Information on events that took place in 2008 is shown below. For details of forthcoming events, please click here.
December 2008
Tuesday 9th December,
7pm: Planning meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St.
(map)
Friday 12th
December, 6.30pm: Annual General Meeting, Green Fish
Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map), followed by Xmas social
November 2008
Monday 3rd November,
7pm: Planning meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St.
(map)
Tuesday 4th November,
6pm: Green Drinks, Walrus, 78-88 High Street
(map)
Tuesday 11th
November, 6.45pm for 7.15pm - 9pm: Full group meeting, Green Fish
Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map) - more
info
Thursday 13th
November, 7pm: The South Manchester Reporter Big Debate on the Transport
Innovation Fund proposals, Parrs Wood High School, East Didsbury (map)
Monday 17th November,
5.45pm - 7pm: Clothing Swap Shop, with clothes drop-off from 5.45pm,
and swapping from 6.15pm, entry is free if you bring three items
of clothing or £1 if you don't, Eighth Day, Oxford Road (map)
Wednesday 19th
November, 7.30pm: SERA Debate on the Transport Innovation Fund proposals,
Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square
Wednesday 26th
November, 6.45pm for 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
Friday 28th November,
8am: Critical Commute to Albert Square from Stretford Arndale, Chorlton
Library, Withington Library, Levenshulme Station, Prestwich Bury New
Road / Scholes Lane - more
info
October 2008
Tuesday 7th October,
7pm: Planning meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St.
(map)
Monday 13th October,
5.45pm - 7pm: Clothing Swap Shop, with clothes drop-off from 5.45pm,
and swapping from 6.15pm, entry is free if you bring three items
of clothing or £1 if you don't, Eighth Day, Oxford Road (map)
Tuesday 14th
October, 6.45pm for 7.15pm - 9pm: Full group meeting, Green Fish
Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map) - more
info
Wednesday 22nd
October, 6.45pm for 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
Thursday 30th
October, 7pm: Greater Manchester groups meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
Friday 31st October,
8am: Critical Commute to Albert Square from Stretford Arndale, Chorlton
Library, Withington Library, Levenshulme Station, Prestwich Bury New
Road / Scholes Lane - more
info
September 2008
Thursday 4th September,
7pm: Planning meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St.
(map)
Saturday 6th
September, 10am - 4pm: "Climate Change: What's Next?", Methodist
Central Hall, Oldham St. (map) - more
info
Tuesday 9th
September, 6.45pm for 7.15pm - 9pm: Full group meeting, Green Fish
Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map) - more
info
Friday 12th -
Sunday 14th September: FOE Local Groups Conference, Loughborough University
(map) - more
info
Tuesday 16th September,
7pm: Meeting on renewables, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham
St. (map)
Saturday 20th
September, 11am - 4pm: Stall at In Town Without My Car Day, Victoria
Bridge Street
Saturday 20th
September, 6pm - 7.30pm: Climate Clinic: "Energy Question Time" with
Malcolm Wicks MP, CUBE, 113 Portland Street, Manchester (map) - more
info
Sunday 21st
September, 12.45pm - 1.45pm: Urban Hub: "Connecting Cities – what
next for urban transport?" with Ruth Kelly MP and Louise Ellman
MP, Manchester Suite, IoD Hub, St Peter's Square, Oxford Street, Manchester
(map) - more
info
Sunday 21st
September, 12.45pm - 2pm: Climate Clinic: "Are High Energy Prices
Inevitable? Action Now to Tackle Fuel Poverty" with Phil Woolas
MP, CUBE, 113 Portland Street, Manchester (map) - more
info
Sunday 21st
September, 5.45pm - 7pm: Climate Clinic: "Food Prices: How High
Can They Go?" with Hilary Benn MP, CUBE, 113 Portland Street,
Manchester (map) - more
info
Sunday 21st
September, 5.45pm - 7.30pm: Foreign Policy Centre: "Innovative
energy: What can governments and business do globally to cut carbon
emissions?" with
Malcolm Wicks MP, Mary Quaile Room, Mechanics Institute, 103 Princess
Street, Manchester (map) - more
info
Sunday 21st
September, 7pm - 9pm: Climate Clinic: "Towards a Green New Deal: Climate Clinic
Reception" with Yvette Cooper MP and Kevin Anderson (Tyndall Centre),
