Yearly Archives: 2014

Another year in #Manchester – #Climate survivors 2013 and 2014

Posted on January 7, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Pauline Hocking of Climate Survivors on last year and next… What was your biggest achievement in 2013? What was our biggest achievement is a difficult question to answer.  It was great to be involved in getting a local food growing … Continue reading →

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Friends of the Earth – “Cameron’s claims on flood defences don’t stack up” #foe

Posted on January 7, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Isn’t the weather awful? Can’t think why. Labour recently speculated on whether Owen “climate change will be good for the UK” Paterson, the Environment Secretary (so help us all) might have been the teensy-weensiest bit blinkered about investing in flood … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Climate Monthly on BBC Radio Manchester – “read the papers”

Posted on January 7, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

So, got up at stupid o’clock this morning to go and do the “read the papers” thing on the Allan Beswick show, the fifth (?) time.   It’s on listen again if you missed it, for a week. Here’s the link … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Steering Group elections “how-to”. And me on t’radio again

Posted on January 6, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

The wonderful high-visibility and high-impact Steering Group is… not holding an annual stakeholder conference this year. And it’s still not holding elections. Apparently this is Too Hard. Below is my contribution to this non-debate. Coming up- a) Me on the … Continue reading →

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Video: “Can development end poverty?” #narcisissm in #Manchester

Posted on January 3, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

(Ab)normal service will resume Monday. In the meantime, this is the Q and A session after the session at University of Manchester a couple of months back. My initial spiel- “From Toy Story 3 to Noam Chomsky” – can be … Continue reading →

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Another year for #Manchester – Kindling Trust 2013 and 2014

Posted on January 2, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Kindling Trust‘s Chris Walsh talks about last year and next. What was your biggest achievement in 2013? We had many achievements in 2013 including beginning the UK’s first FarmStart project and helping Manchester Veg People with a successful CrowdFunding campaign. … Continue reading →

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#Manchester City Council Environment Exec – full interview

Posted on January 1, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

The questions are as follows – 3 secs Who you are, what you did before you came onto the council and why you came onto the council 1 min 40. So you’re trying to “change the system from within.” Would … Continue reading →

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