The Hive Effect
Many Minds.One Hive. Every Cell Connected
A non‑profit community and environmental project reconnecting people with nature — and with each other.
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Take a look but it might get a bit messy!
HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR AREAS
THOUSANDS OF HOUSES, NO PARKS, NO INFRASTRUCTURE, NO INVESTMENT
SOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
HERE IS A SMALL NUMBER OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT ON OUR DIABOLICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, WITH NO INVESTMENT IN IT, OR ITS PEOPLES.
TOXIC SAD-UNWELL
RETAIL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DISASTERS
DOZENS OF HUGE RETAIL GIANTS NO INFRASTRUCTURE NOT EVEN A PARK BENCH
SOME COMMECRCIAL DEVELOPMENTS
HERE IS A SMALL NUMBER OF THE RETAIL, COMMERCIAL AND LEISURE DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT ON OUR DIABOLICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, WITH NO INVESTMENT IN IT, OR ITS PEOPLES.
TOXIC SANDUNWELL
INFRASTRUCTURE?
WITH ALL OF THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS, WHERE IS THE INVESTMENT? WEST BROMWICH? OLDBURY TOWN?
CAUSEWAY GREEN
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE HERE TO ACCOMODATE THE EXTRA TRAFFIC FROM THE NEW HOUSING ESTATES, THE NEW RETAIL ESTATES AND THE NEW COMMERCIAL ESTATES
37 HECTACRES OF PRISTINE GREEN SPACE
A GROWING HABITAT
BRANDHALL GOLF COURSE is home for:
A Bat habitat,
Newts,(all the frogs are dead)
40+ varieties of birds, including buzzards, kestrels, peregrine falcons, hawk finches, and Black Redstarts have been seen here.
Foxes, Rabbits (now dead), Squirrels
Hedgehogs, Dragonflies (now dead) and Freshwater Shrimp
Funga including: citrine waxcaps, bearded tooth fungus, brown roll-rim, fly agaric, corals, clubs and other grass fungus
SANDUNWELLS OTHER PARKS
NOT A PENNY SPENT. YOU WOULDN'T EVEN 'SPEND A PENNY' HERE, WOULD YOU?
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO ASK
IF YOU WOULD LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY HERE
Local Park Walking Time
THESE ARE THE WALKING TIMES AND DISTANCES (FOR THE AVERAGE ADULT) TO OUR 'LOCAL ' PARKS, IF BRANDHALL GOLF COURSE IS DEVELOPED
STARTING FROM FAIRWAY ROAD, B68 THE WALKING TIMES AND DISTANCES ACCORDING TO GOOGLE MAPS IS:
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BARNFORD PARK - 1.0 MILES - 23 MINUTES WALK
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LANGLEY PARK - 1.2 MILES - 27 MINUTES WALK
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BRITANNIA PARK - 1.6 MILES - 35 MINUTES WALK
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WARLEY WOODS - 1.9MILES - 42 MINUTES WALK
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BURY HILL PARK - 2.2 MILES - 49 MINUTES WALK
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HADEN HILL PARK - 3.0 MILES - 1HOUR 5 MINUTES WALK
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WARRENS HALL PARK - 3.0 MILES - 1HOUR 6 MINUTES WALK
school
school
[skuːl]
NOUN
an institution for educating children:
"Ryder's children did not go to school at all" ·
synonyms:
educational institution · centre of learning · academy · college · alma mater · phrontistery
any institution at which instruction is given in a particular discipline:
"a dancing school"
a group of people, particularly writers, artists, or philosophers, sharing similar ideas or methods:
"the Frankfurt school of critical theory"
THERE IS A BETTER WAY
TO CO-EXIST, TO EVOLVE, TO THRIVE... AND TO BUILD A SCHOOL
GROWING HEALTHY CHILDREN
Charlton Manor, a large inner-city primary in south-east London, grows figs, oranges, tomatoes, kiwis and grapes. They also have allotment space at nearby farm, where they grow what is referred to as “abundant food” such as potatoes and rhubarb for the school canteen.
There are chickens and beehives (with fully trained beekeeper pupils) and the school has a campaigns team made up of year 5 and 6 pupils who raise awareness about healthy diets.
“Charlton is a brilliant example of a school bringing together gardening and healthy eating,” says Collins. “With vision and a bit of dedication, any school can get growing.”
1ST ZERO CARBON SCHOOL
Ashmount Primary School in Islington, London, is the UK’s first zero carbon in use school. The scheme is zero carbon thanks to combined use of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant and a 495kW biomass boiler, housed in the Energy Centre. Base heating is provided by CHP and biomass with CHP also meeting electrical demands of the park lighting.
Excess heat from CHP (70kWe, 104kWth) is delivered off site to neighbouring dwellings thus offsetting the site’s own carbon footprint.
An E-Stack system uses low velocity fans to mix incoming and outgoing air in winter and a path for secure night-time cooling in the summer. Energy savings will be significant over a standard naturally-ventilated solution, saving £1,000 in costs per year.
THERE ARE BETTER WAYS OF REBUILDING THIS
Everyone Counts
THERE ARE BETTER WAYS OF REBUILDING THIS
No One Should be Silenced
WE NEED BETTER WAYS OF ADDRESSING THIS
Ensuring that All Voices are Heard
BETTER WAYS
To build a school
A school could be built on the existing site with ease. The site does not flood. It can no longer flood, because Brandhall Golf Course now retains all of the flood water further upstream. Furthermore, the entire length of brook road is a flood catchment basin, so that would have to fill from the sky directly above it, or the manmade dam on the golf course would have to fail.
How about a new eco-school, with a rooftop garden, and re-opening the River Tame water culvert to create a natural space?
WE RECKON THAT IT FLOODS THAT MUCH ON THIS SITE, THAT SAD-UNWELL WILL BUILD AN ENTIRE NEW HOUSING ESTATE THERE FASTER THAN YOU CAN BLINK! Who are these people kidding?
THE HIVE EFFECT
BEE SIXTY-EIGHT
BRANDHALL
Welcome to the way it should be.
Food For All
Food. We don't need to go into detail about the global food chain but mentioning the cost, the shortage, and the demand is something that affects us at a local level. The Hive Effect can alleviate some of those problems by making fresh produce available to local people who may never have had access to such produce before.
This IS Food For All - so Join In and dig in!
Next Level Education
For the engineers out there, for the inventors and the problem solvers, we have some projects to whet your appetite too. They are all very hush right now but all will be revealed at our launch. It may turn out that you have an idea that is the best idea ever and you want to shout about it. Contact us by pressing the button below.
This Is Permaculture
The Ethics on which permaculture are built:
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"Care of Earth: Provision for all life systems to continue to multiply"
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"Care of People: Provision for people to access those resources necessary for their existence"
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"Set limits to consumption and reproduction, and redistribute surplus"
Interested Parties
Our ideas have attracted so much attention from local businesses keen to explore our ideas further. These businesses are amongst the best in their fields, and they like what we're doing.
Call back when we launch and all will be revealed.
If you have an idea or you have thought to yourself "why hasn't anyone tried this before", then contact us by pressing the button below to get heard.
There Are Boundaries
The land is triangle in shape with borders to the railway embankment n the NW, a tree-lined border and the River Tame to the NE, and Penncricket Lane is to the South. The railway embankment boundary is protected entirely by an 8ft steel palisade fence. The Penncricket Lane boundary is a 5ft green mesh wire fence with godfather posts and a hawthorn hedge. The boundary to the river tame, has no defined border or fence, however, there is a row of trees/ bushes and shrubs that give an idea of the boundary line.
Help us to save this open space along with other important spaces within our communities by pressing the button below.