CUBE, 113 Portland Street, Manchester (map) - more
info
Sunday 21st
September, 7.30pm - 9.30pm: Urban Hub Launch Reception with Andy Burnham
MP and Sir Richard Leese,
Manchester Art Gallery. Mosley Street (map) - more
info
Monday 22nd
September, 12.45pm - 2pm: Climate Clinic: "Transport In An Oil And Climate Constrained
World" with Ruth Kelly MP, CUBE, 113 Portland
Street, Manchester (map) - more
info
Monday 22nd
September, 12.45pm - 2pm: Climate Clinic: "Beyond Growth: Well-being In a Low
Carbon Economy" with Colin Challen MP and Andrew Simms (NEF),
CUBE, 113 Portland Street, Manchester (map) - more
info
Monday 22nd
September, 6pm - 7pm: Progress: "Motorists revolt: will the cost of
driving swing the next general election?" with Rosie Winterton MP and
Stephen Joseph (Campaign for Better Transport), Lancashire Room, IoD
Hub, Peter House, Oxford Street, Manchester (map) - more
info
Monday 22nd
September, 6.30pm - 8.30pm: ippr North "Your Say" debate chaired
by Terry Christian, Comedy Store, Deansgate Locks, Manchester
(map) - more
info
Monday 22nd
September, 7pm - 8pm: Climate Clinic: "Facing Up to Climate Change: Adapting Our
Landscape" with Phil Woolas MP, CUBE, 113 Portland
Street, Manchester (map) - more
info
Monday 22nd
September, 7pm - 8pm: Climate Clinic: "Tipping Point or Turning Point? Creating
Low Carbon Citizens" with Hilary Benn MP, CUBE,
113 Portland Street, Manchester (map) - more
info
Monday 22nd
September, 7pm: Alliance for Lobbying Transparency: "Will Lobbyists
Come Clean? A debate on ethics and transparency in lobbying" with
John Grogan MP and Prof David Miller (Director of SpinWatch), John
Tocher Room, Mechanics Institute, 103 Princess Street, Manchester (map) - more
info
Monday 22nd
September, 7.15pm - 8.15pm: Urban Hub: "Cities Question Time" with
Hazel Blears MP and Sir Richard Leese, Manchester Suite, IoD Hub, St
Peter's Square, Oxford Street, Manchester (map) - more
info
Tuesday 23rd
September, 8am - 9am: Climate Clinic: "Round Table on Climate
Change and Poverty in the UK",
CUBE, 113 Portland Street, Manchester (map) - more
info
Tuesday 23rd
September, 8am - 9am: Urban Hub: "Cities and Business Relationships" with
John Healey MP and Sir Richard Leese, Lancashire & Cumberland Suite,
IoD Hub, St Peter's Square, Oxford Street, Manchester (map) - more
info
Tuesday 23rd
September, 12.45pm - 1.45pm: Urban Hub: "Financing the future
of cities: who pays?" with
John Healey MP and Sir Richard Leese, Manchester Suite,
IoD Hub, St Peter's Square, Oxford Street, Manchester (map) - more
info
Tuesday 23rd
September, 12.45pm for 1pm: Fabian Society: "Can Politicians
Save the Planet & Get Re-elected?" with Hilary Benn MP and
Charles Clarke MP, Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square
(map) - more
info
Tuesday 23rd
September, 12.45pm - 2pm: Climate Clinic: "Eco-towns: Green Solution
or White Elephant?" with Ian Wright MP, CUBE, 113 Portland
Street, Manchester (map) - more
info
Tuesday 23rd
September, 5.45pm - 7pm: Climate Clinic: "Environment: Hitting
the Global Poor Hardest?" with David Miliband MP and Tony Juniper,
CUBE, 113 Portland Street, Manchester (map) - more
info
Tuesday 23rd
September, 5.45pm - 7pm: Climate Clinic: "Energy? In My Council Chamber?! Bringing
Sustainable Energy Into Local Government Decisions" with Hazel
Blears MP and Naomi Luhde-Thompson (FOE), CUBE, 113 Portland Street,
Manchester (map) - more
info
Tuesday 23rd
September, 5.45pm - 7pm: Climate Clinic: "Maxi Power: Meeting the Potential for
Microgeneration" with Malcolm Wicks MP and Alan Whitehead MP,
CUBE, 113 Portland Street, Manchester (map) - more
info
Tuesday 23rd
September, 6pm - 7pm: New Statesman: "Is carbon reduction
always ethical?" with Hilary Benn MP, Palace Hotel, Oxford Road,
Manchester (map) - more
info
Wednesday 24th
September, 6.45pm for 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
Friday 26th
September, 8am: Critical Commute to Albert Square from Stretford Arndale,
Chorlton Library, Withington Library, Levenshulme Station, Prestwich
Bury New Road / Scholes Lane - more
info
August 2008
Sunday 3rd -
Monday 11th August: Camp for Climate Action, Kingsnorth, Kent - more
info
Tuesday 5th August,
7pm: Planning meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St.
