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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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Upcoming Play: “Baked Alaska” #climate #Manchester Tues 10th November
Tue 10 Nov: Baked Alaska – Time To Change The Temperature, Old Trafford An island in the South Pacific has a problem. It’s hollow. Anxiety levels are rising in a North American boardroom. Eve’s garden is bursting with next door’s … Continue reading
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Upcoming: Another seminar about #Paris #Manchester Monday 23rd Nov #Tyndall
Adequacy and Equity under Neoliberal Climate Governance: Assessing the Paris Moment What are the prospects for the Paris climate change negotiations? Based on the new book Power in a Warming World (MIT Press, September), this talk reviews Paris and previous … Continue reading
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Letter in #Manchester Evening News on #climate change (again)
Thank you for your article (MEN 3rd November “Region’s council bosses renew push to reduce carbon emissions in Greater Manchester”) on the “plan” to reduce Greater Manchester’s CO2 emissions by over 5 million tonnes between 2012 and 2020. The report … Continue reading
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Upcoming Event: Circular Economy won’t work… unless… #Manchester 11th November
poster seminar abstract Wednesday 11th November, 2.30 to 3.30pm Room 10.05, 10th Floor, MBS Harold Hankins Building [You have to go via the Manchester Business School entrance, and then schlepp through a maze of corridors…] A circular economy won’t work unless…… … Continue reading
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European money CAN be spent for #fracking in Greater #Manchester
European Investment Bank money may end up supporting fracking in Greater Manchester. On 19th October MCFly wrote to Greater Manchester Combined Authority, which will be overseeing some “European Structural Investment Funds” for Greater Manchester. Greater Manchester is planning to set … Continue reading
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The Steering Group – paths not taken #Manchester #climate #MACF #abolishitnow
The Steering Group was supposed to engage and INVOLVE stakeholders (sorry for shouting, but this bears repeating). There were supposed to be annual elections, and an annual conference. None of that happened because it was all too “difficult”. It’s now … Continue reading
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Letter slamming council on broken #climate promises published by #Manchester Evening News
The Manchester Evening News has a letter today that slams Kate Chappell, the Executive Member for the Environment for a broken promise (she said she would set up a blog, never did so). The letter (written by some Moss Side … Continue reading
Upcoming Film Showing: “Symphony of the Soil” #Manchester Fri 16th October
On Friday 16th October from 4.30 until 6.30pm there’s a Food Sovereignty workshopFood Journey happening at the Yard in Hulme (41 Old Birley Street). Followed at 7pm that same evening by a film screening of Symphony of the Soil – … Continue reading
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Upcoming Event: Campaigning to Protect our environment #Unison Tues 6th October
UNISON North West is hosting a public meeting on the environment during the week of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. The meeting will highlight the growing threat to our environment and how we can campaign to protect it. Speakers … Continue reading
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Upcoming event: “The politics of pollution promises: Clean Coal 1976 to present.” #Manchester #climate
Next Tuesday, 6th October, 1pm to 2pm, room 2.57 of the Simon Building, University of Manchester (just off Oxford Road). Is is free, open to the public and there is no need to book. #shamelessselfpromotion http://events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:i5u-ieyjau5o-j6bbsm/the-politics-of-pollution-promises-clean-coal-and-climate-change-1976-to-the-present This seminar is part … Continue reading
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