Category Archives: humour

Rhetoric-reality gaps on the Climate Change Action Plan

Posted on April 12, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Here are some factoids that may get mentioned at the Climate Hustings “Is Manchester City Council Taking the Right Action on Climate Change?” on Tuesday 17th April (Friends Meeting House, from 7pm). You can book your ticket here. 229* organisations … Continue reading →

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Gallows irony at the Metro “newspaper”

Posted on March 27, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

The layout drone at the Metro (“commuter mcnuggets r us”) has a sense of the bleak absurdity of 21st century life. See page 7 of yesterday’s dead trees. The article in Nature Geoscience is here… We here at MCFly haven’t … 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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Off topic cartoon: “Valentine’s dilemma”

Posted on February 14, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Completely unrelated to the fantastic event tonight at the Sandbar (did we mention it already?), here’s this cartoon from xkcd.

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Unanswered questions about Chorlton Green Festival

Posted on January 31, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

We’d like to be able to tell you some basic good things about the Chorlton Green Festival being held on Saturday March 31st.Things about how volunteers are learning new skills, the “success metrics” of the Festival, and the “lessons learnt” … Continue reading →

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Poll: Guess The Council’s Flight Offset Bill!

Posted on January 5, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Finally. After days of waiting around and numerous phone calls to Manchester City Council, we have received answers to our questions about the number of flights taken by elected members from the end of 2009 to 2011. And it’s exciting … Continue reading →

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Caption Contest: Chris Huhne in Durban

Posted on December 9, 2011 by manchesterclimatemonthly

The latest international talk-fest on climate change finishes today, and the exciting news is there may be a deal for discussions about a roadmap! (Just like the Bali roadmap that lead to the stunning success that was the Copenhagen conference … Continue reading →

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Fuel poverty is no laughing matter

Posted on December 3, 2011 by manchesterclimatemonthly

But there’s a letter in the Guardian (see below) and this photo (minus speech bubbles, naturally) was published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change flickr account and I couldn’t help myself*… Gaurdian letter – “Government goes cold on … Continue reading →

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Caption Contest: The Climate Choir

Posted on November 28, 2011 by manchesterclimatemonthly

So this* is one of those frankly embarrassing stunts that NGOs do from time to time.**  We want you to come up with a ‘Private Eye’ style caption. “The climate choir are joined by Climate Change Minister Greg Barker and … Continue reading →

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