March 2014

Inclusion in this calendar is NOT a guarantee of quality. If we think something is extremely likely to be worth your time, then we will put one or more little “thumbs up” icons next to it. We a) are maybe prejudiced about some groups b) have specific criteria about usefulness and c) could be wrong.

Events, dear boy, events.

Tues March 4, 1pm “Landscapes of Vulnerability: Domestic Energy Deprivation in Europe” Prof. Stefan Bouzarovski (University of Manchester)
Seminars are in room 2.10, Sandra Burslem Building. Environmental and Geographical Sciences Seminars @ Manchester Metropolitan University

Sunday 9th March,12 noon.  Frack Free Greater Manchester Solidarity Rally.
Meet up at Piccadilly Gardens 12 noon and march to Urbis.
Bring all the people you can

Tues March 11, 1pm “Monitoring Restoration in the Peak District Moorlands” Ms Rachael Maskill (Peak District National Park Authority)   Seminars are in room 2.10, Sandra Burslem Building. Environmental and Geographical Sciences Seminars @ Manchester Metropolitan University

Tues 11th, 6.45pm to 9pm Manchester Friends of the Earth Full Group Meeting, Greenfish Resource Centre, Oldham St. http://manchesterfoe.org.uk/

Fri 14th, 10 to 12 Meeting of the Low Carbon Hub. Venue? Irrelevant; the great unwashed are explicitly excluded from this meeting. Little oiks.

Friday 14th, 5.30pm-8.30pm Eco-home Lab open source energy monitor club
at MadLab, Edge Street, Manchester.
It’s completely free and you can register your place here: http://www.meetup.com/Eco-Home-Lab-Manchester/
It’s a great place to learn about and experiment with the monitors but a degree of prior technical expertise is required.
As well as working with new memory cards we’ll also be showcasing work we’ve been carrying out on the Carbon Co-op assessment tool using OpenSAP developed in collaboration with OpenEnergyMonitor.

Sat 15th, 10.30 to 4pm Research Training for Activists. More details here.

Friday 21st, 1pm  US academic Jim Fleming will deliver a public lecture entitled “In Transit: From Meteorology to Atmospheric Science”. This will take place in the Simon Building, Lecture Theatre D, University of Manchester, with an “extended happy hour and dinner to follow.”

Wednesday 26th 12.30pm-5pm Community Energy Strategy for Greater Manchester
at Bridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street, Manchester M7 4HR To register for this event please email: info@communityrenewables.org.uk. Preparation and further reading for the day will be circulated in advance.

Wednesday 26th 6pm-8pm, Fuelling Manchester Social Marble Arch Pub, 73 Rochdale Road, M4 4HY