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Developing Sustainable Urban Food Systems

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Kath Dalmeny, Policy Director of SUSTAIN gave a passionate talk on: Developing Sustainable Urban Food Systems at FeedingManchester #2 on Saturday 24th October 2009. Kath talked about the opportunities for communities to develop alternative methods to produce and trade sustainable food and also touched on how community projects can delivery numerous local and national policies.

Climate Friendly Food Presentation

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Climate Friendly Food presentation by Jenny Hall at the Feeding Manchester #2 event on the 24th October 2009. The presentation introduces their low carbon certification scheme for farmers and growers as well as presents some of the challenges for England's Northwest region in growing food in a more climate friendly way.

FeedingManchester #4

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Feeding Manchester 4 flier.

We are going for a fundamentally different format for this event, with Hulme Community Garden Centre hosting us in their garden and polytunnel: FeedingManchester #4 starts at 4.00pm with workshops, followed by food and refreshments at 6.30pm, proceeding with discussion groups and a bar opening at 7.30. The event will finish at 9.30pm.

The aim of FeedingManchester #4 is to:

1. Update each other with our news and progress since the last FeedingManchester in February (2010)Read more

Fuelling Manchester #2

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Date: 
13 May, 2010
Charlie Baker's low carbon terrace house in Chorlton

The second Fuelling Manchester social took place on Thursday 13th May 2010 for those involved in community energy projects in the Manchester area. Individuals from Manchester Carbon Co-op, URBED, MERCi, Peak District Energy Co-op, Sustainable Change, Greater Manchester Tree Station and the Energy Savings Trust all attended the social at Odd Bar in the Northern Quarter.Read more

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Moss Side Carbon Co-op Launched

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Date: 
27 March, 2010
Carbon Coop Manual (Moss Side Edition) written by the Kindling Trust

Saturday 27th March 2010 saw the Moss Side launch event of the Carbon Co-op, a new low-carbon social enterprise based in South Manchester. Founded by local residents, the Carbon Co-op aims to bring together friends, neighbours and communities in a bulk buying co-operative, purchasing low carbon technologies, from energy monitors to solar panels, at discount.

The new social enterprise aims to bring green jobs and help Manchester meet its ambitious carbon reduction targets.Read more

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Defining Sustainable Food

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Date: 
1 February, 2010
Fresh organic fruit & veg from Plawhatch Farm.

As part of the FeedingManchester events we have collectively been working on a definition of sustainable food. This is to ensure that any future action to green Manchester addresses our unsustainable food system, as well as being the foundation for the growing sustainable food movement in Greater Manchester.Read more

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Fuelling Manchester Social

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Date: 
19 February, 2010
Fuelling Manchester invitation

Kindling & the Carbon Co-op have organised a social evening for people involved in community energy projects in the Manchester area for Friday 19th February 2010.

"We thought it would be beneficial to organise a get together for all those of us involved in community renewable projects, be that: water turbine co-operatives; bio-mass and woodland management enterprises; waste-to-energy projects, solar energy collectives or those involved in community-focused action on insulation and energy efficiency".Read more

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Urban Food Production Presentation

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Date: 
19 November, 2009
A slide from the Powerpoint presentation.

Kindling's Chris Walsh gave a presentation to several hundred Manchester School of Architecture students on the issue of sustainable food in Manchester in mid-November 2009. As part of the students’ first year project they are exploring urban food production and consumption and the talk raised the many and interlinked problems with our present unsustainable food system and offered some potential solutions.Read more

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Manchester in Particular Poster

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This poster is an A to Z guide to Manchester’s unique political, cultural, ecological & economic landscape and was launched in late 2009. From icons to unsung heroes, the poster highlights what’s unique about our great city. Facts and figures, a few things we’ve lost in recent years, some of our troubles, and a bit of pertinent history. Mostly it’s about the individuals and projects battling to preserve the best of the past and make the best of now to ensure a sustainable and just future for all Mancunians.
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The Carbon Co-operative

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First meeting of the Moss Side Carbon Co-operative.

First meeting of the Moss Side Carbon Co-operative.The Carbon Co-op began as an URBED Co-op initiative, managed by Jonathan Atkinson of Low Winter Sun, aimed at setting up bulk buying co-operatives to help make low carbon technologies more affordable and simpler for people to buy: Clubbing together as streets and communities people will be able to buy energy saving goods atRead more

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