Birmingham

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St Martin's Church (foreground) and the Selfridges Bullring building in the background, in central Birmingham. Photo credit: G-Man

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands. Birmingham is the largest of England's core cities, and is generally considered to be the UK's second city. The city's reputation was forged as the powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, a fact which led to Birmingham being known as "the workshop of the world" or the "city of a thousand trades".

The City of Birmingham has a population of 992,400 (2004 estimate). It forms part of the larger West Midlands conurbation, which has a population of 2,284,093 (2001 census) and includes several neighbouring towns and cities, such as Solihull, Wolverhampton and the towns of the Black Country.

Birmingham is an ethnically and culturally diverse city. Around 30% of Birmingham's population is of non-white ethnicity; at the time of the 2001 census, 70.4% of the population was White (including 3.2% Irish), 19.5% Asian or Asian British, 6.1% Black or Black British, 0.5% Chinese, and 3.5% of mixed or other ethnic heritage.

[edit] News 2007

• Brighton and Hove rated as the most sustainable city in Britain, by Forum for the Future, October 20 ^[1] The UK’s 20 largest cities were assessed according to three criteria – their ‘environmental impact', ‘quality of life’ and ‘future proofing’. Brighton and Hove as the most sustainable city is followed by Edinburgh in second place and Bristol in third. Liverpool comes bottom of the list, after Hull in 18th place and Birmingham in 19th. Forum for the Future intend to measure these indicators year-on-year. topic

[edit] News 2006

• February 22 - "Birmingham and Manchester need mayors with tax and spend powers", says thinktank, ippr press release

[edit] Comment 2006

• New Start editorial April 5 2006, If you’re reading this in London or Edinburgh, congratulations. You are an official member of an ideopolis. If you’re in Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle or Glasgow, don’t despair: you’re well on your way.

[edit] Diary

[edit] May 2008

• 31 - 8 June, Climate change festival, CABE, Birmingham

[edit] Earlier events

• Birmingham Climate Change Strategy - Have Your Say! - until March 31 2007. Birmingham Community Empowerment Network / Climate change UK

[edit] Resources

[edit] General sustainability information

• Birmingham Friends of the Earth

[edit] Topic links

The headings in this section provide links to some of the topics in the Ideas Bank. Click on the Ideas Bank link, or the category listing to see a full list of topics.

[edit] Community involvement

• Podnosh grassroots channel Podcast for active citizens. Birmingham Community Empowerment Network (Grassroots Channel)

[edit] Fair trade

Birmingham has been granted Fair trade City status.

[edit] Walking

• walkit.com, currently (August 2007) covering central London, Birmingham (beta), Edinburgh

[edit] Related topics

• Sport, Arts & Culture - Video - Complaints choir of Birmingham

[edit] Related wiki

• Balsall Heath JUNGLE Wiki ...celebrating the living earth, based in Birmingham, UK, but some of its pages will be useful across the country.

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• Transport in Birmingham

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