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#Manchester Evening News environment awards “Honour your Green Heroes” – closes 15th Aug

Details here. You have until Friday 15th August to nominate people within 11 different categories. How very proud Manchester Climate Monthly will be to receive its award (and perhaps a hug?) from the judges. Oh yes.

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Want to grow #food in #Manchester? Free land! Here’s the latest on Eat Green’s landshare scheme… #Withington #Didsbury

Amanda of “Eat Green” explains why and how… Interested? Email info@eatgreen.co.uk We get it. You’ve spent a decade sitting on an allotment waiting list. Then elderly ‘Uncle’ Albert pops his clogs. You’ve finally made it to the top of the … Continue reading

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Green Deal training in Greater #Manchester

Dear Editor Please could add this following opportunity to your monthly magazine, we are pleased to be able to offer you and your readers this training completely free, the course is open to both existing DEAs’ in the market or … Continue reading

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AfSL announces death of its founder, Chris Wright #Manchester

From Action for Sustainable Living’s website– “It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the sudden and untimely death of AfSL’s founder Chris Wright. Chris was an inspiration to many, many people and he will be greatly missed. … Continue reading

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Upcoming Event: “Who Runs our Public Services?” #Manchester Mon 28th April

A couple of weeks ago the Manchester Evening News published some letters (including mine) in response to the privatisation of rubbish collection by Manchester City Council. Close readers of MCFly will have realised that, when it comes to climate plan … Continue reading

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#Manchester Ward Plans NOT dead, only resting. #Climate action needed in #local neighbourhoods

Last week Manchester Climate Monthly published a story with the snappy title “Manchester has 32 wards. All should have ward plans. Only 9 do. People gonna have to do it for themselves.” We’d done an investigation of whether the “ward … Continue reading

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Are attempts to do scrutiny of #Manchester City Council on #climate doomed to fail? Probably…

UPDATE: Oh my goodness!! The Green Infrastructure Plan is… published?!  I had just completed the post below when I went to get the link to the agenda  the scrutiny committee meeting on Tuesday. And there, suddenly and new, is the … Continue reading

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Upcoming Event: “Recent trends in C02 emissions” (or “How doomed are we, how soon?”) #Manchester Thurs 27th #Tyndall

You’re spoilt next week. After Tuesday 25th’s “Climate Action in Manchester – where next?” meeting, on the Thursday there will be an important free meeting at the University of Manchester. Professor Corinne Le Quéré will look at how much carbon … Continue reading

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Letter in #Manchester Evening News abt #climate meeting next Tues, 25th February

The Manchester Evening News has published* a letter sent in by MCFly reader Justin Hellings about climate change, Manchester and the meeting next Tuesday evening at the Friends Meeting House (6 Mount St, behind the Town Hall) * Weds 19th … Continue reading

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#Manchester City Council’s 90 “carbon illiterates” and 3 things YOU can do. #mcrclimateplan

FIRST  Sign the open letter (the shortest version of it is to the right. The full version, with explanations, is here)  and encourage your friends, family and work colleagues to do the same. or else put “sign open letter” and … Continue reading

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