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COP21: What next for Greater Manchester?

In Energy, Living and Society on 27.01.2016
Contributed by Mark Atherton

Mark Atherton explores the significance of COP21 and what the outcomes of the Paris conference mean for Greater Manchester.

Greater Manchester charges ahead with electric vehicles

In Energy and Transport on 26.01.2016
Contributed by Matthew Roberts

Electric vehicle use in Greater Manchester has rocketed over the past 12 months.

Steady State Manchester: communicating a change

In Culture, Economy, Energy and Living on 13.01.2016
Contributed by Beth Perry

Steady State Manchester launches a series of conversations exploring how a viable economy can detox Manchester.

The Real Junk Food Project Manchester: Creative chefs need apply for a unique opportunity

In Food, Living and Waste on 12.01.2016
Contributed by Corin Bell

The Real Junk Food Project's Corin Bell is on the look-out for a creative genius to head up the kitchen at Manchester's first waste-food, pay-as-you-feel restaurant.

Back to class with the Manchester-based Carbon Literacy Project

In Economy, Energy and Living on 08.01.2016
Contributed by Anonymous (not verified)

The Carbon Literacy Project has united a group of 30 organisations in a bid to ensure that "all citizens will be carbon literate” across Greater Manchester and beyond. Here, ICLEI's Michael Woodbridge explores what this really means.

North west businesses save ONE MILLION tonnes of carbon

In Buildings, Economy, Energy and Waste on 10.12.2015
Contributed by Samantha Nicholson

Greater Manchester's Business Growth Hub is celebrating the landmark achievement of saving one million tonnes of CO2e through its award-winning support that helps businesses to reduce their use of energy, water and materials in day-to-day operations.

Community woodland management: Urmston Meadows

In Green & blue spaces, Nature and Society on 08.12.2015
Contributed by Grace Fleming

The Urmston Meadows Action Group has been working to transform local woodland and encourage the nesting of endangered Willow Tits with the help of Red Rose Forest and the Lancashire Wildlife Trust.

Six Stockport firms win funding to install green technologies

In Buildings, Economy, Energy and Waste on 01.12.2015
Contributed by Samantha Nicholson

Stockport competition winners set to save nearly £100,000 over the next four years after receiving a share of £41,000 to install green technologies.

‘On the Home Front’: The challenges of domestic energy use reduction

In Living, Society and Waste on 30.11.2015
Contributed by Daniel Welch

November 5th was about home fires not bonfires this year, as the University of Manchester hosted an event focused on the challenges of reducing household energy use.

Crowd-funding success for Stevenson Square and Red Rose Forest

In Green & blue spaces, Living, Nature and Society on 27.11.2015
Contributed by Grace Fleming

Following a successful crowd-funding campaign by Red Rose Forest, the first of its kind in Manchester City Centre, Stevenson Square has become a landmark for a pioneering greening project.