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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: Democratic deficit
Invited and dis-invited in 36 hours: MCFly and the Steering Group
The week before last, out of the blue, we were invited to the next meeting of the Steering Group meeting. What’s the Steering Group? Well you might ask… Anyway, we said “yes, in principle.” And then we went and spoiled … Continue reading
Steering Group chair hangs up on MCFly; “You can hardly be surprised”
After several days of trying, MCFly co-editor Arwa Aburawa finally got hold of Steve Connor, chair of the Steering Group. She was phoning to ask five basic questions which we had put up on the website the previous week. The … Continue reading
Executive indecision: carbon budgets off the agenda
Here’s a progress report on the City Council’s much-vaunted annual carbon budgets. On the left is the agenda for the Manchester City Council Executive meeting of July 27 2011. We’ve circled the relevant bit. On the right is the agenda … Continue reading
(Fracking Awful Event) Report: MCFly unco-operative? Bank on it.
MCFly co-editor Marc Hudson finds out that his price is a little higher than a free ice-cream and a comp showing of an American eco-documentary. I would have been better off staying at the Friends of the Earth meeting (1). … Continue reading
“News”- Greater #Manchester Climate Strategy Implementation Plan delayed. Again
You’d be forgiven for not knowing it, but there’s a “Greater Manchester Climate Change Strategy.” It sets out some challenging targets. One of the targets that is being missed, however, is the deadline to produce a plan to implement that … Continue reading
MCFly and partisan politics; It’s not our party and we’ll cry (with despair) if we want to
MCFly co-editors Arwa Aburawa and Marc Hudson on the magazine’s relationship to party politics in Manchester. We have had meetings with Labour Councillors. We have had meetings with Liberal Democrats Councillors. We have had meetings – and even almost-collaborated – … Continue reading
Exec Member for Environment Nigel Murphy interviewed*
* Actual facts may vary. Always read the label. MCFly staff reporter Scott Templeton has finally nailed an interview with the elusive Executive Member for the Environment, Nigel Murphy. Councillor Murphy has been declining interview requests from Manchester Climate Monthly … Continue reading
“Refreshing Change” or more of the same? 5 simple questions for #Manchester #climate bosses
We’re a quarter of the way to the 2020 time limit for the Manchester Climate Change Action Plan. The plan, which is for all of Manchester, not just the City Council, was endorsed in November 2009 and speaks of 2020 … Continue reading
Event Report: The Challenges of Climate Change for BME Communities
MCFly attends a workshop hoping to get the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities of Manchester talking about climate change. On the 20th of June, both MCFly editors went along to the second workshop arranged by the National C ouncil … Continue reading
Event Report: A game of one half – witnessed
Attention Conservation Notice: MCFly co-editor Marc Hudson makes it half-way through a day-long academic seminar about climate change and social movements before finally losing his rag and invoking the law of two feet. Not of interest to casual readers. Or … Continue reading
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