Monthly Archives: December 2013

BBC Radio #Manchester and doing the “read the papers” thing

Posted on December 10, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

I was on this morning.  You can listen to it here – until Dec 17th or so. From 46:42  me on Mandela, fracking and Super-cockroaches And then from 1:20: 19 On the difficulties of being a Big Charity, and some … Continue reading →

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Event Report: “Groaning the City” #citycons #Manchester

Posted on December 10, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Marc Hudson attends (1) a redemption ritual for corporate “environmentalists” and finds himself musing about ecological modernisation, prostitutes and the #deliciousambiguity of the ‘cons’ in #citycons… There were 130 (2) or so of us, sat in rows, listening to the … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Facepalm: Solar panel owners to be penalised for “free-riding”

Posted on December 6, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

According to the Grauniad, those smart-alecs at ALEC – the “American Legislative Exchange Council” are going to try to get laws passed that would penalise people who have invested in solar panels. Shades of Monty Burns?

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#Manchester City Council fails to produce Green and Blue Infrastructure strategy. For 50 gazillionth time.

Posted on December 6, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Oh, this story is the gift that keeps on giving. A Green and Blue Infrastructure plan (that’s parks and canals and lakes, to you and me), has been promised and delayed, promised and delayed, so many times that we’ve lost … Continue reading →

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Repost: Environmental protest group disbands in chaos after all members revealed to be undercover police

Posted on December 5, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

From this very reliable news source. Environmental protest group disbands in chaos: all members revealed to be undercover police Some officers struggled with the ‘convincingly blending in’ aspect of going undercover. A Dunstable based environmental protest group disbanded in chaos when … Continue reading →

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Off-topic and a bit philosophical: Is it possible to #changehow nothing changes?

Posted on December 5, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

While I brew a post about the nature of successful feedback, clock this piece of cynicism. There should also perhaps be a paragraph that says “Can see that change needs to happen, have the motivation, try and then get demotivated … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Will it take a “change howitzer” to #changehow Compass does its conferences? #bile #anger #ffs

Posted on December 4, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly editor Marc Hudson goes to a left-wing thinktank’s ‘different’ conference and comes away ready to sign up… to the Tories. This Very Long and Cathartic Blogpost is going to be a chronological account of the whole appalling day which … Continue reading →

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#Manchester International Women’s Day 2014- nominate someone for “Women Protecting our Enviornment”

Posted on December 3, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

The International Women’s Day award nomination deadline has been extended until Tuesday 10 December. As yet, they have still not received any nominations for the following category: “Women Protecting Our Environment This award is for a woman or a group … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Event: “Cities and Climate Change: Resilience and Responding to the Urban Challenge” #Manchester Thurs 12th Dec

Posted on December 2, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Mobilising who for what,eh? It’s just wonderful that they have asked Steady State Manchester, Friends of the Earth, Manchester Climate Monthly and  the people who put together the “Call to Real Action” that actually forced the Council to do the … Continue reading →

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Event Report: “Ways of Seeing Climate Change”

Posted on December 2, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly reader Ann Onymous tells us what she thought of a recent exercise in Science Communication. It’s taken me a while to think about how best to write up the recent ‘Ways of Seeing Climate Change Event’ that was held … Continue reading →

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