 25 towns and cities across the UK. You just enter your start and end points to generate a walking route map, including your journey time, distance, calorie burn, hill profile and even the amount of CO2 you save by not using a car, taxi or public transport.
Walkit.com’s technical team moved into rhubarb in January and it’s here that an exciting range of new features are being developed and launched. You can follow developments on walkit.com/blog and on twitter @walkitcom
A Parisien living wall!
Visit the museum’s site at http://www.quaibranly.fr/en/
Our new stickers came through last week – they look great!
They’re each 3 meters in diameter so hopefully they’ll be noticed.
We have just received images of the ‘green wall’ which is in the last stages of preparation. This will be the first of its kind in B’ham and spans a full 3 stories of the building!
Original "Green Wall" concept art
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