In this weeks digest: Actions 1. End subsidised forest destruction (Friends of the Earth) 2. Vote in the Pinocchio Awards (Les Amis de la Terre) 3. Save the European night trains (FOE Sweden) Events Tue 11 Nov: MFOE full group meeting, Green Fish Tue 11 Nov: Are local solutions the most effective in combatting climate change?, University of Manchester Wed 12 Nov: Standards in Multiple Authorities: revisiting the transatlantic divide, University of Manchester Wed 12 Nov: Demonstration against Fracking outside Trafford Town Hall Thu 13 Nov: Restoring salt-marshes and mangroves: conflict between flood defense and food security?, MMU Thu 13 Nov: Enough is Enough: building a sustainable economy in a world of finite resources, Bar 21 Sat 15 Nov: FOE fracking action, Burnley Mon 17 Nov: HS2: Transport Committee free public event, University of Manchester Mon 17 Nov: Peoples Environmental Scrutiny Team meeting, Friends Meeting House Tue 18 Nov: Launch of (updated) Million Climate Jobs booklet, Friends Meeting House Wed 19 Nov: Energy to Invest, Manchester Cathedral Wed 19 Nov: MFOE Sustainable Transport campaign meeting, Green Fish Wed 19 Nov: MERCi Annual General meeting, Bridge 5 Mill Wed 19 Nov: A better railway for the north (Campaign for Better Transport), York Thu 20 Nov: MFOE food campaign meeting, Green Fish Thu 20 Nov: Whalley Range residents can have a cheaper, warmer, greener home. Sat 22 Nov: FeedingManchester #16: Making Food Fair, Manchester Wed 26 Nov: “Practices as a unit of design: a home heating example” seminar, Sustainable Consumption Institute Wed 26 Nov: MFOE climate campaign meeting, Green Fish Thu 27 Nov: Whalley Range residents can have a cheaper, warmer, greener home. News 1. Environmental groups voice fracking fears after encouraging results from Barton Moss drilling (MEN) 2. Shale gas: George Osbourne proposes North of England fund (BBC) 3. Liz Truss: leave lawnmower in the shed to protect UK’s bees (Guardian) 4. Government accused of losing the plot over clean energy (Business Green) 5. Climate change disrupts the delicate balance between bees and plants (Click Green) 6. Community-scale renewables receives £200m funding boost (Click Green) 7. Three-quarters of Brits offer overwhelming support for renewable power (Business Green) Other 1. Energy Saver - Community Support Work (Action for Sustainable Living) 2. Opportunity to join board of Debdale Eco Centre! 3. Job opportunity: Sustainability Officer, Greater Manchester Fire Service If youre a social media fan, dont forget that you can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter. This digest is compiled by volunteers and is kindly sponsored by Gaeia. If you come across anything of interest for future digests, please email us or add it to our wiki - all contributions welcome! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. End subsidised forest destruction (Friends of the Earth) Wood from US forests is being shipped to the UK to be burnt in biomass plants. And our Government is handing out generous subsidises to energy companies who do this, claiming it is “green energy” - which seems odd, considering the Governments own figures show that burning trees for electricity can be dirtier than coal! Bioenergy can be a green energy solution. But we need the Government to support the right kind of bioenergy. Using locally-sourced wood residues from sawmills to heat houses, for example, can have real environmental benefits. Tell the Minister for Energy to stop subsidising forms of bioenergy that are dirtier than coal: https://foe.co.uk/act/end-subsidised-forest-destruction -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Vote in the Pinocchio Awards (Les Amis de la Terre) The Sustainable Development Pinocchio Awards, organized by Friends of the Earth (Les Amis de la Terre) - France, in partnership with Peuples Solidaires - Action Aid France and CRID, aims to expose the social or environmental impacts of multinational companies, in complete contradiction with the sustainable development concept they claim to respect. To publicly denounce the gap between the companies’ speeches and their acts, Friends of the Earth France will award three Pinocchio Awards in tribute to the famous wooden puppet and its very personal conception of the truth: “Greener than green”: awarded to the company which has led the most abusive and misleading communication campaign in regard to its actual activities. “One for all, all for me!”: awarded to the company which has the most aggressive policy in terms of appropriation, exploitation or destruction of natural resources. “Dirty hands, full wallet”: awarded to the company which has the most opaque policy at the financial level (tax evasion, corruption, etc), in terms of lobbying or in its supply chain. Vote now: prix-pinocchio.org/en/nomines.php -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Save the European night trains (FOE Sweden) Deutsche Bahn and their partners in Denmark, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland