Category Archives: Event reports

Event Report: Green Expo 9/10 May in #Manchester

Posted on May 16, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly writer Phil James attended the Greenbuild Expo last Wednesday, Manchester’s annual show-and-tell for all things Green and buildy. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but this is what I found; Preparation for the Green Deal continues apace. At … Continue reading →

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Event Report: #Manchester #madf or a digital future. A green one? Not so much.

Posted on May 15, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Attention Conservation Notice: This is an account of a two hour ‘debate’ about Manchester’s digital future. Nobody brought up climate change as an Issue. A panel consisting of Dave Carter (Manchester Digital Development Agency), Dave Mee (Madlab) Tim Roberts (I-Com) … Continue reading →

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Event Report: “Mediating climate change in the city”

Posted on May 13, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

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 →

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“Screw all the hippies”- An event report from the Big Six Energy Bash.

Posted on May 4, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

By Henry Davis In February 2011, Climate Camp produced a statement which contained the following: “As a movement, to be relevant, we need to move with the times. Therefore the Camp for Climate Action has decided, after much discussion and … Continue reading →

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Event Report: “Low Carbon Transitions; Relevant Lessons from the 1970s crisis?”

Posted on May 1, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

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 →

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Event Report: Tues April 17th Climate Hustings

Posted on April 29, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

On Tuesday 17th April around 50 people gathered in the Friends Meeting House to watch representatives of Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens answer the question “Is Manchester City Council taking the right action on climate change?” At the … Continue reading →

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Event Report: MMU Green Impacts Awards Ceremony

Posted on April 28, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Over a hundred people gathered in a building that isn’t even officially open yet to celebrate their actions on climate and environment in the last year. The event was the Green Impact Awards 2012 of Manchester Metropolitan University, where 67 … Continue reading →

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Earth Day in Didsbury, and eco-cookery to come!

Posted on April 24, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Amanda from Didsbury Dinners has something to share… Many thanks to everyone who supported Didsbury Dinners’ Earth Day celebrations (22 April). We marked the day at our Barlow Moor Road community garden by planting an array of donated seeds, including … Continue reading →

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Event Report: The Arab Spring, Consumerism and Sustainability

Posted on April 20, 2012 by arwafreelance

I recently attended a short lecture on sustainability, the Arab Spring and the Middle East at Manchester University. Relli Shechter from Ben Gurion University, spoke about the rise of a consumer culture in countries such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt. … Continue reading →

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Event Report: AfSL celebrates

Posted on April 18, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Action for Sustainable Living, the Manchester-based charity that well… the-clue-is-in-the-name, held a “thanks and aren’t our volunteers really cool” event (1) tonight. It was at Platt Chapel , and in covering it we are in no way influenced by the … Continue reading →

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