Information on events that took place in 2005 is shown below. For details of forthcoming events, please click here.
December 2005
Saturday 3rd December: International
Day of Climate Protest. The London demo starts at noon at Lincoln's
Inn Fields (Holborn Tube) - see www.campaigncc.org for
more details. For info on coaches, please call Ewa on 881 1070 or
07932 190 322.
Saturday 3rd December,
10am - 5pm: Stall at the Fairtrade market, Piccadilly Gardens (map)
Tuesday 6th December,
7pm: Annual General Meeting, Friends Meeting House, followed by Xmas
social
Saturday 10th
December, 3pm onwards: White Band Day 3, Trade Justice Movement event
with speakers and stalls etc., Great Northern Square - corner of Deansgate
and Peter St.
Tuesday 13th December,
7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Saturday 16th
December, 3pm -4pm: Local Shopping Survey, Burnage (map)
November 2005
Thursday 3rd November,
5.30pm for 6.30pm: "Nuclear Power: Consigned to History or a Future
Source of Sustainable Energy?", a lecture by Michael Parker, Group
CEO of BNFL, Renold Building, University of Manchester
Saturday 5th November,
10am - 5pm: Stall at the Fairtrade market, Piccadilly Gardens (map)
Monday 7th November,
6.30pm - 8.30pm: Planning meeting, Manna, Piccadilly Gardens (map)
Tuesday 8th November,
7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Wednesday 9th
November, 7.30pm: SERA meeting on Sustainable Energy: The Geo-Therm
Option, Manchester Town Hall, Committee Room 1.
Thursday 10th
November, 6pm: Meeting to discuss Local Transport Plan consultation
response, Caffe Nero, Deansgate
Thursday 10th
November, 6pm - 9pm: MERCi AGM, with a demo of open source software,
Bridge-5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street, Ancoats (map)
Saturday 12th
November, 10.30am - 3.30pm: Stockport Fair Trade Fair, Stockport College,
Wellington Road South (map)
Saturday 12th
November, 6pm - 10pm: Unity Winter Festival, Manchester Art Gallery
Monday 14th November,
5pm - 7.30pm: North West Waste Forum AGM, with presentations on MBT
and RDF, Committee Room 3, Manchester Town Hall
Tuesday 15th November,
7.30pm: Public meeting on climate change, Banqueting Hall, Manchester
Town Hall
Wednesday 23rd
November, 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Wednesday 23rd
November, 7.30pm - 9.30pm: Eco-evening at St. Hilda's Church, Firswood
Thursday 24th
November, 2pm - 7.30pm: Emerge Open Day, Units E1-5, New Smithfield
Market (map),
with AGM from 5pm at Eastlands' Homes Offices, Victoria Street, off
Ashton Old Road (across the road from EMERGE/Smithfield Market)
October 2005
Saturday 1st October,
10am - 5pm: Stall at the Fairtrade market, Piccadilly Gardens (map)
Friday 7th - Monday
17th October: Manchester Food & Drink Festival (more
info), plus Chorlton Fringe Festival, including a Festival Market
on Sunday 9th October - more
info
Sunday 9th October,
11am - 4pm: Strategy Day, The Lloyds Hotel, Chorlton (map)
Tuesday 11th October,
7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Saturday 15th
October, 11am - 4pm: FoE's North West Regional Meeting, featuring Corporates
Campaigner Ed Matthew on "The horrors of Palm Oil: gearing up
to a FoE day of action", and Claudia Sartori, Capacity Building
Support Coordinator on "Shouting about Climate with Young People",
St. Wilfrid's Parish Centre, Chapel St, Preston (map)
Saturday 15th
October, 11am - 5pm: "Local Transport Plan 2: Is your local authority
on the right track?", organised by the national Transport Round-table
(TAR) and hosted by Transport 2000, Mechanics Institute, 103 Princess
St. (map)
Saturday 15th
October, 10.30am - 5pm: Fairtrade Foundation Campaign Day, New Century
Hall, Corporation Street (map)
Thursday 20th
October, 7.30pm: Campaign against Climate Change meeting, Manchester
Town Hall
Saturday 22nd
October, 10.45am - 5pm: Transport & Climate Change training day
for campaigners, Carrs Lane Church Centre, Birmingham (map)
Wednesday 26th
October, 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Saturday 29th
October, 11am - 3pm: Palm Oil day of action, meet at 9.30am the Friends
Meeting House, or from 10.30am on Market Street
September 2005
Saturday 3rd September,
10am - 5pm: Stall at the Fairtrade market, Piccadilly Gardens (map)
Monday 5th September,
6pm - 7.30pm: Discussion group on communication of food risks at the
Hillary Step, Upper Chorlton Road, Whalley Range (map)
Monday 5th September,
7.30pm - 9pm: Planning meeting, Hillary Step, Upper Chorlton Road,
Whalley Range (map)
Wednesday 7th
September: Open day at Natural Endings funeral services, 151 Northenden
Road, Sale (map)
- more info
Friday 9th - Sunday
11th September: Local Groups Conference, University of Reading - please e-mail
us if you'd like to attend
Saturday 10th
September, 11am - 2pm: Emerge Community Recycling Champion training
session, New Smithfield Market (map)
- for more info, e-mail seb@emergemanchester.co.uk or
call 223 8200.
