Category Archives: Upcoming Events

Upcoming Conference; “Sustained Unsustainability” in Bath, Fri Dec 6th #notinchucklezone

I’ll be there, leaving the house at stupid o’clock – a wife and cat in nice warm bed – in order to schlep down to Bath to hear all about how doomed we are. #verystrangeman Sustained Unsustainability Barriers to transformative … Continue reading

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Film Showing: “Trashed” in Urmston, Fri 22nd Nov – Breathe Clean Air Group & #Manchester Film Coop

There’s only 150 tickets, so you are advised to book via tickets@breathecleanairgroup.co.uk

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Upcoming Forum: “Is #Manchester a Sustainable Food City?” Mon 25th Nov

Food Futures Forum 25th November 2013 9.30am – 12.30pm Mechanics Institute Princess Street, Manchester M1 6DD Is Manchester a Sustainable Food City? Dear all, Everyone is welcome to attend the next Food Futures Forum. The Forum is an opportunity to … Continue reading

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Upcoming Event: Hackday in #Manchester on #climate calculator. #MadLab Thurs Nov 28th

Madlab is awesome. Geeks are awesome. Getting to the bottom of the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s “carbon calculator” would be awesome. #rearrangingdeccchairs This day, it will be… awesome. DECC 2050 Calculator Hackday Tell a friend Share Thursday, November … Continue reading

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Video: Prof Kevin Anderson of #Manchester Tyndall on the Radical Emissions Reduction Conference

See details of the conference below! From here: Today, in 2013, we face an unavoidably radical future. We either continue with rising emissions and reap the radical repercussions of severe climate change, or we acknowledge that we have a choice … Continue reading

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Upcoming Event: #Manchester University “Centre for Urban Resilience and Energy” launch Nov 18th

I was going to call this post “A CURE for all our ills,” but you can get too tricksy about these things, and I have been reliably informed that puns don’t work in blog post titles… There’s a launch coming … Continue reading

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#Climate monthly editor on #Manchester BBC Radio brekkie show Weds 6th November

Yes, again.  They scraped the bottom of the barrel twice in September, but now the producers at the Allan Beswick show have moved the barrel and drilled towards Australia.  Tomorrow morning, at roughly 6.45am and 7.20am, Marc Hudson (editor of … Continue reading

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Community Tree Planting Day in #Didsbury, #Manchester, Sat 16th November

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Upcoming event: “Electrifying #Manchester: time for policy intervention in domestic heating?” Fri 1st Nov

Room C-24, Sackville Street Building (No. 1 on Campus Map) Friday, 1 November 2013 from 15:00 to 16:30 Format: introductory comments from speakers followed by chaired roundtable discussion. Speakers: Charlie Baker – URBED, Urban design and sustainability http://www.urbed.coop/team/charlie-baker Sarah Davies … Continue reading

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Upcoming Event in #Manchester – “Sustainable North” Weds 30th Oct at Biospheric Foundation

Details and sign up here. It’s free! The future of the North lies in its capacity to imagine, develop and enact economic, social, environmental and cultural strategies for sustainable development. This workshop explores the conceptual and imaginative insights of established … Continue reading

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