Category Archives: volunteer opportunity

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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Incredible forest gardens

Posted on January 27, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester Climate Monthly volunteer Roisin Weintraub investigates local food production. I have heard and been very impressed with Todmorden’s Incredible Edible.  I’ve never been to see what they do, but have watched their progress via the internet and heard awed … Continue reading →

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The Land Army digs in

Posted on January 20, 2012 by arwafreelance

In 2011, the Kindling Trust received £5,000 from Making Local Food Work to launch the Land Army project. The aim of the project was to recruit volunteers to help local cooperative and organic farms with their daily jobs such as … Continue reading →

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Digging for Victory with the Land Army

Posted on January 18, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly badgered Ben Cashell, organiser of “A Reasonable Cause“, into writing about his conscription into a “Land Army.”  The views expressed are his own, not those of MCFly. Last month I went and planted some Garlic with the Kindling Trust’s, … Continue reading →

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Newsflash: Biodiversity Action Plan 2.0 to be approved

Posted on January 6, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

On Tuesday 10th January a new plan for the protection of biodiversity in Manchester will be discussed and approved. The “Communities and Neighbourhoods Overview and Scrutiny Committee” will look at the 48 -page report (which you can see at the … Continue reading →

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Youtube: What motivates people?

Posted on December 31, 2011 by manchesterclimatemonthly

This morning I inducted the fourth MCFly volunteer, “magicmark86”. I also showed him everything I know about making youtube videos, which didn’t take long. We knocked up a script, found some images, narrated and started putting it together, using software … Continue reading →

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Volunteer opportunity: Fareshare…

Posted on December 20, 2011 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly reckons this volunteer opportunity that landed in our in-box sounds really good. If you’re not interested/eligible, please forward it to some people you think might be! Do you want to be active and gain skills while helping to fight … Continue reading →

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