(map)
Thursday 7th -
Sunday 10th August: Northern Green Gathering, Lime Tree Farm, near
Ripon - more info
Tuesday 12th
August, 6.45pm for 7.15pm - 9pm: Full group meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map) - more
info
Wednesday 13th
August, 7pm: "Only Planet" meeting, Friends Meeting House, Mount St.
(map) - more
info
Thursday 21st
August, 7pm - 9pm: Regional focus group meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
Wednesday 27th
August, 6.45pm for 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
Friday 29th
August, 8am: Critical Commute to Albert Square from Stretford Arndale,
Chorlton Library, Withington Library, Levenshulme Station, Prestwich
Bury New Road / Scholes Lane - more info
July 2008
Wednesday 2nd
July, 7pm: Planning meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham
St. (map)
Saturday 5th
July, Noon - 5pm: Stall at Altrincham Festival, Beechfields Recreation
Ground, Grange Avenue, Timperley (map)
Sunday 6th
July, Noon - 6pm: Stall at Beech Road Festival, Chorlton Green
(map)
Tuesday 8th
July, 6.45pm for 7.15pm - 9pm: Full group meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map) - more
info
Saturday 12th
July, Noon - 5pm: Stall at Chorlton Park Summer Festival, Chorlton
Park (map)
Saturday 12th
& Sunday 13th July, 10am - 5pm: Stall at "Summer in the Park",
Platt Fields Park (map)
Monday 21st
July, 6.45pm for 7pm: Meeting with Greater Manchester Waste Disposal
Authority, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
Wednesday 23rd
July, 6.45pm for 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
June 2008
Tuesday 3rd
June, 6pm: Stall at Trafford Environment Forum, Flixton House, Urmston
Wednesday 4th
June, 7pm: Planning meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham
St. (map)
Saturday 7th June,
11am - 3pm: Stall at Didsbury Festival, Didsbury Park
(map)
Tuesday 10th
June, 6.45pm for 7.15pm - 9pm: Full group meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map) - more
info
Saturday 14th
June, 11am - 4pm: Stall at Bike Week Festival, Cathedral Gardens (outside
Urbis), Manchester (map)
Monday 16th
June, 6pm - 7pm: Stall at Trafford Environment Forum, Sale Waterside,
Sale (map)
Tuesday 17th June,
6pm - 7pm: Stall at Trafford Environment Forum, Timperley Methodist
Church, Stockport Road, Timperley (map)
Tuesday 17th June,
7.30pm - 9pm: Stop Expansion at Manchester Airport (SEMA) meeting,
Cross St. Chapel (map)
Thursday 19th
June, 7pm - 9pm: Greater Manchester Groups meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
Wednesday 25th
June, 6.45pm for 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
Saturday 28th
June, 10am for 4pm: Climate Strategies Day,
MERCi, Bridge-5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street, Ancoats (map)
May 2008
Tuesday 6th May,
7pm: Planning meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St.
