Monthly Archives: July 2012

Fallowfield Secret Garden – week-long opening!!

Posted on July 14, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

this from their website… Big volunteer push!!! from Fallowfield Secret Garden by gav1187 Got some great news for you all today.  Me and Mark have committed one full time week of garden attendance starting this Monday… This means the Secret … Continue reading →

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Something for the Weekend 13 July 2012 #Manchester #Climate

Posted on July 13, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

We went to hospital the other day, to visit a friend.  Got lost, so walked onto a ward to ask for directions. All the doctors and nurses were singing Auld Lang Syne, which was pretty odd.  We said to one … Continue reading →

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Event Report: What’s cooking? The planet, soon enough

Posted on July 13, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Attention Conservation Notice: MCFly co-editor Marc Hudson is seduced by good food, good research [about food, in this instance] and lucid approachable academics. First a bit about the report, then the launch event. “The key message from this report is … Continue reading →

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Steady State Manchester: how, where, why etc

Posted on July 13, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Hello all, next Thursday, 19th July, you have a great chance to gather together with other people who want to make Manchester greener and fairer.  There’s a “drop-in” session at Madlab, on Edge St, in the Northern Quarter from 6.30pm … Continue reading →

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Going Through the Motions? Manchester City Council and Climate Change

Posted on July 12, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

A Liberal Democrat motion at July 11th’s full Council, calling on Manchester City Council to be “more sustainable,” was  radically amended by Labour councillors before being passed. The LibDem councillor who proposed the motion,  Victor Chamberlain (Chorlton) has described the … Continue reading →

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Newsflash: Manchester City Council going through the fracking motions

Posted on July 11, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council’s dominant Labour group has passed a radically-amended motion about “fracking,” a controversial process of accessing hard-to-reach natural gas.  The original motion, which called on the Council to “declare itself a ‘Fracking-Free Zone’,” was put forward by one … Continue reading →

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(Fracking Awful Event) Report: MCFly unco-operative? Bank on it.

Posted on July 10, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly co-editor Marc Hudson finds out that his price is a little higher than a free ice-cream and a comp showing of an American eco-documentary. I would have been better off staying at the Friends of the Earth meeting (1). … Continue reading →

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Volunteer Opportunity: Help make #Manchester carbon literate!!

Posted on July 10, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

We here at MCFly are volunteers (the £8,800 from Lush goes to pay for printing, web-hosting and the like).  We think volunteering is a Good Thing.  And we think that “carbon literacy” is a Good Thing (not quite as good … Continue reading →

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Setting Manchester City Council in ‘Green’ Motion?

Posted on July 10, 2012 by arwafreelance

On Wednesday 11th of July, Manchester City Council will meet and discuss a motion about ‘Making Manchester more Sustainable’. The motion has been put forward by Chorlton councillor Victor Chamberlain, one of 9 Liberal Democrats in the Labour-dominated 96 -member … Continue reading →

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Job Alert: Volunteer Coordinator for EMERGE 3Rs (paid gig!!)

Posted on July 9, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Paid employment opportunity: Volunteer Coordinator for EMERGE 3Rs EMERGE 3Rs has a paid employment opportunity for a new Volunteer Coordinator. The main purpose of the role is to develop and coordinate EMERGE’s volunteering programme which involves volunteers in a range … Continue reading →

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