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Be there or be square On Monday June 29 Manchester City Council launches - at last - its 'low carbon communities' work, with an event at Manchester Town Hall. The Council wants at least a hundred people to come and get cracking on reducing carbon dioxide emissions and to prepare for the inevitable changes that will come. The event runs from 4pm to 8pm (you don't have to stay for the whole thing!) with food and plenty of time for mingling and networking. Workshops, which each run for 45 minutes, will run a number of times so people can have a choice of attending one or all of 'em. Workshop 1 Climate change and carbon footprinting - what is it, how will it affect Manchester and how communities can help; Basic information on renewable technologies and sustainable energy. Workshop 2 Exploring how low carbon living can benefit communities; Case studies of successful projects; Getting started, planning and research. Workshop 3 How to apply for funding (criteria and completing the application form); How to raise interest in your project and get people on board. For a year we at MCFly have been banging on about how little the Council has done on Climate Change, especially on engaging and involving people. Well, now they're doing something, and it is very very important that you go to the event, even if only to tell the Council what it SHOULD be doing. Oh, and tell all your friends, family, work colleagues, and drag 'em along with you. This matters. You sign up here: http://livingcommunities.eventbrite.com |
Monday June 29 Living CO2mmunities A Low Carbon Communities Event Manchester City Council is holding a free event for people who want to be part of the solution to climate change. As they ask in the invite: "Could you inspire and lead people in your neighbourhood to reduce the city's carbon footprint and make climate change action part of our everyday lives?" It takes place on Monday June 29 at Manchester Town Hall from 4pm to 8pm. "There will be loads of information about climate change and carbon foot printing, how you and your community can get involved in becoming low carbon as well as workshops on how to apply for funding and filling in application forms." To register for this free event go to http://livingcommunities.eventbrite.com or contact Jon Littler on 0161 953 2733 or email campaigns.team@manchester.gov.uk |
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Plan Update #1 Manchester City Council has publicly committed to producing a Climate Change Action Plan by the end of November 2009. From Monday 15 June to November 30 there are 167 days, inclusive. MCFly will be reporting every issue on what progress is being made towards that goal and just how you, the citizens of Manchester, can get involved with your ideas, energy and enthusiasm. www.manchesterclimatefortnightly.info/actionplan.html Bonn voyage, humanity? At the latest meeting preparing for December's "crunch" Copenhagen climate summit the governments of the world agreed to... keep talking. China wants the rich to make deeper cuts than they want. The US has said it doesn't expect binding cuts from China. Japan low-balls its target. Read more- www.manchesterclimatefortnightly.info/copenhagen.html Sustainable Manchester Festival, October 24 and 25 A mixture of entertainment, information, action and engagement, to celebrate action taking place in Manchester. It will engage the Manchester community in the issues of climate change and the work that is being done to deal with the threat, create opportunities for organizations to educate the public on what they have done/are doing, and plan to do, and also will launch a city wide competition, the Community Initiative Prize, to develop innovation in community initiatives, with the profit from the festival going to fund the winners. First meeting Thurs June 18 at 7.30pm, at Cafe Nexus, sustainablemanchester@googlemail.com |