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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: December 2012
Help Needed for Mole Survey!
The Greater Manchester Local Records Centre are currently gathering data on the distribution of moles in the region. If you’ve got any information, please forward it to Matt Holker using this survey form.To add a record, click on the link and then click “Cancel and … Continue reading
University of Manchester’s Sustainability Lead Interviewed – Colin Hughes
MCFly editor Marc Hudson met up with the University of Manchester Associate Vice President of Sustainability Colin Hughes to talk about everything from what an associate vice president of sustainability does to fuel poverty, aviation and ‘measuring success’. For the … Continue reading
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Upcoming Event: Open Source Energy Monitor making at #madlab in #Manchester, Thurs 13 Dec
Carbon Co-op have been working with openenergymonitor.org, to produce innovative, modular, home environment monitors using open source hardware and software. Now we need people to help us build them. Unlike conventional energy monitors, the kit is flexible, modular and totally … Continue reading
The #Manchester Climate Change Action Plan “refresh” insultation; MCFly’s contribution
Attention Conservation Notice: This is an open letter to the Steering Group about their “refresh” of the Manchester Climate Change Action Plan. We know it will be ignored, but silence in the face of such disastrous inadequacy is complicity. And … Continue reading
Essay: The Importance of Positive Communications Around Sustainability
New MCFly writer Kevin Swindells dug out this essay that he submitted to a competition. We’d love to hear other people’s views on “the importance of positive communications.” There’s just one criterion – nobody is allowed to quote that glib … Continue reading
Event Report: #Manchester Friends of the Earth and Action for Sustainable Living AGMs
It’s that time of year – eggnog, AGMs and enforced jollity. Tuesday night saw 25 or so people attend the Manchester Friends of the Earth do at the Angel pub near the new whizz-bang “green” Co-op building (insert dubious spatial … Continue reading
Posted in Event reports
Tagged Action for Sustainable Living, Manchester Friends of the Earth
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Essential Reading: “The id and the eco” – on #climate change, anxiety and acknowledging feelings of helplessness
Here is some must-read reading for anyone who thinks – or acts as if – more information about climate change and its impacts is how you shift behaviour and opinions. It’s a crystal-clear (no jargon!) article by Rosemary Randall, “a … Continue reading
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Tagged information-deficit model, psychoanalysis, Rosemary Randall
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Upcoming Event: “Ethical Fundraising – luxury or necessity?” at Bridge 5 Mill, #Manchester, Fri 7th December
You are invited to the MERCi AGM and the big debate… Ethical Fundraising – luxury or necessity? In these uncertain times when funding is scarce is it OK to ditch ethics in order to survive? Come and join the big … Continue reading
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#Manchester City Council to discuss climate change at full council? Er, no…
UPDATE: The plot… thins. See the end of this post for more details and an apology. MCFly jumps the gun twice in a week!! Must see a doctor about that premature encapsulation… An in-depth presentation of climate change action by … Continue reading
Alexandra Park in South #Manchester – another view on the proposed tree-felling
On Sunday we posted a link to a petition asking the City Council and Heritage Lottery Fund to reconsider their plans to chop down some trees in Alexandra Park. It was on our “to do” list to get a statement … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Democratic deficit, Manchester City Council
Tagged Alexandra Park
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