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From litter-ati to liter-ati: the challenge of a low carbon culture?

In Education and Living on 28.06.2013
Contributed by Beth Perry

Beth Perry reflects on the everyday concerns that Greater Manchester citizens have around sustainability. Not talking the language of carbon, she suggests, does not mean people are sustainability illiterate.

Perspectives essay: love food and hate waste

In Food and Health on 27.06.2013
Contributed by Debbie Ellen and Lucy Danger

In this essay, Debbie Ellen and Lucy Danger focus on food to address sustainability in Greater Manchester. In particular they illustrate the significant part played by food in the city region’s carbon footprint but the difficulty in producing a coordinated GM-level response.

The Greater Manchester Local Interaction Platform

In Economy, Education, Living and Society on 26.06.2013
Contributed by Beth Perry

Beth Perry of the University of Salford introduces the work being carried out, supported by Mistra Urban Futures, to create Local Interaction Platform for Greater Manchester, dedicated to a fairer, greener and denser city.

Keith Williamson [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

The dynamics of diversity across Greater Manchester

In Society on 26.06.2013
Contributed by Helen Carter

According to research by the University of Manchester, ethnically diverse areas are more likely to be healthier and the residents are less likely to experience discrimination, and one area of Greater Manchester could rank as one of the most diverse in the world.

Spotlight: Manchester's new Health and Wellbeing Board

In Health, Living and Society on 14.06.2013
Contributed by Helen Carter

As official figures released this week show residents in the North West are the most likely to die early, Helen Carter takes a look at a new statutory committee, the Manchester Health and Wellbeing Board, which was established in April this year.

MMU: The UK’s Greenest University

In Buildings and Education on 11.06.2013
Contributed by Rachel Whelan

Manchester Metropolitan University has been named as the greenest university in the UK, beating 143 universities to top the People & Planet Green League 2013.

Manchester: Capital of the North's waterways?

In Green & blue spaces, Nature and Transport on 20.05.2013
Contributed by Walter Menzies

Walter Menzies heralds the arrival of the Manchester and Pennine Waterway Partnership which has launched this month at the Lowry in Salford Quays and introduces its forthcoming 'manifesto' for the waterways.

Briefing: Biomass projects across Greater Manchester

In Energy on 18.05.2013
Contributed by Mark Atherton

As the controversial Barton Renewable Energy Project gets its official go-ahead, Mark Atherton of the Greater Manchester Low Carbon Hub outlines the biomass projects that are proving a success across the city region and what the main issues are when considering biomass as a renewable alternative to fossil fuels.

Briefing: An outline of Greater Manchester's Low Carbon Hub

In Economy and Energy on 18.05.2013
Contributed by Helen Seagrave

A briefing on Greater Manchester's Low Carbon Hub; it's priorities, programmes and the evidence base it's using to create growth across the low carbon and environmental sectors.

The increasing risk of extreme weather and climate change: EcoCities report

In Buildings, Nature and Society on 14.05.2013
Contributed by Helen Bidwell

The University of Manchester's EcoCities team have produced an analysis of the risks of extreme weather and climate change for Greater Manchester over the coming century.