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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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Category Archives: academia
UniLife, Life on Earth and the priorities of homo sapiens “sapiens”
Best to get the disclaimers in first; I have nothing against UniLife (“the free magazine for The University of Manchester”). It is well-designed, well-written and has lots of useful information in it about what has been going on and what … Continue reading
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Interview: Mary Heaney of MMU
MCFly co-editor Arwa Aburawa interviews Mary Heaney, Director of Services at Manchester Metropolitan University, whose responsibilities include the environmental sustainability agenda Besides saving money, what are the reasons MMU is taking green action? Money isn’t actually the top priority for … Continue reading
Event Report: Transforming Manchester, or “The thin veneer of climate governance”
MCFly co-editor Marc Hudson went to an academic seminar about, well “Transforming Manchester” and came away informed and intrigued. The first of the two speakers was Dr Jeremy Carter, of the Centre for Urban Regional Ecology and the Ecocities project … Continue reading
Posted in academia, Adaptation, Event reports
Tagged cities@manchester, Dr Hannah Knox, Dr Jeremy Carter, Ecocities, Transforming Manchester
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Articles Review: Crises, Camps and Citizenship
MCFly co-editor Marc Hudson reads three academic papers on the stepper at the gym. And is impressed, distressed and depressed, in that order. Compressed reviews follow. Economic and Ecological Crises: Green new deals and no-growth economies Bob Jessop Beyond the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Jessop, climate camp, smugosphere, Transition Towns
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Book Review: Green Political Thought
MCFly reader “shakkka” reviewed Andrew Dobson’s “Green Political Thought” on her site. We’ve pinched it, with her permission. I’ve been reading a book that I once read when I was about 13, given to me by my geography teacher at … Continue reading
Event Report: “Mediating climate change in the city”
Long-time MCFly reader (he has other achievements!) Jonathan Silver sent us this account of a recent event at Durham University. There’s a disclaimer at the end. An ambitious week-long event at Durham University, as part of Harriet Bulkeley’s Urban Transition … Continue reading
Posted in academia, Event reports
Tagged Durham University, Harriet Bulkeley, Jonathan Silver
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Interview: Alistair Ulph of the Sustainable Consumption Institute
Manchester Climate Monthly speaks to Alistair Ulph, acting Director of the Sustainable Consumption Institute at the University of Manchester The Sustainable Consumption Institute was set up in 2007 with a £25 donation from Tesco – every “little” helps. The SCI’s … Continue reading
Off-topic: Activists and Academics – thesis and antithesis?
Every so often invites from academics (for this seminar or that interview) land on the doormat at MCFly Towers. Or else we invite ourselves along to something that, although by and for academics should not be an “academic” subject. You … Continue reading
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Tagged chin-stroking, death by powerpoint, Gramsci, ivory tower, organic intellectuals, sage on the stage, ufas
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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
Posted in academia, Event reports
Tagged Aidan While, Andy Beckett, Bob Jessop, Keynes, Patsy Healey
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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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