Monthly Archives: May 2016

#Manchester Steering Group, £100k, promises to overhaul website. Doesn’t.

Posted on May 9, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Last July the the Manchester A Certain Future Steering Group*, which has received cash and seconded staff in excess of £100k from Manchester City Council,  published its annual report.  In that report they promised newsletters (a promise they broke). They … Continue reading →

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Theatre Review: “Climate of Fear”

Posted on May 8, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Climate change is a toxic subject for theatre. It’s not going to bring in large audiences, star performers or supply a catchy show name to put up in lights. More likely, it will further whiten and age the crowd, sprinkling … Continue reading →

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Community Energy Project dosh. Deadline 31 May

Posted on May 7, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

See here for more info. The M&S Energy Community Energy Fund is back for 2016! We’re pleased to announce that the M&S Energy Community Energy Fund is open for applications with £350,000 to distribute to community groups across the UK … Continue reading →

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Elections and Climate, Vale 4 Labour Councillors (#Manchester’s loss)

Posted on May 7, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

SHOCK NEWS: Manchester Climate Monthly writes nice things about a) anyone and b) councillors. The local council elections on Thursday ended Manchester Labour’s complete control.  They now only have 95 of the 96 council seats.  The one odd-person-out is John … Continue reading →

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Steering Group promises “opportunities to get involved.” Doesn’t deliver

Posted on May 6, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

The Steering Group, the group that has received roughly £100k from Manchester City Council, has broken a promise to inform stakeholders of how they can be involved in making the next strategic plan.  The promise was made in its 2015 Annual … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Event: #Climate Poetry Lab Tues May 17th #Manchester

Posted on May 5, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

More details on facebook. Call me an old curmudgeon, but I don’t know what is gained by calling everything a “lab” or a “hub” or such nonsense.

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Greens edge Labour in election!!! …

Posted on May 4, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

… survey.  Greens edge Labour in election survey. Sorry, couldn’t help myself. Manchester Friends of the Earth does an election survey, where they ask candidates for local authority seats across Greater Manchester a series of questions about their positions on … Continue reading →

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Steering Group meeting was NOT quorate. #Manchester

Posted on May 4, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

The infamous Steering Group meeting in February 2016, at which only one Director of the company was present, and 8 sent their apologies, was NOT quorate. How do we know this?  Not because answers have finally been forthcoming from the … Continue reading →

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Comically inept #Manchester Steering Group has no energy chair #climate #farce 

Posted on May 4, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Over five working days ago, the Steering Group promised imminent answers to questions that it had “not” ignored.  Of course, those answers have not arrived.  It’s like Waiting for Godot, with all of Beckett’s bleakness, but none of his intelligence. … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Labour Manifesto = April Fools Spoof, only worse.

Posted on May 3, 2016 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester Labour Party’s election manifesto seems to have been ‘inspired’ by a post on Manchester Climate Monthly.  That’s the good news.  The bad news is that the post in question was an April Fool’s spoof, in which we announced that … Continue reading →

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