Category Archives: Campaign Update

Youtube: #Manchester Friends of the Earth meeting October 2012

Posted on October 10, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Short video about Manchester Friends of the Earth‘s regular meetings. Done largely as an experiment to see how quickly you could make a film about an event. There’s a lot still to be learnt, about things like lighting, angles and … Continue reading →

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Very good climate change letter in #Manchester Evening News by Green Party member

Posted on October 7, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester’s climate activists should, in MCFly’s humble (cough cough) opinion, be making more strenuous and systematic efforts to get “the message” across via the letters page of the Manchester Evening News. The message – of urgency, of the near-total ineptitude … Continue reading →

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Campaign Update: Trafford’s “Breathe Clean Air Group”

Posted on September 25, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

In July we ran an article entitled “Up in Smoke? Democracy, Trafford, and an incinerator…” It concerned residents’ campaign to stop the “Barton Renewable Energy Plant” from being built. Below is a press release from the Breathe Clean Air Group). … Continue reading →

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Campaign Update: Carbon Coop’s August news

Posted on August 6, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

While you are waiting for the next Manchester Climate Monthly (1) , here’s something we didn’t have space for in the print edition.  We emailed various green outfits for their news. Only two got back to us. Kindling Trust‘s news … Continue reading →

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Cross-post: “Bricks and Bread – a tour of community-led regeneration in Liverpool”

Posted on August 2, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

This is a cross-post from “lowwintersun.tumblr.com” written by Jonathan Atkinson I was invited over to Liverpool recently to visit a new community bakery project in the Anfield area and make a present on the Carbon Co-op’s community-led retrofit model. The … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Friends of the Earth “Powering the Future” event: (Damian) Cross post

Posted on July 31, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

A couple of weeks ago Manchester Friends of the Earth* held a public meeting with lots of knowledgeable speakers and a question and answer session. FoE member Damian Cross very promptly put up an event report, which we’ve only just … Continue reading →

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NEWSFLASH: Council to release report on Steady-State Economics

Posted on May 21, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

First the good news; Manchester City Council has committed itself to producing a report on Steady State Economics.  This follows an open letter to its Economy Scrutiny committee [see membership here]. last November. That letter was signed by co-ordinators of … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on a protest…

Posted on May 19, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly writer Philip James ponders the ethics of non-violent direct action, and seeks readers’ opinions… Take the Flour Back is a non-violent direct action event against a crop trial of GM wheat taking place at the Rothamsted Institute in Hertfordshire … Continue reading →

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“There’s no justice, there’s just us”

Posted on May 3, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

We asked MCFly reader “shakkka” to tell us what she thought about the past, present and future of non-violent direct action on climate change. Here’s what she sent us. (We’re publishing this today to mark this.) As Paul Mason said … Continue reading →

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Education for Sustainable Development – let’s blow our own trumpet

Posted on April 5, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

People and organisations in Greater Manchester doing “Education for Sustainable Development” are being encouraged to do an Eddie Cochrane and write a letter to the United Nations. Manchester Environmental Resource Centre Initiative (MERCi) , Manchester Environmental Education Network and Gorton … Continue reading →

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