Ir you give a damn, find a functional group
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: April 2013
Job(s) Alert: Press & Publicity Worker and Finance Worker Kindling Trust #Manchester
From Kindling Trust website We are recruiting. Fancy joining us as a Press & Publicity Worker or Finance Worker? We are looking for people to fill two part-time employment opportunities here at Kindling and join our little team. Do you … Continue reading
#Manchester and Earth Hour? City Council does its bit
No matter what the subject, one of our regular commenters (hi Patrick!) is likely to chip in with a comment about the wasted energy from lights being left on in big buildings in the city centre. He will not doubt … Continue reading
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#Manchester City Council; #carbon budgets to continue #climate
Manchester City Council has recently abolished the post of “Director of Environmental Strategy” (another casualty of the Central Government cuts). Given that this person was responsible for producing the “Annual Carbon Budgets” of the City Council, we asked Team Grayskull’s … Continue reading
#Manchester #climate nuggets April 8th 2013
Hi all, we hope you can make it along to “Exchange for Change” on Saturday 27th April from 1pm to 5pm. It’s an opportunity to share your skills and knowledge, meet other people who want to make Manchester a greener … Continue reading
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Upcoming Event: “Ecohome lab”, #Manchester launch Fri April 19th
from carbon.coop Ecohome lab – launch workshop, build day & first meet up Carbon Co-op have been working with OpenEnergyMonitors to develop tools to help our members take greater control of their homes. We’ve now set up Ecohome Labs, a project to … Continue reading
Upcoming event: “Bee Cause” training with #Manchester FoE Weds 17 April
It will be interesting to see how our species feeds itself when the insects that currently pollinate our crops give up the ghost. Just sayin’. From the Manchester Friends of the Earth website; Join us for a Bee Cause training … Continue reading
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#Manchester EveNews #climate reporting #virgin on ridiculous. Same story, consecutive days #pressrelease #churnalism
All the way back in 2006 Manchester Evening News thundered in an editorial that “Going green must be our top priority.” Their main contribution appears to be recycling. Sadly, that effort is the recycling of … press releases. Ahead of … Continue reading
Repair Cafe for #Manchester – help needed
This, from James Harries, landed in our inbox. There is, inevitably, a facebook group. Pick up a screwdriver and help end our throwaway society! Fed up with our throw-away society? Want to help the transition to a more sustainable economy? … Continue reading
Ecocide Webinar on Tuesday 9th April
Do you want to learn more about ecocide and how to speak about ecocide? Polly Higgins, the international lawyer who proposed ecocide to become a crime, will give an online webinar to explain the idea and answer your questions. In … Continue reading
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Upcoming Event: “Exchange for Change” – skillshare,networking, pitching projects to potential volunteers #Manchester April 27
There is an eventbrite for this. If you want to come, please fill it in! How do we develop our skills, share our skills with others and enable our groups and our community to grow and achieve the positive changes … Continue reading
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