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Category Archives: AGMA
#Climate Local? It better not be deja vu all over again… #Manchester promises…
UPDATE: The image we use here is a screengrab from the latest Low Carbon Hub Bulletin. So, at the Greater Manchester “Low Carbon Hub” meeting last Friday (1) one of the items for agreement will have had a certain familiarity. … Continue reading
#Manchester City Council – bad news and good news on #climate #environment #NigelMurphy #crc
We asked for a statement from the Council on the fact that the post of Director of Environmental Strategy is being abolished. We were particularly interested, we said, in what effect that would have on climate action in Manchester. Here … Continue reading
Newsflash: @SirRichardLeese answers questions on #Manchester #climate #adaptation
Sir Richard Leese, Leader of Manchester City Council, has broken his silence on the question of climate adaptation. In an email to a MCFly reader, he has stated that the newly-created Local Nature Partnership will make the difference between earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptation, AGMA
Tagged adaptation, carbon literacy, Cooler, Ecocities, Richard Leese
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Grants for Greater #Manchester projects to increase #recycling and reduce waste
Please forward this information on to anyone who might be interested! New Year, new funding….. With Christmas behind us, now is a time to enter the New Year with new enthusiasm and fresh ideas for increasing recycling and reducing waste. … Continue reading
Save £250 on your electricity and gas bills (but please, #Manchester folks, don’t put that dosh towards a cheap flight!)
This is a scheme organised by all ten of Greater Manchester’s Local Authorities. You have to live in one to be eligible. They don’t say it, so we here at MCFly will – please don’t spend the money you save … Continue reading
Upcoming Event: TfGM’s habit of announcing consultations at last minute – can we Budge It?
On Christmas Eve the public were informed (as in, a press release went out) that they can come and be all democraticky and oversighty about Transport for Greater Manchester’s public spending plans. When is this? About ten days time. This, … Continue reading
Posted in AGMA, Democratic deficit, Transport, Upcoming Events
Tagged thin veneer of democracy
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Event Report: Will retrofit guinea-pigs fly? They had better, or else wfio (!)… #Green Deal #Manchester
Attention Conservation Notice: A short account of a meeting at Manchester Town Hall for people interested in lowering energy bills, saving carbon and generally taking (baby) steps on the journey to Greater Manchester’s climate change goals. Followed by a blow-by-blow … Continue reading
Posted in AGMA, Energy, Event reports, GM Climate Strategy
Tagged carbon coop, Community Green Deal, Environment Commission, Green Deal, urbed
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A tale of two ironies – a “forum” about #Manchester and its sustainability
Attention Conservation Notice: First the two ironies, then some barely-controlled vitriol, about the cities@manchester event held tonight. Of interest primarily to people who were there, or who like to watch bridges burn to their foundations and then watch the foundations … Continue reading
Posted in academia, AGMA, Democratic deficit, Event reports, Manchester City Council
Tagged CLES, did you not get the memo that trickledown is dead?, governance, I can't believe it's not better, if this is radical thinking we are toast, steady state and more aviation infrastructure are NOT compatible, urbed
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Environment Commission plays musical chairs; without a chair.
and the song is “The Sound of Silence.“ By dawn on May 4th Dave Goddard, chair of the Environment Commission, knew he had lost his council seat. Later that day we phoned and then sent an email to officers who … Continue reading
Ecocities “widening debate” on Manchester adaptation – in parallel universe, maybe
Words like “engagement”, and “involvement” and “stakeholders” get tossed around pretty lightly in Manchester. The reality is somewhat more tawdry. The latest example of the gap between what is said and what is done comes to us from the world … Continue reading
