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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: inspire
Youtube: Moss Cider Project and Didsbury Beer Festival (today and tmrw!)
The youtube says it all, quickly. Didsbury Beer Festival Moss Cider Project (Facebook)
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Essential viewing: “What if?” by Lemm Sissay
Oh my. This three minutes of Lemn Sissay packs an enormous punch. And the shots of New York, given what just hit it, are eerie… Watch this video, share it!!
Get on your bike: free cycle training for #Manchester residents
MCFly co-editor Arwa Aburawa decides to learn to ride a bike… Recently, after some coaxing by my MCFly co-editor that I just hurry up and get myself a bike, I attended the level 1 adult cycling training at Bike Right. … Continue reading
Youtube: Fallowfield Secret Garden – an intro
The Fallowfield Secret Garden is a very cool thing. There’s this “house-locked” patch of land just off Wilbrahim Road that is being transformed into, well, watch this video… Video lessons to learn (and I took this footage a few weeks … Continue reading
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Tagged Fallowfield Secret Garden, Mark Roberts
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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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The October MCMonthly Interview – Jacqui Carroll of REELmcr
MCFly co-editor speaks to Jacqui Carroll about her environmental work at REELmcr, the dire funding situation and successfully engaging working class communities in the climate change agenda. What does reelmcr do and why? REELmcr works across the North West running … Continue reading
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
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Video: “Growing Community – Moss Side Community Allotment”
A short and inspiring film about why people have become involved in the Moss Side Community Allotment and what they have gotten from their involvement. Wonky camera work from Marc Hudson, but saved by stellar editing and production by Terry … Continue reading
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Tagged Moss Side, Moss Side Community Allotment
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Newsflash: “Real Food. Wythenshawe” gets £1m for 5 year project
Real Food Wythenshawe, “an ambitious five-year programme to engage and excite the people of Wythenshawe in growing and cooking fresh, sustainable food” has received funding of £1,000,000 from the BIG Lottery Fund. That money, which will be matched by sponsoring … Continue reading
Help the Land Army grow organic food for #Manchester, or “what’s up docks?”
Moss Brook Growers, an organic farm that supplies food to Unicorn Grocery in Chorlton, is looking for help from volunteers. The taller half of the MCFly editorial team spent an entirely delightful Saturday helping to pull up docks a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged Kindling Trust, Land Army, Moss Brook Growers, Unicorn Grocery
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