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Our "leaders" are going to keep making empty promises. It makes them feel good. It gets the activists to act like zombie kittens. If you want to have some self-respect and perhaps make a difference (actual facts may vary), then find a functioning group that cares about your skills and knowledge - what you have, what you want. One useful group might be www.climateemergencymanchester.net - you can email them on contact@climateemergencymanchester.net-
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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Unanswered questions about Chorlton Green Festival
We’d like to be able to tell you some basic good things about the Chorlton Green Festival being held on Saturday March 31st.Things about how volunteers are learning new skills, the “success metrics” of the Festival, and the “lessons learnt” … Continue reading
Posted in Democratic deficit, Event reports, humour, Upcoming Events, volunteer opportunity
Tagged Chorlton Green Festival
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SEMMMS like old times
Went to a Friends of the Earth meeting tonight(1). It was arranged so we could learn more about the new plans for “Airport City” (see previous MCFly story here) and the road that will – if/when it is built, at … Continue reading
MCFly Climate Bulletin #12, January 30 2012
Hi all, Help!! We need a graphic designer who will work for the same money we make here at MCFly. We need her (or him) to design a poster for the “Green Valentine’s” event that we are hosting on, well, … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly bulletins
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Manchester Biodiversity Action Plan 2012-16 Gets Green Light
The Manchester Biodiversity Action Plan 2012-16 [1] was passed by the Communities and Neighbourhoods Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 10th January 2012 and agreed by the Executive on the 18th (minutes pending). Who was there? Committee: about 18 (including the … Continue reading
I’ll recycle, but keep your green fascist hands off my flying
From personal experience (cough cough), there are limits to the sacrifices that even the greenest of us are usually willing to make.* Now some academics seem to have proved it. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management Volume 54, Issue 10, … Continue reading
Posted in Aviation
Tagged hypocrisy, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
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Newsflash: Stakeholder Conference venue announced
The Climate Change Action Plan Stakeholder Conference date and venue have now been announced. However, you will have to wait another “couple of weeks” to actually book your place – that’s if you have any annual leave (and patience) left… … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change Action Plan
Tagged Annual Stakeholder Conference, Steering Group
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Event Report: Waste is a beautiful thing to mind
The chair of the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority today launched a shameless (and successful) bid to grab headlines. Cllr Neil Swannick (Labour, Bradford ward), a former Executive Member for the Environment for Manchester City Council, was giving a report … Continue reading
Posted in AGMA, Manchester City Council, recycling
Tagged GMCA, GMWDA, John Merry, Neil Swannick
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Incredible forest gardens
Manchester Climate Monthly volunteer Roisin Weintraub investigates local food production. I have heard and been very impressed with Todmorden’s Incredible Edible. I’ve never been to see what they do, but have watched their progress via the internet and heard awed … Continue reading
Posted in Food, volunteer opportunity
Tagged Incredible Edible Todmorden, Roisin Weintraub
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Event Report: Corridor of Power?
Manchester’s “Oxford Road Corridor” came under an academic spotlight today at the University of Manchester (on Oxford Road). “Corridor” is, in its own words, “the first partnership of its kind in the UK. It brings together Manchester City Council, the … Continue reading
Event: Book Club on Mon Feb 6th – “Animal Farm” and climate change
George Orwell’s classic (and short!) book will be up for discussion at the first ever “Manchester Climate Monthly” reading group event. It’s happening on Monday 6th February, from 7pm, in the front room at the Waterhouse Pub, Princess Street (literally … Continue reading
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