Sunday 11th September: "On
Yer Bike", a whole day dedicated to celebrating the bicycle, including
a bike workshop at Ride
Manchester, a bike treasure hunt starting at Central Library at
4.30pm, and a screening of "Still We Ride" with a Q&A
with the film-makers at 7pm at The Basement, 24 Lever St. (map)
Tuesday 13th September,
7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Sunday 18th September,
noon - 4pm: Stall at the "In Town Without My Car Day" event,
featuring a green circus, urban picnic and live music, Bridge Street
West (map)
Thursday 22nd
September, 7pm: "When you are in a hole, stop digging: a beginner's
guide to climate change", a
lecture by Professor John Whitelegg at the Greenbank Lecture
Theatre, Victoria Street, Preston (map)
Sunday 25th September,
8.45pm: Chester & District Friends of the Earth Climate Change
evening, Alexanders
Jazz Theatre, Chester (map)
Wednesday 28th
September, 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Friday 30th September,
10am - 5pm: Alternative Freshers Fair, The Basement, 24 Lever St. (map)
August 2005
Friday 5th - Sunday
7th August: Power Up! 2005, 'Rights & Justice' residential demystifying
the new planning and freedom of information laws, Northern College,
Barnsley
Tuesday 9th August,
7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Saturday 13th
August, 11am - 5pm: Stall at the Manchester Harvest event, St. Ann's
Square, Manchester (map)
- event report
Saturday 20th
August, 12 noon - 4pm: Ancoats & Miles Platting Summer Festival
at MERCI, 22a Beswick Street (map)
- more
info
Sunday 21st August,
2pm onwards: Picnic for Change, Crowcroft Park, Longsight
Wednesday 24th
August, 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Saturday 27th
August, 9am - 5pm: Bolton FoE barrow stall at the Market Hall, Knowsley
Street, Bolton (map)
Monday 29th August,
10am - 4pm: Bolton FoE stall at Victorian Street Fair, outside Bolton
Library (map)
July 2005
Saturday 2nd July:
Make Poverty History demo, Edinburgh
Monday 4th & Tuesday
5th July: Tyndall Centre Workshop on Using Multi-Criteria Methods to
Assess Energy Scenarios with a 60% Carbon Reduction, University of
Manchester
Tuesday 5th July,
7pm - 9pm: Planning meeting, Knott Bar, Deansgate (map)
Saturday 9th July,
1pm - 6pm: Party in the Park, Seymour Park, Old Trafford (map)
- event report
Tuesday 12th July,
7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Saturday 16th
July, 11am - 3pm: 4x4 Mudwash Action, St. Ann's Square, Manchester
(map)
- event report
Wednesday 27th
July, 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Sunday 31st July,
noon - 6pm: Stall at the Mega Mela festival, Heaton Park - event
report
June 2005
Saturday 4th & Sunday
5th June, 1pm - 6pm: Green Fair at the Garden of Delights, Platt Fields
Park - event report
Saturday 4th June,
10.30am - 5pm: Road Block national anti-roads conference, Birmingham
- for more info or to book a place, call 01803 847649 or email office@roadblock.org.uk
Sunday 5th June:
World Environment Day
Tuesday 7th June,
7pm - 9pm: Planning meeting, Knott Bar, Deansgate (map)
Saturday 11th
June, 11am - 4.30pm: "The Big Ask" Climate Change Day of
Action at the Bike Week Show, St. Ann's Square, Manchester (map)
- event report
Saturday 11th
June, noon - 5pm: "Get clued up 'bout the G8", a jam packed
day of short films, speakers, workshops and performers on various issues
around the G8, The Basement, 24 Lever Street (off Piccadilly Gardens)
Tuesday 14th June,
7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Monday 20th June,
7pm - 10pm: "Food for the Future" event, Trafford Athletics
Club, Ryebank Road, Chorlton (map)
- event report
Wednesday 22nd
June, 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Saturday 25th
June, 2pm - 4pm: Make Poverty History Community Fair at St. John's
Hall in Old Trafford (map)
Sunday 26th June,
noon - 6pm: Beech Road Festival in Chorlton (map)
- event report
May 2005
Sunday 1st May,
1pm - 3pm: Planning meeting, Diamond Dogs, 52 Beech Road, Chorlton
- map
Saturday 7th May,
11am - 2pm: Climate action, Manchester city centre, meet at the Friends
Meeting House at 11am or call Ali on 07786 090520 or Dave on 07801
495781.
