Category Archives: volunteer opportunity

Fallowfield Secret Garden – week-long opening!!

Posted on July 14, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

this from their website… Big volunteer push!!! from Fallowfield Secret Garden by gav1187 Got some great news for you all today.  Me and Mark have committed one full time week of garden attendance starting this Monday… This means the Secret … Continue reading →

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Volunteer Opportunity: Help make #Manchester carbon literate!!

Posted on July 10, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

We here at MCFly are volunteers (the £8,800 from Lush goes to pay for printing, web-hosting and the like).  We think volunteering is a Good Thing.  And we think that “carbon literacy” is a Good Thing (not quite as good … Continue reading →

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Volunteer Opportunity: become a “Community Cookery Champion”

Posted on July 3, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Didsbury Dinners have sent us the following Building on the success of our 4-week ‘learn to cook’ course last autumn, this year Didsbury Dinners aims to teach another 100+ people how to cook, for free! We’re recruiting a team of … Continue reading →

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Event Report: First step on the journey to a green, fair and beyond-growth #Manchester

Posted on June 26, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

June 25th: A room fizzing of “cautious optimism”, new friendships forming. and flipcharts filling with good ideas; tonight in a room in Central Manchester the first steps were taken on a journey that can lead to a greener, fairer and … Continue reading →

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Steady State Manchester – get involved!

Posted on June 24, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Hello everyone, if you can get along Monday 25th to the ‘drop-in’ session about Steady-State economics, then great.  It’s from 6pm to 9pm at the Friends Meeting House, Mount St (behind the Central Library). We will be finding out what … Continue reading →

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Grassroots steps to a greener, fairer and steady-state #Manchester

Posted on June 21, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

We (Manchester Climate Monthly editors and allies) are inviting individuals, community groups, campaigning groups and, well, everyone who believes that economic growth can’t go on to join us in creating a plan for a greener, fairer, climate-safe Manchester, within a … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Event: Didsbury Dinners Community Celebration Sat 16th

Posted on June 13, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Konstantina Evtimova, a volunteer with Didsbury Dinners, writes about a vegan-friendly BBQ this weekend… Didsbury Dinners Community Celebration Saturday 16 June, 5–8pm (after Didsbury Festival) Didsbury Dinners is hosting a community celebration to say a big thank you to all … Continue reading →

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Newsflash: Your chance to audit Manchester City Council

Posted on June 4, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Here’s an opportunity we hope lots and LOTS of Manchester Climate Monthly readers take up.   We recently got this email from the folks at the National Union of Students…  We have since confirmed that the offer is open to everyone, … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Event: Fallowfield Secret Garden U-design day, 2nd June

Posted on May 28, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Mark Roberts (as opposed to MCFly cartoonist Marc Roberts!) answers some questions about the Fallowfield Secret Garden… What is the ‘Secret Garden’? The Fallowfield Secret Garden is the Fallowfield resident’s garden, it’s not an allotment. How did the idea emerge? … Continue reading →

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Working Wednesday: Help MCFly expand its twitter-reach

Posted on May 9, 2012 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Come up with a list of people/organisations MCFly should follow on twitter. [Criteria – Manchester-focussed and/or environmental and/or generally interesting.] If you’ve time and mental bandwidth after doing that, you could offer … Continue reading →

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