and Czech Republic are planning to close down a number of night train routes by the end of 2014. This is unacceptable, and a large blow to European night train services! Rail is the most climate friendly way to travel in Europe. Night trains are the time saving alternative to air traffic. Keep Europe together – on the tracks. Urge Deutsche Bahn to save and develop the night trains: jordensvanner.se/trafik/save-the-european-night-trains -------------------------------------------------------------------------- EVENTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue 11 Nov: MFOE full group meeting, Green Fish Our monthly meeting to catch up on our recents and plan future events and activities. Help Manchester Friends of the Earth grow our membership - bring your ideas, energy and enthusiasm! All welcome - hope to see you there. When: 6.45 for 7pm - 9pm, Tuesday 11th November. Where: Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LE More info: Email [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue 11 Nov: Are local solutions the most effective in combatting climate change?, University of Manchester Manchester Ethical Think Tank, the first student-led Think Tank at the University of Manchester, would like to invite you to our launch event - a panel discussion, answering the questions ‘Are local solutions the most effective in combatting climate change?’, followed by a Q&A discussion. As a society, we will then be researching the topics in more depth and publishing reports. If you want more information on the event, please contact our president at [email protected] When: 6pm, Tuesday 11th November. Where: Details from contact above. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed 12 Nov: Standards in Multiple Authorities: revisiting the transatlantic divide, University of Manchester A Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence seminar on the current trade negotiations between the EU and the USA, with Dr. Jean-Christophe Graz from the University of Lausanne. When: 2pm - 3pm, Wednesday 12th November Where: Room 2.2, Roscoe Building, University of Manchester More info: events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:s3h-i0nljiaa-wwz6o8/standards-in-multiple-authorities-revisiting-the-transatlantic-divide --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed 12 Nov: Demonstration against Fracking outside Trafford Town Hall Trafford Labour groups motion on fracking (which was postponed by the Conservative council in July) is back on the agenda of the next full council meeting, which starts at 7pm on Wednesday 12th November. https://democratic.trafford.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=122&MID=1026 Join us from 6pm on Wednesday outside Trafford Town Hall to remind councillors what we think about fracking. And if you have time, stay and watch the meeting from the public gallery to see what they have to say for themselves. Please spread the word to help us get a good turnout, and do let us know if youre planning to come! Contact: [email protected] or 07786 090520 When: From 6pm, Wednesday 12th November Where: Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford, M32 0TH --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu 13 Nov: Restoring salt-marshes and mangroves: conflict between flood defense and food security?, MMU Low-lying coastal zones are home to more 2 billion people and some of the most agriculturally productive land. But global sea levels are rising and these coastal zones, their people, agriculture and biodiversity, are threatened with increased flooding and seawater inundation. Coastal habitats, such as mangroves and saltmarsh, can act as natural sea defences, but human population growth has led to their damage and loss, mostly through reclamation for agriculture. Creating new mangrove and saltmarsh could protect coastal communities from rising sea levels, but this needs land. Do the benefits of flood defence outweigh the loss of high-value agricultural land? Can habitat be successfully created? And are communities willing to ‘give land back to the sea’? Part of a series of talks in a collaboration between Manchester Metropolitan University and Oxfam. When: 6pm to 7.30pm, Thursday 13 November Where: The Refectory, John Dalton Building, MMU, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD More info & booking: https://eventbrite.co.uk/e/13525652591 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu 13 Nov: Enough is Enough: building a sustainable economy in a world of finite resources, Bar 21 We’re overusing the earth’s finite resources, and yet excessive consumption is failing to improve our lives. In this talk, Dan O’Neill will lay out a visionary but realistic alternative to the perpetual pursuit of economic growth—an economy where the goal is enough, not more. He will explore specific strategies to conserve natural resources, stabilise population, reduce inequality, fix the financial system, create jobs, and more—all with the aim of