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Tag Archives: MMU
#Manchester Metropolitan University tops “Green League”
You heard it here first. Unless you read the Guardian, in which maybe you heard it here second, or third… Manchester Metropolitan University has come first, (up from 10th place last year), in the “Green League” organised by the campaigning … Continue reading
Posted in academia
Tagged Manchester Metropolitan University, MMU, People and Planet
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MEN letter on academic freedom, #MMU and the skills and knowledge we need for the rocky road ahead
UPDATE: Campaigners are asking you to “LOBBY Ian Parker’s disciplinary hearing – Wednesday 7th November, 08.30am, ORMOND BUILDING. (Please check www.asylumonline.net/ian on the day – last time management changed the venue at a few hours’ notice).” The Manchester Evening News published … Continue reading
Posted in academia, Signs of the Pending Ecological Debacle
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Newsflash: MMUving on up – ManMet up in Green League Table
Manchester Metropolitan University has moved up 7 places in a “Green Universities” League Table” released today. The Green League Table, run by People and Planet, “the largest student network in Britain campaigning to end world poverty, defend human rights and … Continue reading
Interview: Mary Heaney of MMU
MCFly co-editor Arwa Aburawa interviews Mary Heaney, Director of Services at Manchester Metropolitan University, whose responsibilities include the environmental sustainability agenda Besides saving money, what are the reasons MMU is taking green action? Money isn’t actually the top priority for … Continue reading
Event Report: MMU Green Impacts Awards Ceremony
Over a hundred people gathered in a building that isn’t even officially open yet to celebrate their actions on climate and environment in the last year. The event was the Green Impact Awards 2012 of Manchester Metropolitan University, where 67 … Continue reading
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Tagged cooler projects, Green Impacts, Mary Heaney, MetMUnch, Michael O'Doherty, MMU, Ruth Ashcroft
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How to make a Green Impact!
Laurence Menhinick learns how to conduct a green audit, and finds that virtue is its own reward. Having read about volunteering to audit Manchester Metropolitan Uni, I decided to take the (free) training offered by the Green Impact team last … Continue reading
Volunteer Opportunity: Auditing MMU
This may not seem so sexy, but think a) of how good it will look on your CV, b) of how much you’ll learn and c) the warm inner glow (insulated) of having helped make Manchester just that tiny smidgin … Continue reading
