Monthly Archives: May 2012

Climate Stakeholder Conference Workshop Write-ups

Posted on May 4, 2012 by arwafreelance

The write up of the workshops held at the stakeholder conference 2012 are up in case you hadn’t spotted it on the website or got an email. There is also an interesting blurb from the Steering Group highlighting the ‘recurrent … Continue reading →

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Elections: New chair needed for Environment Commission, Lib Dems wiped out in Manchester

Posted on May 4, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Dave Goddard, chair of the Environment Commission(and, incidentally leader of Stockport Council)has held lost his seat in the latest local authority elections. Standing for re-election in Offerton ward, he was edged out by Labour’s Laura Booth (1346 votes) to his … Continue reading →

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“There’s no justice, there’s just us”

Posted on May 3, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

We asked MCFly reader “shakkka” to tell us what she thought about the past, present and future of non-violent direct action on climate change. Here’s what she sent us. (We’re publishing this today to mark this.) As Paul Mason said … Continue reading →

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Wednesday’s work: MCFly distribution monkey sought

Posted on May 2, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Every Wednesday afternoon (1) we’re going to post either a role that needs taking on, or a specific task (or one of each, if we are feeling particularly sisypheanly behind in a given week.) These are roles and tasks that, … Continue reading →

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Pre-election survey: Candidates ambivalent about the Airport

Posted on May 2, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester Friends of the Earth has conducted a survey about the environmental positions of candidates standing in the May 3rd local authority elections. You can read the results here – http://www.scribd.com/doc/91350632/2012-Local-Election-Report-MFoE One thing that leaps out on an initial skim … Continue reading →

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Salford Uni & Envirolink Team Up To Offer Green Training

Posted on May 1, 2012 by arwafreelance

The University of Salford and Envirolink are joining forces to offer energy and built environment training An ‘Energy Professional Development Academy’ has been set up by Salford University and low carbon business support company Envirolink to help companies cut their … Continue reading →

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Event Report: “Low Carbon Transitions; Relevant Lessons from the 1970s crisis?”

Posted on May 1, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Attention Conservation Notice: MCFly got invited to an academic seminar entitled “Low Carbon Transitions: Relevant Lessons from the 1970s crisis?” at the CUBE gallery on Portland St, hosted by Salford University’s SURF. The format (more on that) was of short-ish … Continue reading →

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Monthly Journal Overview (“MoJO”) #4, May 2012

Posted on May 1, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Welcome to the latest semi-random pickings from recent journals. We hope that something below is of use to either academics or “activists”, or both. Journals are listed alphabetically. If we’ve missed something written by a Manchester-based academic, or about Manchester, … Continue reading →

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