maximizing long-term well-being instead of short-term profits. Dan O’Neill is a lecturer in ecological economics at the University of Leeds, and the chief economist at the Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE). His work focuses on the changes that would be needed to achieve a prosperous non-growing economy, and alternative ways of measuring progress besides GDP. He is co-author (with Rob Dietz) of Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources, an international best-seller which has recently been made into a short film. When: 7.30pm, Thursday 13th November Where: Bar 21, 10 Thomas St, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 1DH More info: meetup/GMSkeptics/events/194133182/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat 15 Nov: FOE fracking action, Burnley In a few weeks time, Lancashire County Council will be deciding whether to give the go-ahead to fracking: foe.co.uk/act/petition-stop-fracking-in-lancashire-b Next Saturday, well be heading to Burnley to join forces with the local FOE group to encourage local residents to write to their county councillors and sign the petition to the council leader, Jenny Mein. Well be leaving Manchester at around 10am, and plan to return mid-afternoon (though if you can only make it for part of the day, thats absolutely fine). And wed be happy to reimburse any travel costs. If youd like to join us, please call/text Ali on 07786 090520 and well confirm details closer to the date. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon 17 Nov: HS2: Transport Committee free public event, University of Manchester What impact might HS2 have in the North of England? Find out about the latest developments concerning HS2 and its potential impact on the North of England when MPs from the House of Commons Transport Committee question Sir David Higgins, Chair of HS2 Ltd, at an oral evidence session in Manchester. This is a great opportunity to see MPs on the select committee in action and also hear first-hand from Sir David as he answers their questions about the proposed new high speed rail project. The evidence session will focus on: - the latest developments of the HS2 project - Sir David’s recent report on high speed rail in the North of England Evidence gathered at this event will inform the Committee’s ongoing scrutiny of transport policy. Spaces are limited so booking in advance is essential. When: 3pm - 4.30pm, Monday 17th November Where: University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester. Registration: https://surveymonkey/r/YN7QPGF ---------------------------------------------------- Mon 17 Nov: Peoples Environmental Scrutiny Team meeting, Friends Meeting House The Manchester Climate Change Action Plan turns 5 on November 17th 2014. Its second goal is the creation of a low carbon culture. Neither Manchester City Council nor the Steering Group for the plan has yet defined a low carbon culture! Come along to this gathering, mingle with other people, learn new skills and also throw your ideas into the pot - what IS a low carbon culture? When: 7pm - 8.30pm, Monday 17th November Where: Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St, Manchester ---------------------------------------------------- Tue 18 Nov: Launch of (updated) Million Climate Jobs booklet, Friends Meeting House A Manchester launch meeting for the new version of the Million Climate Jobs pamphlet. Includes a case study of Salford, comparing jobs created by possible fracking at Barton Moss with the much greater number of jobs which could be created to mitigate climate change in sectors such as renewable energy, public transport and building insulation. Speakers confirmed so far: - Martin Empson, Campaign against Climate Change Trade Union Group (which produced the pamphlet in collaboration with several unions) - Ian Hodson, President, Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU), one of the sponsoring unions - Sue Lloyd, NW Regional Green Officer, Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), also a sponsoring union - Stephen Hall is speaking on behalf of Leigh branch of UNITE (another sponsoring union) - A speaker from Frack Free Greater Manchester (which is co-hosting this meeting with CaCC) When: 7pm, Tuesday 18th November Where: Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS (behind the Central Library) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed 19 Nov: Energy to Invest, Manchester Cathedral A day celebrating a Greener Cathedral and in a call to care for all in creation: 10am - 12 noon: That Children may be heard on Earth Presentations for Church schools and activities with Oxfam, 10:10, Christian Aid and many more 2pm - 4pm: That Churches may attend to the earth Why divest from Fossil Fuels? Speaker Canon Giles Goddard + practical guidance on how to finance greener Churches 7pm - 9pm: That Community may sing of the earth A prophetic old story retold for the present day with poetry and Community choirs All are welcome to the Cathedral