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Kindling makes changes to be more sustainable

Date: 
1 May, 2010
Sustaining Change Manual.

After carrying out MERCi's Sustaining Change audit and receiving support and advice from its team, Kindling has extensively revised its environmental policy into an updated and progressive sustainability policy.

The new policy is broader and more in depth than Kindling's previous policy, but more importantly dovetails with an action plan which sets future actions and targets.Read more

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Strong Roots Pilot

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Date: 
26 April, 2010
Two participants completing an action plan as part of the Strong Roots workshop

As part of Growing Manchester, Kindling carried out a pilot of the Strong Roots course on Monday 26th April for a select group of community growing projects included Abundance Manchester and Manchester Drugs Service's Waterloo Project. Growing Manchester invited a small number of applicants to attend the pilot to provide feedback and suggestions to help refine and improve the workshop for its official launch on Wednesday 26th May.Read more

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Growing Manchester Launched

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Date: 
29 March, 2010
Growing Manchester publicity.

Growing Manchester is a new programme to support community growing projects in the city to become more sustainable in the long term and covers a wide range of issues such as maintaining soil fertility, your legal responsibilities, micro-trading and involving more people. The Programme offers a unique package of support including: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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Forgotten Fields Secures Support

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Date: 
25 March, 2010
Forgotten Fields session at a local allotment.

Kindling has secured Heritage Lottery support of around £40,000 to support its food heritage project: Forgotten Fields.

The project focuses on the heritage of food production and availability in Manchester from 1750’s to present day. It concentrates on six communities from across Greater Manchester that have expressed a need to explore a particular food heritage.Read more

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Sustainable Fayre

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Date: 
15 March, 2010
Manchester Fayre's My School Lunch Website.

Kindling has secured financial support to explore opportunities to increase 'low-carbon' food in Manchester via school meals, complimenting the city's Climate Change Action Plan, Manchester; A Certain Future.Read more

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Apple Grafting Workshops

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Date: 
13 March, 2010 - 14 March, 2010
Apple Grafting Workshop Poster.

Kindling in partnership with Abundance Manchester and OTAGS are running two day-long workshops in March 2010 to introduce gardeners to the art of apple grafting (cutting & combining a shoot of one tree to the rootstock of another and binding them together until they grow into each other).Read more

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Starting With One Street

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Date: 
9 March, 2010
Carbon Co-op Workshop Materials.

Kindling has been working with South Manchester Carbon Co-op in preparation to pilot this unique initiative on two streets in Rusholme, South Manchester. Our role has been to develop the carbon co-op manual - giving top energy-saving tips; money-saving offers on things like insulation, car sharing schemes, energy saving appliances; and examples of the amazing things that other communities have done to reduce their carbon emissions and energy bills.Read more

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What makes a successful community food growing project?

Date: 
6 March, 2010
Abundance Manchester's community garden in Withington.

Is it people who can plan ahead? Is it the sunny, well drained site? Is is the ongoing grant? Is it a sympathetic neighbourhood? Is it the local café who's willing to buy your surplus veg? Each project is unique; each has its strengths and challenges; each has to overcome different barriers; each has different aspirations and goals.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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