Why is this new consultation about Oxford Road worth your time? What’s been going on locally, nationally and internationally? Is Barbara Kingsolver’s climate novel “Flight Behaviour worth your time? What special problems do groups trying to tackle climate change face?

All good questions, and you will find answers in the latest “Manchester Climate Monthly,” along with the usual “what you can do”, “Coal Face Interviews” and extensive calendar of green events on the back page. PLEASE retweet this/put it on facebook, tell your friends. And as ever, your comments and critiques and suggestions are v. welcome, to mcmonthly@gmail.com

PS Apologies for almost (but not quite) missing the “First Monday” rule.  Turn to page 6 and you’ll find out a part of the reason…