Tuesday 10th May,
7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Saturday 14th
May, 11am - 3pm: Waste Strategy Day, Underwood Street, London (map)
- please e-mail
us if you'd like to attend
Tuesday 17th May,
8.45am - 1pm: Launch of the Manchester Biodiversity Strategy, Manchester
Museum (map)
Tuesday 17th May,
2pm - 4.30pm or 6pm - 8.30pm: Local Development Framework Stakeholder
Seminar, Mechanics Institute, Princess Street (map)
- please call the City Council on 0161 234 4579 to book a place
Wednesday 18th
May, 8.30am: Breakfast at Christies: "Time to take the nuclear
option?", The Council Chamber, Whitworth Building, Manchester
University (map)
- more
info & booking
Saturday 21st
May, 10.30am - 4.30pm: GM Training Day - Next Steps for GM-Free Britain,
Birmingham Voluntary Service Centre (map)
- please e-mail
us if you'd like to attend
Tuesday 24th May,
4pm: Seminar on "The contribution of the organic agriculture and
food sector to regional sustainability and quality of life", School
of Planning and Landscape, University of Manchester
Wednesday 25th
May, 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Thursday 26th
May, 9am - 12.30pm: Environmental Education Forum, MERCi, Bridge-5
Mill (map)
Thursday 26th
May, 7.30pm - 9.30pm: Sharing best practice in Education for Sustainable
Development, Committee Room 4, Manchester Town Hall
Thursday 26th
May, 7.30pm: Manchester Social Forum transport network meeting, Friends
Meeting House.
Friday 27th May,
12 noon - 1pm: Talk by Meena Nareshwar from the Centre for Environmental
Education (CEE) in Gujarat, at the Development Education Project, 801
Wilmslow Rd, Didsbury (map)
- please contact Jan Lancaster (247 5279) for more info or to book
a place
April 2005
Tuesday 5th April,
7pm - 9pm: Planning meeting, Knott Bar, Deansgate (map)
Saturday 9th April:
Make Poverty History "Motiv8 for G8" North of England conference,
New Century House, Manchester - more
info
Monday 11th April,
11am - 4pm: "Putting the green into trade justice" joint
action with WDM, Exchange Square, Manchester - event
report
Tuesday 12th April,
11am - 2pm: "Putting the green into trade justice" joint
action with WDM, St. Ann's Square, Manchester - event
report
Tuesday 12th April,
7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Friday 15th April,
10pm - 8am: Wake up to Trade Justice, an overnight Trade Justice Movement
protest in London including music, dance, speakers, art, workshops,
fairtrade food and celebrities - more
info
Saturday 16th
April, 11am - 4pm: Friends of the Earth Big Northern Day, Cathedral
Conference Centre, Leeds - please e-mail
us if you'd like to attend
Saturday 16th
April, 10am - 4.30pm: Manchester Social Forum People's Assembly, Friends
Meeting House
Thursday 21st
April, 6.30pm: "Climate Change: A 21st Century Experiment",
Cafe Muse, Manchester Museum, Oxford Road (map)
- more
info
Wednesday 27th
April, 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Saturday 30th
April, 11am - 2pm: Climate action, Manchester city centre, meet at
the Friends Meeting House at 11am or call Ali on 07786 090520 or Dave
on 07801 495781.
