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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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Event Report: “Low Carbon Transitions; Relevant Lessons from the 1970s crisis?”
Attention Conservation Notice: MCFly got invited to an academic seminar entitled “Low Carbon Transitions: Relevant Lessons from the 1970s crisis?” at the CUBE gallery on Portland St, hosted by Salford University’s SURF. The format (more on that) was of short-ish … Continue reading
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Tagged Aidan While, Andy Beckett, Bob Jessop, Keynes, Patsy Healey
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Monthly Journal Overview (“MoJO”) #4, May 2012
Welcome to the latest semi-random pickings from recent journals. We hope that something below is of use to either academics or “activists”, or both. Journals are listed alphabetically. If we’ve missed something written by a Manchester-based academic, or about Manchester, … Continue reading
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Manchester Climate nuggets week beginning April 30
Hi all, new MCFly (#5) only a week away. As ever, we are very very keen to have volunteers give us an hour/day/week/first-born of their lives… mcmonthly@gmail.com Coming up this week Tues 1 May NW Sustainable Futures Summit, Museum of … Continue reading
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Event Report: Tues April 17th Climate Hustings
On Tuesday 17th April around 50 people gathered in the Friends Meeting House to watch representatives of Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens answer the question “Is Manchester City Council taking the right action on climate change?” At the … Continue reading
Event Report: MMU Green Impacts Awards Ceremony
Over a hundred people gathered in a building that isn’t even officially open yet to celebrate their actions on climate and environment in the last year. The event was the Green Impact Awards 2012 of Manchester Metropolitan University, where 67 … Continue reading
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Tagged cooler projects, Green Impacts, Mary Heaney, MetMUnch, Michael O'Doherty, MMU, Ruth Ashcroft
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Something for the Weekend 27th April 2012
How many counsellors does it take to change a light bulb? Only one, but the light bulb has to really want to change. And this weekend…) Saturday 28, 11am-3pm Love Food Fest is a celebration of sustainable eating in Manchester. … Continue reading
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Course alert: Internal Auditor Training (ISO 14001) – May 31st
We got an email through from Groundwork. (ISO14001 is pretty tough. Back in January we reported on how Manchester-based law firm Pannone achieved it). We are writing to inform you of our ISO 14001 Internal Auditor Training day on the … Continue reading
Volunteers needed Sat April 28 to promote FareShare North West
Hmm, sorry about that – wordpress ate the post. It’s an email we’ve received from Fareshare North West, the regional branch of a national charity committed to supporting communities to combat food poverty and food waste. Could you spare a … Continue reading
Book Reviews: World Cities and Climate Change, Cities and Low Carbon Transitions
Marc Hudson co-editor reads two academic books about climate change. One is merely very good, the second is staggeringly useful to activists, and chunks of it urgently needs translating into youtubes and “bluffers’ guides” and so on. Help wanted! World … Continue reading
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Earth Day in Didsbury, and eco-cookery to come!
Amanda from Didsbury Dinners has something to share… Many thanks to everyone who supported Didsbury Dinners’ Earth Day celebrations (22 April). We marked the day at our Barlow Moor Road community garden by planting an array of donated seeds, including … Continue reading
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