for these free events. Contact: John Hughes. Email: [email protected] When: Wednesday 19th November, see above for times Where: Manchester Cathedral --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed 19 Nov: MFOE Sustainable Transport campaign meeting, Green Fish Come along and join our busy transport campaign. All welcome. Agenda will include: - Getting Moving - our cycling manifesto - Velocity 2025 - cycle route consultation - Stockport Town Centre Access Plan - Bike Friday - events, campaigns and activities for 2015. When: 6.30pm - 9.00pm, Wednesday 19th November Where: Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St, Manchester M4 1LE More info: Please email [email protected] if youre planning to attend, or to find out more. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed 19 Nov: MERCi Annual General meeting, Bridge 5 Mill We would like to invite you to join MERCi for our AGM. A chance to network and to catch up on whats been happenning in Merci and Bridge 5 Mill and to discuss our priorities for the future. Refreshments from 5:30pm and the AGM itself will start at 6.00pm. For directions to Bridge 5 Mill visit merci.org.uk/visiting We really appreciate your support so please do come along. Free to attend but please register at https://eventbrite.co.uk/e/merci-agm-2014-tickets-13869848089 When: 5.30pm - 7.30pm, Wednesday 19th November. Where: Bridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 7HR --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed 19 Nov: A better railway for the north (Campaign for Better Transport), York The future of the northern England rail network is up for grabs. In the next few weeks, the Government will announce its plans for future rail franchises for northern England. Will it be growth, investment, improvements - or fares rises, service cuts and savings? This event will discuss whats at stake with the Rail Minister and experts. Claire Perry MP, Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport With expert contributions including * Alex Hynes, Chief Executive, Northern Rail * Chris Dale, Chair, Travelwatch North West To register your place send your name, organisation and contact details to: [email protected] This event is free to attend but you must RSVP to reserve your place. Registration from 5.30pm and the event will be followed by a reception When: 6.00– 8.00pm, Wednesday 19 November Where: National Railway Museum, York --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu 20 Nov: MFOE food campaign meeting, Green Fish Our regular food campaigns meetings are held on the third Thursday of the month. Join us to find out what were campaigning on next. We will be creating some campaign resource materials for the Use Your Loaf campaign and drawing up an outline of some food workshops, so please join us for some light nibbles (if you can bring something to share), some interesting discussion and some fun to our activities. The Use Your Loaf Campaign is gathering momentum now and we have been asked to collaberate on some food awareness, meal planning/shopping and food waste workshops with UoMFoodies. We also now have a Use Your Loaf campaign facebook page – feel free to comment post and add content. When: 6:30pm - 8pm, Thursday 20th November Where: Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St, Manchester M4 1LE More info: Email [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu 20 Nov: Whalley Range residents can have a cheaper, warmer, greener home. For a limited time only, we are working with Willmott Dixon, to offer a package of measures to support householders in Whalley Range to make their homes warmer and more energy efficient and reduce energy bills as part of the Little Bill scheme. Come to this event to hear more about the scheme and how you and your family can benefit from it. Featuring: Introduction by a member of ‘Manchester A Certain Future’ steering group. Drop-in sessions with opportunity to ask all your burning questions with help and advice from Carbon Co-op, Willmott Dixon, Friends of the Earth and Manchester: A Certain Future. An introduction in to the ‘ins and outs’ of household energy efficient retrofit with real world examples from residents who have undergone the process. Fairtrade Tea, Cake and networking. Running order: 5-8pm: Drop in and stalls 6-7pm: Introduction, followed by household retrofit workshop including presentations from people who have made changes to their home. When: 5-8pm, Thursday 20th November Where: The Carlton Club, Carlton Road, Whalley Range, M16 8BE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat 22 Nov: FeedingManchester #16: Making Food Fair, Manchester Foodbanks are making headline news, but our food system perpetuates other kinds of poverty as well. While families struggle to feed themselves, farming and the food sector are reliant on poverty wages, poor conditions and precarious employment. Join us as we explore a food system that is letting down so many and ask, how can we make food fair for everyone? With speakers from Sustain’s London Food Poverty Pilot, Nourish Scotland, Church Action on Poverty and the Principal Investigator of ERC study “Families and Food Poverty in an Age of Austerity”. Plus, discussion groups and a chance to feed into the national Commission on Food Poverty led by the Fabian Society. Cost - £10, including lunch. Booking essential. When: 9.30am - 5pm, Saturday 22nd November Where: Federation House, Corner of Federation St and Balloon St, Manchester M4 2AH More info & booking: feedingmanchester.