Category Archives: Event reports

Climate Hustings – never mind the ballots

Posted on April 18, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Around 50 people gathered in Central Manchester last night at a debate and “q and a session” on the topic “Is Manchester City Council taking the right action on climate change?” Chaired by Lucy Danger of Emerge, the panel consisted … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Ecology as the Opium of the People

Posted on March 21, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly co-editor Marc Hudson attends a meeting with muscle relaxants mentioned in the title, but comes away neither relaxed or impressed. Wrap your thinking gear around this quote from the eco-thriller “Zdt”  Wrong. Nature in the Middle Ages was a … Continue reading →

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Stakeholders hold stakes: Outbreak of dissent at Stakeholder Conference

Posted on March 17, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Dissent reigned at the end of the ‘annual’ Stakeholder Conference for Manchester’s Climate Change Action Plan yesterday. Participants broke ranks to express concern and dismay at both the format of the day’s proceedings and the lack of transparency and information … Continue reading →

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Slumming it: Telescopic Urbanism and the poor

Posted on March 15, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly co-editor Marc Hudson reports on a lecture by one of the Big Fish in urban theory. Attention Conservation Notice: This article is more about urban theory than climate change per se, but then again, if you think the two … Continue reading →

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Event report: Famine and Food Security – does Genetic Modification have a role to play?

Posted on March 15, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

New MCFly volunteer Philip James gives his thought on a GM food debate held on Tuesday 13th March and jointly hosted by the British Council and the British Science Association. Warning: This article contains a banquet of food-related puns. The … Continue reading →

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Event report: Engineering a solution to the energy crisis

Posted on March 14, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly writer Laurence Menhinick goes to an energy discussion and comes away strangely de-energised… Energy – the big thing governing our lives – needs a proper looking at every now and again. So it was with eager anticipation that I … Continue reading →

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Event Report: “Going Beyond Dangerous Climate Change”

Posted on March 10, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

“Going Beyond Dangerous Climate Change: Exploring the void between rhetoric and reality in reducing carbon emissions” – A talk by Professor Kevin Anderson on Tuesday 6th March 2012 Professor Kevin Anderson gave a very honest talk on ‘dangerous climate change’ … Continue reading →

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Cottoning on to the Cottonopolis

Posted on March 4, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly volunteer Roisin Weintraub visits the Whitworth Art Gallery. As we were walking up to the gallery, Rueben (my 3 year old son) said “What’s that boy doing?” I had no idea which boy we were talking about and replied … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Ecocities, adaptation and the Beach Boys…

Posted on February 26, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Marc Hudson, co-editor of MCFly, went to a presentation about adaptation to climate change, and came away thinking we all have a lot of work to do. Ecocities is a “joint initiative between the School of Environment and Development at … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Climate Question Time #2

Posted on February 25, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly writer Laurence Menhinick went to the Manchester Museum’s “Climate Change Question Time” on Thurs 23 February and came away with more questions and her hopes hanging by a thread… Having attended an earlier edition of Climate Change Question Time … Continue reading →

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