Category Archives: Event reports

And the winner is…. Manchester’s Be Proud Awards 2014

Posted on November 29, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Slickly organised, nice live music, decent veggie option and some genuinely awe-inspiring citizens of Manchester. The Manchester Be Proud awards could dent your cynicism if you let it. Manchester Town Hall was filled last night with people in their glad … Continue reading →

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People’s Environmental Scrutiny Team meeting Mon 157th – what happened, what next…

Posted on November 20, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

reposted from environmentalscrutiny.info Several new faces joined the PEST-ilence on Monday night. A mix of old and young, climate campaigners, vegan organics farming advocates, biodiversity boffins and all-purpose citizens spent an hour and a half getting to know each others … Continue reading →

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Why we ignore movement-building. No, CLIMATE CHANGE, why we ignore CLIMATE change….

Posted on October 28, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Jonathan Atkinson reports. Mon 27 October 2014 at Blackwell’s Bookshop, The Precinct Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester Part of Manchester Science Festival We’ve all been there. An engaging dinner party, a warm family event. Conversation ranges from what you’re driving these … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Ecological Modernisation meets Jevons Paradox in #Manchester

Posted on March 14, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

The hosting; immaculate The presentations; fascinating That question; crucial. The “North West Sustainable Business Quarterly” (the clue in is in t’name) meetings are held high above the city streets, on the 24th floor of the City Tower. Many (not all!) … Continue reading →

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Shale gas and #climate change – #Manchester scientist explains the facts of life

Posted on February 17, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

In late January Dr John Broderick of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research gave a presentation about shale gas and its “low-carbon transition” credentials. Here MCFly reposts a report by Robbie Watt. Shale gas is one of the most … Continue reading →

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Event Report: “Radical Emissions Reductions Conference” #Tyndall #climate

Posted on December 22, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly writer Vicky Ramsden reports on the recent Radical Emissions Reductions Conference. For other accounts, see here and here. A radical conference to reduce carbon emissions Now let me make one thing clear.  This was not a conference that was … Continue reading →

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Wind Turbine Blade blocks #fracking test site. #IGas #BartonMoor #climate #Manchester

Posted on December 16, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Read the press release here. According to a tweet from the nodashforgas people “Amongst the 50 pple on the #BartonMoss blade blockade today were #blacklisted construction workers. Climate and trade union activists unite!”

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Event Report: “Groaning the City” #citycons #Manchester

Posted on December 10, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Marc Hudson attends (1) a redemption ritual for corporate “environmentalists” and finds himself musing about ecological modernisation, prostitutes and the #deliciousambiguity of the ‘cons’ in #citycons… There were 130 (2) or so of us, sat in rows, listening to the … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Will it take a “change howitzer” to #changehow Compass does its conferences? #bile #anger #ffs

Posted on December 4, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly editor Marc Hudson goes to a left-wing thinktank’s ‘different’ conference and comes away ready to sign up… to the Tories. This Very Long and Cathartic Blogpost is going to be a chronological account of the whole appalling day which … Continue reading →

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Event Report: “Ways of Seeing Climate Change”

Posted on December 2, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly reader Ann Onymous tells us what she thought of a recent exercise in Science Communication. It’s taken me a while to think about how best to write up the recent ‘Ways of Seeing Climate Change Event’ that was held … Continue reading →

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