Our Retrofit park pop ups and East/West retrofit walking procession across Balsall Heath with banners (including our new retrofit banner 💕), flags and the retrofit model house 🏡 🥁 #bhcfest26 were a triumph
“Cycle the Score” Sunday 20 September 3pm at Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham #biggreenweekender Programme & tickets: www.bcmg.org.uk/Event/cycle-... Join in with your own bike - rehearsal Sunday 6 September #stockhausen #birtwistle #johncage #kagel #davidhindley 🎶🐦🚲 @bcmg.bsky.social
Fantastic support for our East/West Retrofit walking procession across Balsall Heath Sunday 5 July #bhcfest26 🏡🥁 #retrofithomes
Can you choose click-and-collect or swap a car journey today? That's the Day 2 challenge for our #CleanAirCrowd. There are now 1 million more vans on UK roads than in 2014, and 25% of car trips are under a mile. Click-and-collect and rethinking car journeys are simple ways to cut #AirPollution.
Gorton and Denton was 127th on the list of Green Party target seats. To win by such a margin there suggests there is much bigger potential for Green gains in May's local elections than most people expect bylinetimes.com/2026/02/27/h...
Hope Beats Hate: Green Party Defeats Reform and Labour in Huge Gorton and Denton By-Election Victory
A concerted political and media campaign to scare voters about a “Green Menace” winning this by-election failed, reports Adam Bienkov
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The Green Party didn't just win in Gorton & Denton, they beat Reform and Labour into a distant second and third - congratulations Greens!
Greens DOMINATED the Gorton & Denton by-election
The Green Party didn't just win in Gorton & Denton, they beat Reform and Labour into a distant second and third - congratulations!
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#stopthenecarmsfair 🕊️❤️https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026/02/05/peace-campaigners-protest-arms-fair-at-birmingham-nec/
Peace campaigners protest arms fair at Birmingham NEC
The campaigners said hosting the arms fair goes against the NEC’s stated commitment to honest, ethical business.
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Happy New Year everyone! 💫 🥳 BCMG 🌸 premiere of Dad’s Fanfare @wrotebirdsong.bsky.social North Wales pilgrimage Palestine 🇵🇸 🕊️ 🙏🏼 Retrofit Balsall Heath Co-op process & Spring Fair Stonehenge Action NOT GUILTY Solstice Still Points youtu.be/2uZE8ynyP6o?...
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YouTube video by Jo Hindley
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David had fun one Christmas composing this version of The Twelve Days of Christmas 🐦 🍐 🌳 here edited with @composersed.bsky.social composition covers. Artwork by Carry Akroyd including extras from Carry’s 2026 Bird of the Month Calendar youtu.be/do8qaRsrk20?... Happy Christmas 🎄🌟
The Twelve Days of Christmas 🐦🍐🌳🌟
YouTube video by David Hindley
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‘I am a terrorist’ A UK activist group has released a video of protesters who were arrested by police for supporting Palestine Action, as part of a campaign calling on the government to lift the ‘disproportionate’ ban. www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...
‘I am a terrorist’, UK activists release video to support Palestine Action
A UK activist group has released a video of pro-Palestinian protesters who were arrested by police.
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In Birmingham, sign-holders gathered together in the city centre. Supporters came out in solidarity, some wearing masks of politicians who are complicit in Israel’s genocide.
164 ARRESTS (out of 250 sign-holders) Today marks the final day of action across our November wave of Action. The seemingly-rigged Judicial Review against the ban is still underway, and it will likely take weeks before we hear the result. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. www.wedonotcomply.org
Police arrest 25 over ‘support for Palestine Action’ at Birmingham protest The arrests were made at a demonstration organised by Defend Our Juries at Chamberlain Square in the city centre. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
Police arrest 25 over ‘support for Palestine Action’ at Birmingham protest
The arrests were made at a demonstration organised by Defend Our Juries at Chamberlain Square in the city centre.
