Manchester campaigner backs 5p carrier bag charge in bid to save environment
From this morning plastic bags will cost 5p in a bid to stop people using them in such vast quantities.
‘Time to act’: India and USA to dial in to Manchester climate change conference
The day-long event has been organised by a coalition of local environmental groups and will take place at Methodist Central Hall on Oldham Street.
‘Enough is enough’: Greater Manchester Pension Fund’s £1.3bn fossil fuel investment ‘blot’ on city’s green record
Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) have £1.3billion invested in ‘risky and unethical’ fossil fuel companies equating to £477 per resident according to new figures.
Manchester public transport can save THOUSANDS of lives, claims green campaign group
More than 2,000 premature deaths could be prevented every year in Manchester by taking public transport, an environmental group has warned.
‘A wake up call’: Film set for Manchester debut highlights failure to fight climate change
A new film based on Naomi Klein’s bestselling book on climate change will be premiered in Manchester on Saturday 26 September.
VIDEO: MM meet the fun-gi behind Manchester food festival’s mushroom box
A biospheric mushroom farm has sprouted up in Albert Square as a main exhibit at this year’s Manchester Food and Drink Festival.
Love is blind… blind as a bat! Fallowfield nature walk set to open public’s eyes and hearts
Environmental charity Sustrans, assisted by the Grey to Green project and Greater Manchester Local Record Centre (GMLRC), are setting out on a Bat walk around Fallowfield Loop on Wednesday 16th September between 7pm and 9pm.
‘Just like bird watching’: Bug experts need Manchester’s help mapping moth migration
The thought of moth watching on a Saturday night might not give you butterflies in your stomach, but the work of migration experts would be ‘impossible’ without volunteers.
Manchester’s battle against litterbugs goes digital with charity website launch
Manchester City Council is collecting reports on littering, fly tipping, spillages and eyesores via their homepage, alongside an interesting new website called FixMyStreet.com.
Dear Little Planet: Sale Moor schoolkids stamp out harmful travel choices with postcards
Sale schoolkids have won a competition designed to get children from across Manchester teaching others about the impact of travel on our environment.
Energy Secretary’s speech shows Tory government’s ‘inconsistency’ on climate change, says Man Uni expert
A Manchester climate change expert has branded Energy Secretary Amber Rudd’s speech an example of the ‘inconsistencies’ between government promises and actions that ‘undermine’ the credibility of leadership.