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Love the Product, Love the Way It’s Made
If you have ever wondered why it is that products these days seem designed to break easily, and if you get mad when it appears they are impossible to recycle, let alone mend, then we have the campaign for you! … Continue reading
Grey Skies Cut Grade-outs at Supermarkets
The wettest June on record and hailstorms in August may have resulted in UK farmers suffering one of the worst harvests in recent years, but one bit of a silver lining has been a reversal in policy by many of … Continue reading
Green Is Working, Say MPs
Some of you may remember the famous Saatchi and Saatchi election poster designed for the Conservatives back in 1979, showing a long, snaking dole queue with the caption Labour Isn’t Working. Looking back on it, this campaign may seem controversial, … Continue reading
Join The Land Army
Have you heard about the Kindling Trust, Manchester’s campaigning organisation working towards an ecologically sustainable economy and society here in the North West of England? Kindling has set up a volunteer project called the Land Army, where you can go … Continue reading
Seeds of Weeds Will Please Bees
Manchester Friends of the Earth have been busy with the Bee Cause campaign, aimed at halting the decline in bee populations by promoting beefriendly planting and biodiversity. Seed bombs made their appearance in July at both Envirolution, in Platt Fields, … Continue reading
Time is running out for Toasty
Stacie from the Greater Manchester Energy Advice Service tells us why there’s no time like the present to get toasty:
Event report: Powering the future
How many ways can we make progress towards a sustainable energy future? Lots of them, as Damian found out at the latest of Manchester FOE’s ‘Big Tuesday’ events, hosted by the group at the Green Fish Resource Centre.
Bike Fabulous 2012: Another Fab Cycle Style Event
Shoppers in Manchester Arndale on Saturday 23rd June were treated to the third Bike Fabulous cycle style event, promoting cool cycling with the motto ‘cycle wear, cycle everywhere’.