Ir you give a damn, find a functional group
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: volunteer opportunity
Upcoming Event: AfSL stall in #Manchester Arndale Sat 9th March. Volunteers needed…
Lifted from the Action for Sustainable Living website VOLUNTEER SHOUT OUT!!!!!!! AfSL needs people to help us out on a stall in the Arndale on Saturday the 9th March. Bringing sustainability and environmental messages to the masses in a fun … Continue reading
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Newsflash: Leaked #Manchester #Climate Steering Group recruitment questionnaire!!
What a coincidence! On the very day that more information is finally released about the upcoming and ever-shrinking “Stakeholder Conference” [see here] on climate change, a plain brown envelope arrived at our offices, containing a bombshell. It appears to be … Continue reading
“Little Green Feats” – AfSL’s Interactive #Sustainability Workshop for Kids in #Manchester
MCFly caught up with AfSL volunteer Shireen Malik to talk about the sustainability workshop she developed to help inform children about environmental issues in a fun and interactive way. Shireen will be holding the workshops until February 2014, so get … Continue reading
Crosspost: 10 Ways to ‘Share’ This Christmas
from the Post-Growth website (“Creating global prosperity without economic growth”) 10 Ways to ‘Share’ This Christmas by Cheryl Leong Editor’s note: This article first appeared in The Kids are All Right, a site for parents of Australian teenagers. The author is … Continue reading
Event Report: Food Futures Forum – Food Poverty, #Manchester, 23 November 2012
MCFly writer Laurence Menhinick goes to a useful event about food poverty. [Update: here are links to the presentations mentioned below.] If you didn’t know or didn’t believe that food should be our number one priority when combating social injustice, … Continue reading
Upcoming Event: Help weed asparagus and clear docks at Moss Brook Farm, Weds 5th December
Want to get some dirt under your fingernails while helping local organic food production?? “The Land Army will be visiting Moss Brook Growers again Wednesday 5th December. They need help weeding their asparagus crop and clearing docks from their orchard … Continue reading
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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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Volunteer Opportunity – “Operation Asparagus Rescue”, Greater #Manchester Land Army
The Land Army needs volunteers! Manchester’s Land Army are taking a minibus out to the Moss Brook Growers site (in Glazebury) for the next three Wednesdays, with a mission to rescue the asparagus before winter! So we are looking for … Continue reading
Youtube: Greater #Manchester Tree Station and its community share offer
On Sunday 21st, Tree Station held a community open day. I went along and got some interviews with Nick, Matt and Patrick. Would love people’s comments on these videos, especially suggestions for improvements! Marc Hudson mcmonthly@gmail.com
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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