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=3815 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed 26 Nov: “Practices as a unit of design: a home heating example” seminar, Sustainable Consumption Institute You are invited to the next seminar in the Sustainable Consumption Institute’s Seminar Series which is to be given by Dr Lenneke Kuijer entitled “Practices as a unit of design: a home heating example”. With the winter at our doorstep, UK household energy consumption is about to enter its yearly peak season. The main contributor to this peak is home heating. Because of its great appetite for energy, domestic heating has been a popular topic in sustainable consumption research and policy intervention. This presentation will use the example of keeping warm at home to illustrate what it can mean to take practices as a unit, not only of analysis, but also of design. Using this example, it will illustrate (1) how a practice-oriented view sheds a different light on the issue of domestic heating, and (2) how a design approach can reveal and flesh out radical, yet plausible avenues of change and opportunities for intervention. Drawing on recent experiences in the DEMAND Centre, the presentation aims to develop the practice-oriented design framework originating from a product design context into a set of tools and provocations that has relevance to a broader agenda in sustainable consumption. Please book your place by emailing Katrina Farrugia at [email protected]. When: 4pm – 5.30pm, Wednesday 26 November 2014. Coffee and registration will begin at 3.45 pm. Where: Conference Room, Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed 26 Nov: MFOE climate campaign meeting, Green Fish Join us to find out the latest on fracking in Salford & Trafford, our local campaign on greening rented homes, and FOEs new national campaign on community energy. All welcome. When: 7pm - 8.30pm, Wednesday 26th November Where: Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St, Manchester M4 1LE More info: Please email [email protected] if youre planning to attend, or to find out more. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu 27 Nov: Whalley Range residents can have a cheaper, warmer, greener home. For a limited time only, we are working with Willmott Dixon, to offer a package of measures to support householders in Whalley Range to make their homes warmer and more energy efficient and reduce energy bills as part of the Little Bill scheme. Come to this event to hear more about the scheme and how you and your family can benefit from it. Featuring: Introduction by a member of ‘Manchester A Certain Future’ steering group. Drop-in sessions with opportunity to ask all your burning questions with help and advice from Carbon Co-op, Willmott Dixon, Friends of the Earth and Manchester: A Certain Future. An introduction in to the ‘ins and outs’ of household energy efficient retrofit with real world examples from residents who have undergone the process. Fairtrade Tea, Cake and networking. Running order: 5-8pm: Drop in and stalls 6-7pm: Introduction, followed by household retrofit workshop including presentations from people who have made changes to their home. When: 5-8pm, Thursday 27th November Where: The Carlton Club, Carlton Road, Whalley Range, M16 8BE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Environmental groups voice fracking fears after encouraging results from Barton Moss drilling (MEN) A report by iGas shows tests at the Eccles site earlier this year are encouraging in respect of the shale potential of the area... manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/environmental-groups-voice-fears-over-8049913 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Shale gas: George Osbourne proposes North of England fund (BBC) Shale gas extraction revenues could be held in a sovereign wealth fund for the north of England, the chancellor has said. ...Friends of the Earths Helen Rimmer said it was a desperate attempt to win over communities.... bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29968603 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Liz Truss: leave lawnmower in the shed to protect UK’s bees (Guardian) Environment secretary argues bees and other pollinating insects should be treated like top footballers, with excellent accommodation and the best diet... theguardian/environment/2014/nov/04/bees-uk-protect-liz-truss-pollinating-lawnmower ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Government accused of losing the plot over clean energy (Business Green) Green businesses and NGOs accuse ministers of eroding confidence in UK renewable energy market businessgreen/bg/news/2380032/government-accused-of-losing-the-plot-over-clean-energy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Climate change disrupts the delicate balance between bees and plants (Click Green) Climate change could be responsible for disrupting the delicate link between bees and plants according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA). clickgreen.org.uk/news/national-news/125188-climate-change-disrupts-the-delicate-link-between-bees-and-plants.