March 2005
Tuesday 1st March
- Sunday 13th March: Fair Trade Fortnight - more
info
Tuesday 1st March,
7pm - 9pm: Planning meeting, Knott pub, Deansgate
Monday 7th March,
11am - 2pm: Manchester Fairtrade City Bid Celebratory Event, Co-op
HQ, New Century House (map)
Tuesday 8th March,
7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Saturday 12th
March: Alliance Against Urban 4x4s action, meet at 11am on the steps
of the Friends Meeting House on Mount Street (map)
- event report
Saturday 19th
March, 11am - 4pm: North West Local Groups Regional Meeting, St Wilfrid's
Parish Centre, Chapel Street, Preston (map)
Saturday 19th
March, 2pm - 6pm: Good Food Day, Trinity Church, Cheetham Hill (map)
Wednesday 23rd
March, 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Saturday 26th
March, 10am - 5pm: Viva!’s Incredible Veggie Roadshow, Cross Street
Chapel (map)
Saturday 26th
March, 10.30am - 5pm: Local groups' climate day, The
Resource Centre, 356 Holloway Road, London (map)
February 2005
Tuesday 1st February,
7pm - 9pm: Planning meeting, Knott pub, Deansgate
Wednesday 2nd
February, 7pm - 9pm: Launch of Active Citizens Transform (ACT), a new
non-party political movement, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Tuesday 8th February,
7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Saturday 12th
February: Kyoto Climate March, London, meet at 11.30am at Lincoln's
Inn Field (Holborn tube) - more
info
Sunday 13th February,
6pm: The Yes Men, Cornerhouse - a special preview of the film about
anti-corporate activists Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano, followed
by a Q&A session with the Yes Men themselves - more
info
Sunday 20th February,
1pm - 5pm: Strategy Day, Union Chapel, Wellington Road (off Wilbraham
Road), Fallowfield (map)
Tuesday 22nd February,
7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Wednesday 23rd
February, 12 noon - 5pm: GM-Free Scarecrows rally and mass lobby of
parliament - more
info
Wednesday 23rd
February, 7.30pm: Socialist Environment Research Association meeting: "Renewable
Energy: biodiesel and another look at a sustainable energy policy for
the North West", Committee Room 3, Manchester Town Hall
Saturday 26th
February, 10am - 5pm: Planning and Freedom of Information Training
Day, York
January 2005
Tuesday 4th January,
7pm - 9pm: Planning meeting, Knott pub, Deansgate
Tuesday 11th January,
7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Tuesday 18th January,
9.30am - 1pm: Manchester City Council Energy Strategy Workshop, Lecture
Room, Manchester Art Gallery - for more info, contact Linda Taylor
(234 4916, l.taylor2@notes.manchester.gov.uk)
Monday 24th January,
7pm - 9pm: "Food for the Future" event at Nectar in Hale
(map).
Speakers from MFoE, the Altrincham Fair Trade steering group and the
Slow Food movement and a delicious organic and fair trade buffet provided
by Nectar. Licenced bar. Entrance £6 in advance, £8 on
the night, all proceeds raised go to MFoE - event
report
Tuesday 25th January,
9.30am - 4pm: Northwest Renewables Conference, Lower Manchester Suite,
Manchester United Football Ground - more
info
Tuesday 25th January,
5.30pm - 8.30pm: Manchester City Council Biodiversity Workshop, Cross
Street Chapel (map)
- for more info, contact Catriona (273 1736, en4m@bridge-5.org)
Wednesday 26th
January, 9.30am - 4pm: Energy Efficiency Conference, Lower Manchester
Suite, Manchester United Football Ground - more
info
Wednesday 26th
January, 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Friends Meeting House - more
info
Thursday 27th
January, 9.30am - 4pm: Environment & Waste Minimisation Conference,
Lower Manchester Suite, Manchester United Football Ground - more
info
Thursday 27th
January, 7pm: Climate Crisis Meeting, Cross Street Chapel (map)
- speakers include Graham Thompson from the Campaign
against Climate Change, Steven Durrant from the Green Party, and
Chris Davies MEP
Monday 31st January
- Wednesday 2nd February: Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit,
G-MEX - more
info