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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: Event reports
Event Report: ‘The Rapidly Changing Arctic Climate: what does it mean for you?’
MCFly wasn’t there at the Levenshulme Festival for this one, so is relying on the jottings of a couple of folks who were. Thanks to them! As part of the Levenshulme Festival Professor Terry Callaghan of Sheffield University spoke on … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic, Levenshulme, Levenshulme Festival, Professor Terry Callaghan
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Event Report: “The goldilocks planet”…… or “Geology rocks!”
On Saturday, in less than 60 minutes, two academics raced through 4 billion years of Earth’s history, with time left over for questions. It was an enlightening and sobering experience for the 20 or so people present (an audience that … Continue reading
Event report: South #Manchester Environmental For-out-of-five-um, 18th October
Local charity Action for Sustainable Living has rebooted its “Environmental Forums” with a pretty successfulish event in Fallowfield. Around twenty people gathered to mingle and learn more about volunteering opportunities and activities in South Manchester. Representatives from various groups (Moss … Continue reading
Event Report: Keep Calm and Prepare for (Climate) Change
Arwa Aburawa (MCFly co-editor) attends an RSA event looking into the need for businesses to take green action and worries that the hard decisions are still being sidelined. ‘It’s no longer business as usual’. If I had a pound for … Continue reading
Youtube: “Inequality, justice and climate change” Kate Pickett in #Manchester for Holyoake lecture of British Humanist Association
A short film about Professor Kate Pickett’s Holyoake Lecture at the Manchester Friends Meeting House on October 16th. Dodgy stand-up intro, precipitous drop in sound volume on the voiceover, wonky shots of the lecture, good vox pops and a minute … Continue reading
Youtube: The “Tax Justice” bus comes to #Manchester, October 15th 2012
Many thanks to Liam and Alasdair for being willing guinea-pigs. Long list of things that we need to better; don’t speed up film when there’s footage of people walking! get a mike for sound quality improvements get a tripod get … Continue reading
Youtube: #Manchester Friends of the Earth meeting October 2012
Short video about Manchester Friends of the Earth‘s regular meetings. Done largely as an experiment to see how quickly you could make a film about an event. There’s a lot still to be learnt, about things like lighting, angles and … Continue reading
Event Report: “Good for Nothing”
MCFly reader Jonathan Atkinson explains how Carbon Co-op got pro bono help from techies last weekend at “Madlab”. (Reposted, with permission, from here.) Carbon Co-op were lucky enough to be one of the good causes selected for the first Good … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon coop, Good for Nothing, Jonathan Atkinson, Madlab
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Event Report: Incredible Edible… Heatons?
People wanting to take climate/community/food action in Heaton Mersey Stockport gather to hear from someone with a track record, and then generate their own ideas; MCFly reader Phil Korbel reports . About 40 people gathered in St Thomas’ Church Heaton … Continue reading
Posted in Event reports, Food, inspire
Tagged Incredible Edible Todmorden, Phil Korbel
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Event Report: “Transformational Economics” fringe event at Labour Party Conference
Attention Conservation Notice: detailed account of “Transformational Economics” fringe meeting at the Labour Party Conference. Random observations, blow-by-blow account and some observations for how it it could have gone better. In the ornate (1) “Directors’ Lounge” at the Palace Hotel, … Continue reading
Posted in Event reports, Manchester City Council
Tagged CLES, Cllr Sue Murphy, Friends of the Earth, Neil McInroy
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