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Category: Coronavirus

Council wastes 50k on “new economic narrative”, without tender. Scrutiny urgently required.

29 September, 2020 Marc Hudson Leave a comment

Manchester City Council has given 50 thousand pounds to a couple of consultancies for a “new economic narrative.” The “narrative”…

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Posted in: Active Citizenship Toolkit, Coronavirus, Economy Scrutiny Committee, Petition for cash and democracy

Our response to Manchester Climate Change Partnership’s letter of support to the leader of the council

30 June, 2020 Adam Peirce Leave a comment

The Manchester Climate Change Partnership wrote a letter to the leader of the city council about an ambitious recovery plan…

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Posted in: Coronavirus, Cycle lanes, Zero Carbon 2030 target, Zero Carbon Framework Filed under: Communications

Campaigners call for better post-lockdown vision for #Manchester

3 May, 2020 Marc Hudson Leave a comment

Campaigners from various Manchester-based campaigning bodies, including Climate Emergency Manchester (1), have called for the City Council’s post-lockdown planning to…

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Posted in: Coronavirus, Manchester City Council

Repost: “Beware far-right arguments disguised as environmentalism”

30 March, 2020 Marc Hudson Leave a comment

Below is the beginning of an article which appeared last Friday on The Conversation, authored by Dr Marc Hudson, one…

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Posted in: Coronavirus

#Coronavirus advice for head hygiene, via @AlexSteffen #Manchester

19 March, 2020 Marc Hudson 1 Comment

Alex Steffen is a futurist/climate change thinker. Here below is a Twitter thread he wrote earlier today. The putting bits…

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Posted in: Coronavirus

Coronavirus help in #Manchester 01: @OpenKitchenMcr

18 March, 2020 Marc Hudson Leave a comment

Climate Emergency Manchester is all about increased civil society action (and ‘right policies, implemented’) in the face of adversity.  Right…

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Posted in: Coronavirus

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Join us on Thursday, March 11 for our #BlackFeministEcologicalPerspectives #CGHSRSpeakers panel with:

Kishi Animashaun Ducre from @SyracuseU,
Frances Roberts-Gregory @BlacknGreenPhD from @NU_PolicySchool
& @TiyaMilesTAM from @Harvard.

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InvisibleMapperJon Silver@InvisibleMapper·
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This is going to be a cycle/walking disaster for Ancoats

A cycle route along a canal towpath that is used by parents/children for school/nursery everyday...it's difficult enough already.

Just another case study in terrible planning in the area from Angeliki https://twitter.com/AngelikiStg/status/1364985110697754629

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Angeliki Stogia@AngelikiStg

Northern and Eastern Gateway cycling and walking project: you said
✔️routes away from busy roads
🚸improvements to key junctions
🌿more environmental improvements
🚲minimise on-street parking
We've taken on board and we want to hear more before we finalise the project 👇🚶‍♀️🚴‍♀️ https://twitter.com/ManCityCouncil/status/1364979334646272002

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ward_esmeEsme Ward@ward_esme·
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Especially excited about this .. https://twitter.com/mcrmuseum/status/1364949267559948300

Manchester Museum@McrMuseum

Our commissioned work 'Planet - People - Power' by @deejaysamrai & @FarahAhmadKhan will explore South Asian diaspora experience and action in relation to climate change, intersectional environmentalism, inequality & ecological reciprocity between Manchester and the Global South. 2

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This. Please. I want to get back to pizzas and pints at the Sandbar....

Afzal Khan MP 💙@Afzal4Gorton

Getting Britain Vaccinated is our national mission.

The sooner we’re vaccinated, the sooner life can return to normal.

Share @UKLabour's messages in other commonly spoken languages with your friends, family and communities.

#LetsVaccinateBritain

https://labour.org.uk/issues/campaigns/covid-vaccine-hub/

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NWCWUCarl Webb@NWCWU·
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Please support this important campaign: https://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-go-north-west-fire-and-rehire?bucket=&source=twitter-share-button&utm_campaign=&utm_source=twitter&share=335c8c25-d83c-4934-8edf-bb188cd31588 via @megaphoneuk

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