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Community-scale renewables receives £200m funding boost (Click Green) A new £200m finance programme has been launched to support community-scale renewable energy projects in the UK. clickgreen.org.uk/news/national-news/125190-community-scale-renewables-receives-200m-funding-boost.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Three-quarters of Brits offer overwhelming support for renewable power (Business Green) Latest government survey again confirms strong support for renewable power, as opposition to fracking exceeds support for the first time businessgreen/bg/news/2379351/three-quarters-of-brits-offer-overwhelming-support-for-renewable-power ------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Energy Saver - Community Support Work (Action for Sustainable Living) Action for Sustainable Living is seeking a Community Support Worker (20hrs/week for 6 months) to co-deliver a programme of community and tenant engagement in the New East Manchester regeneration area. The focus of the project will be to engage, enthuse and support social housing tenants in saving energy and reducing energy bills in the home. £24,220 pro-rata (0.5) Closing date: Friday 21st November at 1.00pm. Interviews: Friday 28th November. Start Date: week beginning Monday 1st December (ideally) For more information see afsl.org.uk/get-involved/jobs/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Opportunity to join board of Debdale Eco Centre! About Debdale Eco Centre (DEC): offers learning and social opportunities based on gardening, growing, composting and cooking food both at its centre and in local communities. DEC is deeply committed to principles of sustainability, and works to improve confidence, health & wellbeing, and personal and community involvement – particularly with vulnerable people in surrounding areas, which are affected by severe deprivation. Debdale Eco Centre is based in Debdale Park in East Manchester, and is an oasis of calm, surrounded by trees, overlooking Gorton Reservoir and on the Fallowfield Loop cycle track. DEC is well regarded for its work, having successfully delivered a three-year Big Lottery funded project. DEC has strong links and partnerships with a range of organisations in Manchester, and it is currently developing the range and depth of its work to support its objectives. About the opportunity: Debdale Eco Centre is looking for enthusiastic and knowledgeable people to join their Board. Prior Board experience would be desirable, but is not necessary, as support and training will be available for new Board members. Debdale Eco Centre is a company limited by guarantee with social objectives, so board members do not have personal liability for the organisation. Board meetings are usually monthly or bi-monthly. Any other work for this role can be done flexibly. Who are we looking for? While anyone with an interest in the work of Debdale Eco Centre is welcome to apply, applications from those with skills or experience in the following are particularly welcome: working with Manchesters Health and Wellbeing Board; finance; HR; sustainability; community development; partnership working; business and entrepreneurship; marketing; fundraising. How will you benefit? As a new Board member, this would be a fantastic opportunity for you to: Make a real difference to individuals and communities in Manchester Enhance your experience, skills and networks Engage with an innovative organisation at an exciting moment in its development If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Cormac Lawler at: cormaggio@gmail or 07946 372535. See further info on Debdale Eco Centre at: debdale-ecocentre.org.uk/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Job opportunity: Sustainability Officer, Greater Manchester Fire Service £24,892 - £28,127 per annum Fire Service Headquarters, Swinton, Salford Application deadline: Midnight, Sunday 16 November Help drive sustainability across our Fire Service. - Work in an award winning team - Help meet our ambition to have a net positive environmental impact - Advance and develop our Environmental Management System - Meet the challenge of cutting our carbon footprint manchesterfire.gov.uk/media/1973/sustainability-officer-advert.pdf
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