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PMT # 10: Please publicise new #Manchester #climate Monthly, and critique it
The new MCFly came out on Monday. http://manchesterclimatemonthly.net/2013/03/04/manchester-climate-monthly-15-march-2013-out-now-mcc/ Paper copies will be available from this afternoon at Lush on Market St, and by asking the editors when you see ‘em. 1) Please facebook/tweet/add to your group’s next email bulletin etc. … Continue reading
Posted in Democratic deficit, Manchester City Council, PMT
Tagged consultation, insultation, steady-state economics
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PMT #9: Write a *positive* letter to #Manchester Council Communities Scrutiny Committee, asking for #climate hearings
Please write a letter of encouragement and appreciation (yes, this IS Manchester Climate Monthly – your eyes are not deceiving you). Please write this letter (and inevitably we’ve written a draft for you to start from – see below), and … Continue reading
PMT #8: Tell us what you would like to see MCFly do more of and less of?
It’s a lonely old business running this newsletter/blog. We know we annoy some people by writing articles about things that AREN’T going well, exposing hypocrisies and unkept promises. We know that many of our most popular posts are the ones … Continue reading
PMT #7: Respond to #Manchester City Council’s budget “consultation”
You have until February 20th to reply to City Council’s request for public opinion on their proposed actions. While of course it is very important to save this library or that swimming pool from closure it’s also important a) to … Continue reading
Event Report: We need to talk about growth, #Manchester #Tyndall
Is economic growth “sustainable” – in either the sense of being able to continue, and in the sense of it being compatible with a habitable planet? This was – more or less – the central question that four panellists and … Continue reading
Event Report: “Going for Growth – stimulating sustainable local regeneration” #gfg12
In a day full of words and assertions, the single most important question was not asked until fifteen minutes after the scheduled end-time. Half the delegates had already left. They missed nothing, however, because neither of the panelists, nor indeed … Continue reading
Posted in Event reports
Tagged buzzword bingo, CLES, Cooperative Group, David Harvey, don't ask a goldfish about the water, ecological modernisation, meaningless buzzwords, New Economy (sic), Noma, Public Sector Events, Richard Leese, spatial fix, steady-state economics, test of endurance
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Newsflash: #Manchester Economy Scrutiny Committee in “best ever” shocker
Manchester’s future – and the world’s – was discussed by a packed room of councillors, officers and members of the public this morning at Manchester Town Hall. The Economy Scrutiny Committee (see youtube here) was joined by upwards of 20 … Continue reading
Youtube: #Manchester City Council to discuss Steady-State Economics
On Wednesday 20th June a committee of Manchester City Council will discuss Steady-State Economics. The meeting starts promptly at 9.15am at the Town Hall, and is open to the public. Background and critique of the report here. Here’s a two-minute … Continue reading
Critique of #Manchester City Council’s Steady-State report
Next Wednesday, June 20, councillors and citizens will discuss a report about Steady-State economics, at Mancheser City Council’s “Economy Scrutiny Committee.” (See below for details) This report was written solely by several council officers, despite a long-standing offer to work … Continue reading
NEWSFLASH: Council to release report on Steady-State Economics
First the good news; Manchester City Council has committed itself to producing a report on Steady State Economics. This follows an open letter to its Economy Scrutiny committee [see membership here]. last November. That letter was signed by co-ordinators of … Continue reading