independent.co.uk
my experience witnessing Dad fall apart through dementia parallels my experience witnessing ecosystems and world communities fall apart #climatebreakdown #dementia #extinction
David Hindley (1933-2018)@wrotebirdsong.bsky.social · 10mo agothe experience of witnessing dementia break down a close relative & witnessing ecosystem breakdown… environmental generational amnesia @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social @dementiauk.bsky.social @rupertreed.bsky.social @extinctionrebellion.uk @climatepsychol.bsky.social #BirdFanfares @bcmg.bsky.social
David Hindley (1933-2018)@wrotebirdsong.bsky.social · 11mo agoWhat are we talking about when we talk about extinction? 🐦 @bcmg.bsky.social @phillauri.bsky.social #birder @quaker.org.uk @rspb.bsky.social @extinctionrebellion.uk @juststopoil.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @seanronayne.bsky.social @musicdeclares.bsky.social
What are we talking about when we talk about extinction? 🐦 @bcmg.bsky.social @phillauri.bsky.social #birder @quaker.org.uk @rspb.bsky.social @extinctionrebellion.uk @juststopoil.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @seanronayne.bsky.social @musicdeclares.bsky.social
Jo Hindley introduces her Dad’s music at BCMG #BirdFanfares concert 15/6/25 Rolf Hind performs TRANSCRIPTION (Skylark) #skylark 🎶🐦by David Hindley youtu.be/3Bas7Vu1Zlk?... @bcmg.bsky.social @dilfhorn.bsky.social @composersed.bsky.social @homertoncollege.bsky.social @emilydoolittle.bsky.social
David Hindley (1933-2018)@wrotebirdsong.bsky.social · 11mo agoRolf Hind, pianist and composer, speaks about birdsong, Olivier Messiaen and David Hindley at BCMG “Bird Fanfares” Pre Concert Talk youtube.com/@davidhindle... @composersed.bsky.social @bcmg.bsky.social @royalbirmcons.bsky.social #birdsong #messiaen #davidhindleycomposer 🎶🐦
David Hindley (1933-2018)@wrotebirdsong.bsky.social · 11mo agoBCMG “Bird Fanfares” concert videos are out now 🎶🐦🦤 whatsnew.composersedition.com/bcmgs-hindle... @composersed.bsky.social @dilfhorn.bsky.social @bcmg.bsky.social @royalbirmcons.bsky.social @homertoncollege.bsky.social @ballioloxford.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social
We’re recruiting!! 📢 🏡 🌱 See Job Description for Senior Administrator here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Please promote and encourage applications… @zerocarbonhouse.bsky.social @abdullahrehman.bsky.social @immykaur.bsky.social
As we head into the 3rd heatwave of the summer, *please* take just 2 moments to sign this petition calling on government to help our communities adapt & prepare for the impacts of #climate change. We are not safe — we need to be #SAFER @climatemajority.bsky.social
Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact
From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that wo...
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Amazing impactful start to the Climate Majority Project #SAFER programme in London today. Top drawer humans kicking it off. @climatemajority.bsky.social @carolinelucas.bsky.social @rupertread.bsky.social Sign their petition. Read the book. Give some funds to adaptations work.
WHO ARE ELBIT SYSTEMS? and why would the Filton 18 take action against them? The Filton 18 protestors allegedly targeted weapon shipments to be used by Israel in their assaults on Gaza. 1/5
Brilliant result from Hackney where a billboard without planning permission has now been removed 👏 Our high streets are better without corporate advertising. @adblockhackney.bsky.social
Zoë Garbett@zoegarbett.bsky.social · last yr.Advert that didn't have planning permission, which was looming over Ridley Road has finally been removed! Much better without it!! @adfreecities.bsky.social
Reflecting on BCMG’s Bird-Fanfares concert whatsnew.composersedition.com/hindleys-bir... @composersed.bsky.social photos at Knepp @bcmg.bsky.social @royalbirmcons.bsky.social @dilfhorn.bsky.social @kneppwilding.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear public premiere performance of David Hindley’s birdsong works for piano solo: woodlark, nightingale, skylark www.bcmg.org.uk/Event/bird-f...
Bird Fanfares - 15/06/2025 16:30:00
David Hindley (1933-2018) - “a man who writes birdsong” - transcribed into musical manuscript the songs of birds, allowing these avian melodies to be perceived and appreciated by human ears in new way...
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