(map)
Tuesday 13th
May, 6.45pm for 7.15pm - 9pm: Full group meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map) - more
info
Tuesday 13th May,
7.30pm: "Carbon vs. Condoms", a debate on climate change
and population growth (part of the DIRTYMOTHER month of climate-themed
events), Nexus Art Cafe, in the basement of Methodist Central Hall,
entrance on Dale Street (map) - more
info
Tuesday 13th May,
7.30pm: "Does climate change mean we should restrict aviation & tourism?"
(part of WDM's "Turning Up The Heat" series of debates),
Manchester Conference Centre, Cockcroft Theatre, Sackville Street
(map) - more
info
Thursday 15th
May, 7.30pm: "How Would You Spend £3 Billion?", a chance
to find out more about, and give your feedback on, plans for a transport
revolution in Greater Manchester (part of the DIRTYMOTHER month
of climate-themed events), Nexus Art Cafe, in the basement of Methodist
Central Hall, entrance on Dale Street (map) - more
info
Friday 16th
May, 8pm: Pingu Bingo, a bingo night with a difference (part of the
DIRTYMOTHER month of climate-themed events), Nexus Art Cafe, in the
basement of Methodist Central Hall, entrance on Dale Street (map) - more
info
Friday 16th
- Sunday 18th May: Power Up! 2008 - Weekend residential course in using
the planning system and freedom of information laws to advance your
campaign, Harborne Hall, Birmingham (map) - more
info
Tuesday 20th
May, 7.30pm: "Manchester and Climate Change ", a chance
to hear about the council's plans to tackle climate change and contribute
your own ideas (part of the DIRTYMOTHER month of climate-themed
events), Nexus Art Cafe, in the basement of Methodist Central Hall,
entrance on Dale Street (map) - more
info
Thursday 22nd
May, 7pm - 9pm: Transport sub-group meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre,
46-50 Oldham St. (map)
Saturday 24th
- Sunday 25th May: Northern Gathering, Manchester Youth Hostel, Potato
Wharf, Castlefield (map)
Saturday 24th
May, 4.30pm - 5.30pm: Get Active on Climate Change, a sport-themed
series of climate activities in Peace Gardens, near St Peter's Square
Wednesday 28th
May, 6.45pm for 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
April 2008
Thursday 3rd April,
7pm: Planning meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St.
(map)
Saturday 5th April:
National Day of Action on the Climate Change Bill, featuring street
theatre performances at Kay Gardens, Bury (10am), Market Hall, Oldham
(12 noon), and St. Ann's Square, Manchester (2pm)
Tuesday 8th
April, 6.45pm for 7.15pm - 9pm: Full group meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map) - more
info
Thursday 10th
April, 5pm for 5.45pm - 8pm: Mersey Basin Campaign Voluntary Sector
Forum, featuring a keynote speech from Tony Juniper (Executive DIrector
of Friends of the Earth), Mechanics Institute, 103 Princess St. (map)
Saturday 12th
April, 10.30am - noon: "Climate Change and the Environment: Is your
Council doing enough?" with Phil Woolas, Minister for Climate Change,
Met Studio Theatre, Market St, Bury (map)
Monday 14th April,
5.45pm - 7pm: SUST Swap Shop, with clothes drop-off from 5.45-6.15pm,
and swapping from 6.15-7pm, entry is free if you have three items of
clothing and £1 if you don't, Eighth Day, Oxford Road (map)
Tuesday 15th April,
7pm - 9pm: Climate sub-group meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50
Oldham St. (map)
Tuesday 22nd April,
7.30pm: Public meeting on the Climate Change Bill, with Hilary Benn,
Secretary of State for the Environment; Peter Ainsworth, Conservative
Shadow Environment Secretary; Steve Webb, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment
Secretary; Tony Juniper, Director of Friends of the Earth, Friends
Meeting House, 173 Euston Rd, London (map)
Wednesday 23rd
April, 6.45pm for 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
Thursday 24th
April, 7.30pm: "Manchester and Climate Change: the candidates'
debate", with Steven Durrant (Green), Neil Swannick (Labour),
Graham Shaw (Lib Dem) and Faraz Bhatti (Conservative), Friends Meeting
House, Mount St. (map)
Saturday 26th
April: "Getting waste out of the bin - phasing out residual waste" FOE
training day, NCVO, Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints St., London (map)
Saturday 26th
April: "Humans & Habitats: rethinking rights in an age of
climate change" conference hosted by FOE, LSE, Human Rights
Watch and The Guardian (£10 waged, £5 unwaged), Old Theatre,
London School of Economics (map)
Tuesday 29th
April, 7pm: Trade Justice Movement's Debt and Climate Campaign showcase,
with keynote speaker Steven Rand, co-chair of the Jubilee Debt
Campaign, Mechanics Institute, 103 Princess St. (map)
Wednesday 30th
April, 6pm - 8pm: Launch of DIRTYMOTHER, an art exhibition
and a month of events with a climate theme, Nexus Art Cafe, in the
basement of Methodist Central Hall, entrance on Dale Street (map)
March 2008
Saturday 1st March,
9.15am - 4.45pm: Manchester Climate Forum, "Climate Change:
It's Time to Prepare", Methodist Central Hall, Oldham Street -
more info
Saturday 1st March,
10am - 4pm: Stall at Fairly Traded market, Piccadilly Gardens
Monday 3rd March,
7pm: Planning meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St.
