Ir you give a damn, find a functional group
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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Manchester Climate Monthly #1 – January 2012
The agonising wait is over! The first issue of MCFly is available to read/download etc. It’s an 8-pager, with a two page feature on what has been going on in 2011 and what’s planned for 2012, book reviews, cycling consultations, … Continue reading
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Youtube: What motivates people?
This morning I inducted the fourth MCFly volunteer, “magicmark86”. I also showed him everything I know about making youtube videos, which didn’t take long. We knocked up a script, found some images, narrated and started putting it together, using software … Continue reading
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Article alert: “Climatic city: Two centuries of urban planning and climate science in Manchester (UK) and its region”
Always nice to get historical perspective, innit? In 1852, the Manchester and Salford Sanitary Association (MSSA; Gibson, 1972) took the lead in trying to enforce the (limited) legislation on smoke where-by factories could emit no more than 3 min per … Continue reading
Job Alert: FeedingManchester Co-ordinator, closes Jan 9
From the Kindling Trust’s website “Foodlink NW were so impressed with what we had been able to do in Manchester with very little money that they are funding two part-time FeedingManchester co-ordinators for the next two years…. The funding will … Continue reading
Event Report: Citycamp Manchester
MCFly asked Ruth Rosselson to explain a recent event called “Citycamp Manchester.” Citycamp Manchester took place on 14th and 15th October at the Friends Meeting House. With the very broad theme of “making Manchester a more sustainable and resilient city”, … Continue reading
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Competition: £150 and warm innner glow to be won…
MCFly got this in our email inbox, and is passing it on… EMERGE‘s Zero Waste Champions Competition Reduce your waste by taking Emerge’s Zero Waste Challenge, encourage other people in your community to do the same, and you could win … Continue reading
Book Review: “Earth Grab!”
Earth Grab! Geopiracy, the New Biomassters and Capturing Climate Genes Publisher: Pambazuka Press ISBN: 978-0-85749-044-5 Pages: 170 plus index Price: £14.95 Earth Grab is a straight-forward look at how the ecological crisis could get ugly(ier) if we end up relying … Continue reading
MCFly climate bulletin #8, Dec 26 2011
Hi all, Hope Santa brought you what you wanted, in his low carbon way. Here’s an email bulletin to distract you from those repeating-on-you brussel sprouts and the Bond movie…. The first Manchester Climate Monthly (dead tree format) hits the … Continue reading
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Competition: Climate Justice poster – 1000 euro first prize
MCFly wonders if anyone will ever organise something like this in Manchester? In the meantime, you can enter this… Germanwatch is running a contest with cash prizes for the most original, artistically high qualitative and meaningful poster on climate justice. … Continue reading
Council Executive to make Wythenshawe Park a Local Nature Reserve
Manchester City Council’s 9-member Executive (see our youtube video about ’em here) will today agree to turn Wythenshawe Park into a Local Nature Reserve. Local Nature Reserves “are sites that contain wildlife and/or geological features that are of special interest … Continue reading
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