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Our "leaders" are going to keep making empty promises. It makes them feel good. It gets the activists to act like zombie kittens. If you want to have some self-respect and perhaps make a difference (actual facts may vary), then find a functioning group that cares about your skills and knowledge - what you have, what you want. One useful group might be www.climateemergencymanchester.net - you can email them on contact@climateemergencymanchester.net-
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“We are the Northern Powerhouse” #ExtinctionRebellion #Manchester 30 Aug- 4 Sept
This via an email list: THE NORTH RISES UP! JOIN THE NORTHERN REBELLION Rebels, you’re invited to a civil summer… It’s finally the North’s turn to rise up for the climate and ecological emergency. To keep up the momentum after … Continue reading
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Upcoming Event: “Climate Emergency, Energy Democracy and the Labour Movement”, Weds 10 July, #Manchester
Details here. UK labour movement representatives and international allies are meeting in Manchester on 9-10 July to discuss climate emergency, public control over the power sector and the Labour Party strategy for decarbonisation. The meeting will be assessing the Labour … Continue reading
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Looting the Ivory Tower: interview with academics about UK energy policy and nuclear motivations…
Sometimes academics ARE useful to social movements. They have the time and sometimes the training to do research that can help social movements understand what is actually going on, behind the hype, the PR and the intense battles. Much of … Continue reading
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Exclusive: Manchester City Council to hold “Climate Action Summit” in July
Manchester City Council has told backbench councillors that it intends to hold a climate action summit in July, to provide “a space for children and young people to discuss their views, and articulate what they want” In an email from … Continue reading
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June calendar, for what it’s worth #Manchester #climate
Here’s the best list I can compile of upcoming climate events in Manchester I can find. Some groups don’t have a website, others don’t update theirs, others still, oh, look, who actually cares? The take-home message is this – that … Continue reading
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New website: Rising Up! Manchester Families
Yesterday Rising Up! Manchester Families staged an excellent family-friendly protest march from All Saints Park to Piccadilly Gardens. Hundreds of people, including mums with kids, babies in strollers, old farts and new farts, promenaded to the city centre. Alongside this, … Continue reading
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Frack-Free Greater #Manchester meeting, Tues 4th June.
Next Frack Free Greater Manchester is Tuesday 4th June, from 7.15pm at the Greenfish Resource Centre, Oldham St, Central Manchester. Agenda 1. Further discussing about possible campaign actions against Ineos 2. Upcoming events and co-ordination with other GM Climate groups … Continue reading
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Event Report: Green Drinks #Manchester on the “#Climate Emergency”, May 30th @GreenDrinksMCR
About fifty people crammed into the Patagonia store on King Street (no, I didn’t know there was one there either), last night to hear a talk about solutions to the climate emergency. The event was organised by Green Drinks Manchester … Continue reading
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Interview with #climate activist Jo Murphy. #Manchester #ExtinctionRebellion
The latest interview with an Extinction Rebellion activist – see here for others! My name is Jo Murphy , I’m a 53 yr old mother of 3 and Pilates teacher. When did you first become aware of climate change as … Continue reading
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Climate fictions contest “Anthropo-Scenes”
From here. Climate scientists use models and graphs and maps to tell us what the world might be like in times to come – but telling us what life in those worlds might be like is the role of literary … Continue reading
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