Category Archives: education

Getting kids to save energy, or, “Nuclear Power Kills!!”

Posted on June 13, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Getting people to cut their energy usage can be tough.  “Behaviour change” this, “moral exhortation” that, “carbon literacy” up the wazoo.  Well, from now on, we at MCFly are going to use the following technique to convince all the children … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Manchester Day Parade, or “The Sky Has Limits” #mcrday

Posted on June 10, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly co-editor Marc Hudson searches the Manchester Day Parade for mention of climate change, vainly. And tacks a little gratuitious pop anthropology on the end. Why? For the lulz. Who today speaks of climate change? Nobody, it seems. I’ve read … Continue reading →

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“What is it that is following me?” A southern voice on climate change

Posted on May 9, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

From Kashmir to Delhi, Moscow to Manchester, what is it that is following me? by Irfan Syed, (Chair, Salford Interfaith Network and Co-Chair Salford Forum for Refugees) Lush green mountains, deep lakes, fresh air and singing birds of Kashmir. I … Continue reading →

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Black & Minority Ethnic groups – £150 for climate change project participation

Posted on April 16, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

If you are Black/Minority Ethnic and you’re reading Manchester Climate Monthly, read this below!! If you arent’ “BME”, but you know someone who is and who would be interested, then please please forward this on to them.  Thanks! How will … Continue reading →

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Professor Geoff Beattie interviewed about behaviour change

Posted on April 14, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Professor Beattie, author of “ Why Aren’t we Saving the Planet?”(reviewed here) talks to MCFly writer Laurence Menhinick about his research and his conclusions about between our explicit behaviour (what we say we do) and implicit behaviour (what we actually … Continue reading →

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Everything you wanted to know about Ecological Modernisation but were afraid to ask

Posted on March 12, 2012 by arwafreelance

1. What is Ecological Modernisation? According to wikipedia, font of all reliable information, Ecological Modernisation (EM) is “an optimistic, reform-oriented school of environmental social science that has gained increasing attention among scholars and policymakers in the last several decades in … Continue reading →

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Event: Planning for Low-Carbon Living, Thurs 8 March

Posted on February 6, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

This free one-day workshop at Manchester Town Hall looks dead good. It is NOT organised by MCFly. If you want to go, email kirsty.mitchell@cse.org.uk

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The Land Army digs in

Posted on January 20, 2012 by arwafreelance

In 2011, the Kindling Trust received £5,000 from Making Local Food Work to launch the Land Army project. The aim of the project was to recruit volunteers to help local cooperative and organic farms with their daily jobs such as … Continue reading →

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Climate Change education in Manchester’s schools

Posted on January 9, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly asked Raichael Locke, of Manchester Environment Education Network, to write about some of the work MEEN is doing. Since May Manchester Environmental Education Network (MEEN) has been working alongside Manchester’s schools helping them to develop a greater understanding of … Continue reading →

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