Monthly Archives: March 2014

Upcoming Event: The Age of Austerity and what you can do #Manchester Sat 22nd March

Posted on March 19, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

This Saturday in Manchester. Discussing What You Can Do As an Individual Ruth Stokes Journalist & Author ‘The Armchair Activist’s Handbook As a Neighbourhood Group Kath Godfrey Greenslate Community Farm As a Regional Organisation Philip Duval Chair – Equality NW. … Continue reading →

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Reply to Kate Chappell, #Manchester lead councillor on #climate and environment

Posted on March 18, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

The story so far: in late January a bunch of citizens signed an open letter to Manchester City Council calling on it to take 9 specific actions on climate change.  After a slightly disappointing start, the Executive Member for the … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Event: Can #Manchester become a cycling city? Tues 8th April

Posted on March 17, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Can Manchester become a cycling city? cities@manchester Urban Forum Tuesday 8 April, 6-8pm, International Anthony Burgess Foundation 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester, M1 5BY Cycling is increasingly becoming a preferred mode of transport in cities around the world. What is the … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Council Exec Member for the Environment Kate Chappell interviewed on #climate #drains etc

Posted on March 17, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Councillor Kate Chappell interviewed on the subject of drains and much else  (thanks to climate change we can expect episodes of lots-of-rain-in-a-very-short-period).

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Sunday cheerfulness for #Manchester; #Snowden, #climate, #food #GCHQ & #lemmings

Posted on March 16, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

There’s a chap called Graham Wayne who has persistently and consistently been writing excellent stuff on all aspects of climate change (science, policy, denial, etc). His latest piece, “What connects Edward Snowden, climate change, GCHQ and lemmings?” is very fine, … Continue reading →

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“If we die, we’re taking you with us” say the bees. And they’re not wrong

Posted on March 15, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly
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Book Review: ‘The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History’ #Manchester #climate

Posted on March 15, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly’s biodiversity correspondent, Dave Bishop, reads a “brilliant, lucid, very readable, scientifically up-to-date, tragic and utterly terrifying” book… Review: ‘The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History’ by Elizabeth Kolbert; Bloomsbury, 2014. On one fateful day 66 million years ago, the Earth’s … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Ecological Modernisation meets Jevons Paradox in #Manchester

Posted on March 14, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

The hosting; immaculate The presentations; fascinating That question; crucial. The “North West Sustainable Business Quarterly” (the clue in is in t’name) meetings are held high above the city streets, on the 24th floor of the City Tower. Many (not all!) … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Seminar: #Manchester “Why US Local Govns take action on shale gas” Weds 19th

Posted on March 14, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester University’s Centre for Urban Resilience and Energy (CURE) in collaboration with Manchester Energy and Geography at SEED Seminar series would like to invite you to the plenary lecture ‘A Vote of ‘No Confidence’: Why US Local Governments Take Action … Continue reading →

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#Climate denialism – what, how, why, who. Video by #Manchester bigmouth

Posted on March 14, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

After I published an interview with the excellent blogger over at “And Then There’s Physics” there were some brief and exceptionally useful exchanges with a few people (some more than others), on the D word…  I promised a video. Voila. … Continue reading →

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