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Living Streets are urging you to take the Great British Walking Challenge (1st-31st May)

Safer Cycling and Walking: Lobby Your Greater Manchester MP Now

30th March 2012 News Release: News release: Greater Manchester: ‘Getting Moving on Cycling’?

Getting Moving: Greater Manchester Cycling Manifesto

Getting Moving: A Manifesto

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The Big Green Bike Ride

Manchester City Council Interim Cycling Strategy

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Living Streets are urging you to take the Great British Walking Challenge (1st-31st May)

Safer Cycling and Walking: Lobby Your Greater Manchester MP Now

30th March 2012 News Release: News release: Greater Manchester: ‘Getting Moving on Cycling’?

Getting Moving: Greater Manchester Cycling Manifesto

Getting Moving: A Manifesto

Evening Rides

Bike Shops

Riding Refreshments Roundup

The Big Green Bike Ride

Manchester City Council Interim Cycling Strategy

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A shift towards more sustainable modes of transport is good news for our health, communities and the environment, both locally and globally. It is a vital step in reducing the emissions causing climate change. Manchester Friends of the Earth campaigns for cycling, walking, alternative fuels and quality public transport to be at the heart of policies on how we get around. We also believe that it is important to reduce the need to travel by, for example, promoting the use and development of local shops and services.

Our main activities:

Love Your Bike (our cycling campaign)
Bike Friday (monthly cycle to work rides)
Bike Fabulous (cycle in style)

Every step counts as we unite to see how many times we can collectively walk between Land’s End and John O’Groats. Throughout May you can log your walking, whether it’s to or from school, on the commute to work or … Continue reading →

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Please help John Leech MP make his Road Safety Bill law by asking your MP to support him on the 27th April, when a second reading of the bill will be heard in Parliament. We have prepared a simple email … Continue reading →

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On Friday 30th March, Love Your Bike are inviting people to join one of the Bike Friday ‘cycle to work’ rides [1] to support the launch of ‘Getting Moving: A Manifesto for Cycling In Greater Manchester’.

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Created by Love Your Bike and supported by a range of businesses and organisations in Greater Manchester and nationally, Getting Moving argues for bold measures to make Greater Manchester a cycling city. To help in tackling climate change, improving health … Continue reading →

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Our Manifesto, launched March 2012.

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GMCC are running a series of evening fun cycle rides in 2012. 29th March to Vale Cottage 19th April to Jackson’s Boat 24th May to Fletcher Moss 21st June to Horseshoe 19th July to be confirmed 23rd August to HeatonPark … Continue reading →

MERCi provide a list of bike shops in Greater Manchester.

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Whether it’s water, a nice mug of tea or something a little stronger, how can you transport your tipples by bike in a stylish manner? Katy rounds up a selection of delightful products…

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National, Friends of the Earth are organising a fundraising sponsored bike ride. The deadline for registration is 28th Feburary 2012, and the ride starts on 6th May. More info about the ride is on their website. The ride will start … Continue reading →

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Our response to the City Council’s consultation is available via Scribd.

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17 May: MFoE Food campaign meeting

18 May: UK Green Film Festival: Happy

19 May: UK Green Film Festival: The City Dark

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17 Events on May 17, 2012 MFoE Food campaign meeting Starts: 18:30 Location: Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE Description: Interested in food? Interested in campaigning against food waste? Come along to our monthly meetings to hear the latest on our food campaign and get involved in reducing food waste across Greater Manchester. The main things we are currently working on are: planning a Feeding the 5000 event in Manchester to be held later this year - see http://www.feeding5k.org continuing with our taste before beauty campaign - see http://www.manchesterfoe.org.uk/tastebeforebeauty Food campaign meetings will now be held on the third Thursday of the month. When: 6.30pm - 8.30pm, Thursday 19 April Where: Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE Contact Safia: safia@manchesterfoe.org.uk More details

18 Events on May 18, 2012 UK Green Film Festival: Happy Starts: 18:30 Location: Apollo Cinema, Denmark Street, Altrincham, WA14 2WG Description: The latest award-winning film from Academy Award® nominated director Roko Belic, takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Combining real life stories of people from around the world and powerful interviews with the leading scientists in happiness research, Happy explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion: http://www.thehappymovie.com More details

19 Events on May 19, 2012 UK Green Film Festival: The City Dark Starts: 12:00 Location: Apollo Cinema, Denmark Street, Altrincham, WA14 2WG Description: The City Dark is a feature documentary about the loss of night. After moving to NYC from rural Maine, filmmaker Ian Cheney asks a simple question – do we need the stars? – taking him from Brooklyn to Mauna Kea, Paris, and beyond. Exploring the threat of killer asteroids in Hawaii, tracking hatching turtles along the Florida coast, and rescuing injured birds on Chicago streets, Cheney unravels the myriad implications of a globe glittering with lights – including increased breast cancer rates from exposure to light at night, and a generation of kids without a glimpse of the universe above. Featuring stunning astrophotography and a cast of eclectic scientists, The City Dark is the definitive story of light pollution and the disappearing stars: http://www.thecitydark.com More details

20 Events on May 20, 2012 UK Green Film Festival: Taste the Waste Starts: 20:00 Location: Apollo Cinema, Denmark Street, Altrincham, WA14 2WG Description: Amazing but true: on the way from the farm to the dining-room table, more than half the food lands in the dump – most of it before it ever reaches consumers. Taste the Waste is a documentary about the worldwide destruction of food. Why do we throw away so much? And how can we stop this kind of waste? http://www.tastethewaste.com More details

25 Events on May 25, 2012 Bike Friday Starts: 08:00 Location: Levenshulme, Prestwich, Stretford, Chorlton, Worsley and Withington, to Manchester Description: campaign:transport Every last Friday of the month, join the communal cycle ride into Manchester. For more information contact graeme@manchesterfoe.org.uk or cat@manchesterfoe.org.uk More details

31 Events on May 31, 2012 MFoE Transport Campaign Meeting Starts: 18:30 Location: Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE Description: There's a lot going on at the moment, and plenty to get stuck into. Amongst other things, we'll be discussing: - The launch of the cycling manifesto, and onward plans on using it as a lobbying tool - Bike Fabulous, our cycle style show in Manchester Arndale - Bike Friday - The spokes project, looking at core cycle routes in Greater Manchester Hope to see you there. But if you can't make it and would like to get involved, just let me know. Feel free to get in touch if you'd like to know more about what we're doing, or just turn up and find out. Graeme. Email: graeme@manchesterfoe.org.uk Mobile: 07948 405071 More details