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Author: Calum McFarlane

We were wrong, ‘burning out’ over COP26 was totally worth it

1 April, 2022 Calum McFarlane Leave a comment

So here we are, 140 days after COP26 closed in Glasgow. And what a 140 days it’s been, full of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: burnout, cop26

If you want to learn more about how to lobby your Councillors about #climate (or other issues!), read on below…

14 June, 2021 Calum McFarlane Leave a comment

Hope For The Future are a charity who descriobe their mission (in their own words) as: Hope for the Future…

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Posted in: How to, Manchester City Council Filed under: Hope for the Future, Lobbying

Three commitments for City Council candidates to improve climate action

15 April, 2021 Calum McFarlane 5 Comments

We get it. The City Council cannot single-handedly do everything that Manchester needs to do to “play its full part”…

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Posted in: 2021 Local Elections, Manchester City Council

Petition for a 7th Scrutiny Committee – weekly post

28 September, 2020 Calum McFarlane 1 Comment

Petition updates and call for support Almost 500 people have now signed our petition online. 476 fierce battles with the…

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Posted in: Collecting signatures, Petition for cash and democracy, Weekly Bulletins

Interview with Charlotte Weatherill @CharleyLancs – on “vulnerability”, development and the violence of ongoing emissions

23 September, 2020 Calum McFarlane Leave a comment

 CEM runs interviews with interesting people in Manchester working on climate change. A couple of weeks ago a PhD student…

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Posted in: Interviews, Petition for cash and democracy Filed under: Charlotte Weatherill

Abyss Staring – a beginners guide

1 September, 2020 Calum McFarlane 1 Comment

And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you Nietzsche (Beyond Good and Evil:…

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Posted in: Active Citizenship Toolkit, Coming To Our Own Emotional Rescue

On Joy

25 August, 2020 Calum McFarlane Leave a comment

Today we continue a series of posts where CEM Core Group members consider what various “big emotions” mean to them…

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Posted in: Coming To Our Own Emotional Rescue, Emotional Literacy Filed under: joy

Interview with the team from @MCRGND_POD

4 August, 2020 Calum McFarlane 1 Comment

Last week the team behind the Manchester Green New Deal Podcast (@MCRGND_POD on Twitter) published a conversation with two of…

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Posted in: Interviews Filed under: @MCRGND_POD

Emotional Intelligence and Parenting

21 July, 2020 Calum McFarlane 2 Comments

The 21st century will be a time of many overlapping crises. The ability to maintain some level of emotional stability…

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Posted in: Coming To Our Own Emotional Rescue Filed under: Antje Timmerman

No, a new stadium is not “building back better”

6 July, 2020 Calum McFarlane Leave a comment

So, American developers want to build a new stadium in Manchester on the Etihad campus. Predictably, they promise that it…

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this person might die. tomorrow it could be me. the day after it might be any of us.

great ancoats street is a carbon hell corridor through this city and was marketed as a £9.1m pedestrian paradise

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14 May

🚨!EVENT KLAXON!🚨
We are performing a one off of “The Wicked Problem” for @mcrhistfest on the 9th June!

If you missed it at @ContactMcr or want to dive into the 2060’s ecocide trial again, get ya tickets!

#whatsonmanchester #theatre #manchester #ClimateActionNow #xr #IPCC https://twitter.com/mcrhistfest/status/1525077786611920896

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The Wicked Problem by @ergontheatre is coming to Manchester Histories Festival!

What would you put first, the planet or your family? You, the audience, are the jury.

#MHF2022
View the trailer here
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SaveHoughEndSaveHoughEndFields@SaveHoughEnd·
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During the consultation process. Lots of great green & sustainable ideas were put forward by people. But @ManCityCouncil just pushed forward with their plans for concrete & plastic. #savehoughendfields #ClimateCrisis https://twitter.com/pjlythgoe/status/1525092101977178112

Peter Lythgoe@pjlythgoe

Not too late to swap 2 plastic pitches for 4 hybrid grass pitches & showcase world leading sustainability instead of greenwashing the problem
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Leeds' Artificial Pitches: exploring their hidden environmental harms
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