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Real Nappy Week 2012: Real Nappies in Greater Manchester

Who is profiting at the planet’s expense?

Book Depository: Raise money for Friends of the Earth every time you buy a book

Autumnal Spicy Beetroot and Pumpkin Soup

MYO: Learn the art of ‘making your own’ beer

Recipe Competition – Denitsa Chuh Leva – Fresh Rice Noodles with Mediterranean Veg.

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Real Nappy Week 2012 runs from 16th to 22nd April and to celebrate Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) are hosting 18 nappy events to help you see how easy they are to use. Visit the using real nappies page for … Continue reading →

Help us root out the worst offenders for trashing the planet. Making everything we buy and use is putting the earth’s life-support systems under dangerous strain. That’s why we’re campaigning for all companies to start counting the cost and reduce the impacts their … Continue reading →

Raise money for Friends of the Earth every time you buy a book – and get big discounts too. Now you can buy great value books and help the planet. Every time you order from The Book Depository, Friends of the Earth … Continue reading →

This is a perfect recipe for Autumn and tastes amazing! It was adapted into a soup and veganised from a recipe for Oxtail Stew with Pumpkin and Cinnamon from Yotam Ottolenghi’s “The Cookbook”. olive oil 1 pumpkin 4 beetroots 1 … Continue reading →

If you would like to learn how to make your own beer in time for the festive celebrations (and beyond) then pop along to the Green Fish centre on Tuesday 15th November, where James, a Manchester Friends of the Earth … Continue reading →

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Veg: 3 coloured peppers, carrots, courgettes, ionion Slice the peppers into long thin strips, do the same with the carrots and chop the courgettes into cubes. Chop the onions into cubes Put a little oil (sunflower) in a frying pan … Continue reading →

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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

17 May: MFoE Food campaign meeting

18 May: UK Green Film Festival: Happy

19 May: UK Green Film Festival: The City Dark