(map)
Saturday 8th March,
11am - 3pm: Stall at International Women's Day event, Manchester Town
Hall
Tuesday 11th
March, 6.45pm for 7.15pm - 9pm: Full group meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map) - more
info
Monday 17th March,
9.30am - 4.30pm: Planning for Waste in Greater Manchester consultation
event, Thistle Hotel, 3-5 Portland Street, Piccadilly Gardens (map)
Tuesday 18th March,
7pm - 9pm: Climate sub-group meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50
Oldham St. (map)
Wednesday 19th
March, 6pm for 6.30pm: "Congestion Charging for Manchester: Bold or
Bonkers?" debate featuring Marc Ramsbottom (Liberal Democrats), Anthony
McCaul (Labour), Rob Adlard (Conservatives), Dave Coleman (Clean Air
Now) and Sean Corker (Association of British Drivers), Methodist Central
Hall, Oldham St. (map)
Wednesday 26th
March, 6.45pm for 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
February 2008
Saturday 2nd February,
11am - 4pm: North West Local Groups Meeting, St Wilfrid's Parish Centre,
1 Winckley Square, off Chapel Street, Preston (map)
Monday 4th February,
3.30pm for 3.45pm - 4.45pm: Seminar on the King Review of Low Carbon
Cars with Professor Julia King, Room 10.04-10.05, Harold Hankins
building, Manchester Business School (access via the 'Precinct Centre')
Tuesday 5th February,
7pm: Planning meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St.
(map)
Tuesday 12th
February, 6.45pm for 7.15pm - 9pm: Full group meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map) - more
info
Tuesday 12th
February, 7.15pm: Manchester Climate Forum "Bali and Beyond" and "What
to DO in 2008" meeting, Friends Meeting House, Mount Street (map) - more
info
Tuesday 19th February,
7pm - 9pm: Climate sub-group meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50
Oldham St. (map)
Saturday 23rd
February, Noon - 4pm: Real Food Guide & Ethical Shopping Guide
day, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
Wednesday 27th
February, 6.45pm for 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
January 2008
Tuesday 8th January,
7pm: Planning meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St.
(map)
Saturday 12th
January, 1pm: Demonstrate to Save the Woodhead Tunnel! The Woodhead
Manchester-Sheffield rail route, closed since 1981, is under threat
of permanent extinction. But it can still be saved with your help.
For more details of the demo, go to the blog.
Tuesday 15th
January, 6.45pm for 7.15pm - 9pm: Full group meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map) - more
info
Tuesday 22nd January,
7pm - 9pm: Climate sub-group meeting, Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50
Oldham St. (map)
Wednesday 23rd
January, 6pm - 7pm: Presentation on the Regional Centre Transport Strategy,
Room 312, Level 3, Manchester Town Hall
Tuesday 29th
January, 7.15pm: CRAG meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)
Wednesday 30th
January, 6.45pm for 7pm - 9pm: Campaigns meeting, Green Fish Resource
Centre, 46-50 Oldham St. (map)