Actions & Events
Big
Ask postcard handover to Ruth Kelly (Sep
2008)
Big
Ask street theatre performance (Apr 2008)
Big
Ask action in Middleton (Oct 2007)
Big
Ask action in Bolton (Oct 2007)
Big
Ask action at Urbis (Oct 2007)
Big
Ask action in Ashton (Sep 2007)
Big
Ask action in Eccles (Sep 2007)
Big
Ask Live gig (Jun 2006)
MP
visits (Autumn 2005 onwards)
Manchester
Harvest (Aug 2005)
Mega
Mela Festival (Jul 2005)
Party
in the Park (Jul 2005)
Beech
Road Festival (Jun 2005)
The
Big Ask (Jun 2005)
Green
Fair (Jun 2005)
Mega
Mela (Jul 2004)
Volunteering
Zone (Jun 2004)
Briefings
Voodoo
Economics and the Doomed Nuclear Renaissance (Friends
of the Earth, Jun 2008, PDF, 1.4 MB)
A
Response to the Draft Climate Change Bill's Carbon Reduction Targets (Tyndall
Centre, Mar 2007, PDF, 75 KB)
The
Truth Behind the Swindle (Manchester Friends of the Earth, Mar
2007, web link)
Carbon
Offsetting (Friends of the Earth, Jan 2007, PDF, 77 KB)
After
Stern: Towards A Climate Change Budget (Friends of the Earth,
Nov 2006, PDF, 179 KB)
New
Research on the Economics of Climate Change (Friends of the Earth,
Oct 2006, PDF, 198 KB)
The
Future Starts Here: The Route to a Low-Carbon Economy (Friends
of the Earth, Sep 2006, web link)
A
Bright Future: Friends of the Earth's electricity sector model for 2030
(Friends of the Earth, Mar 2006, PDF, 165 KB)
The
Energy Review: A short guide (Friends of the Earth, Mar 2006, PDF,
174 KB)
50
Climate Top Tips (Friends of the Earth, Nov 2005, PDF, 221 KB)
Power
Failure: How the World Bank is Failing to Adequately Finance Renewable
Energy (Friends of the Earth, Nov 2005, PDF, 253 KB)
G8
& International Climate Politics (Manchester Friends of the
Earth, Oct 2005, PDF, 41 KB)
Keeping
the lights on: nuclear, renewables and climate change (Friends of
the Earth, Oct 2005, PDF, 253 KB)
Tackling
Climate Change through the Budget (Friends of the Earth, Oct 2005,
PDF, 105 KB)
Nuclear
power: no solution to climate change (Friends of the Earth Australia,
Sep 2005, PDF, 1.5 MB)
A
guide to facts and fictions about climate change (The Royal Society,
Mar 2005)
What
the Government should do to tackle climate change (Friends of the
Earth, Feb 2005, PDF, 815 KB)
Why
nuclear power is not the solution (Friends of the Earth, Oct 2004,
PDF, 139 KB)
Media Coverage
Article:
'Flash mob' protest over airport (Manchester Evening News website,
23 Sep 2008)
Interview:
Ali on Radiohead's tour (BBC Radio Manchester,
27 Jun 2008, MP3, 1.9 MB)
Article:
Activists take off the airlines (Manchester Evening News, 4
Apr 2008, JPG, 184 KB)
Article:
Mr Grumpy is watching you (Manchester Evening News, 14 Mar 2008,
web link)
Letter:
Wrong panel (Manchester Evening News, 3 March 2008,
web link)
Article:
'City facing flood fear' (Manchester Evening News, 15
Oct 2007, web link)
Article:
Climate change action needed (Manchester Evening News, 14
Oct 2007, web link)
Article:
Penguin saved in Eccles town centre (Salford Advertiser, 21
Sep 2007, JPG, 193 KB)
Interview:
Graeme on protesting (BBC Radio Manchester, 11 Sep 2007, MP3,
4.1 MB)
Interview:
Dave on the G8 (BBC Radio Manchester, 10 Jun 2007, MP3, 4.4 MB)
Letter:
Carbon footprint (Manchester Metro News, 10 May 2007, web link)
Interview:
Dave on planning permission for renewables (BBC
Radio 4, 4 Apr 2007, MP3, 3.6 MB)
Letter:
Channel 4 global warming theory leaves me cold (Manchester
Metro News, 23 Mar 2007, web link)
Interview:
Ali on FOE's action on EU energy policy (EUX-TV, 12 Mar
2007, web link)
Letter:
Green battle on many fronts (Manchester Metro News, 9 Feb 2007,
web link)
Interview:
Ali on the IPCC report (Revolution FM, 2 Feb 2007,
MP3, 303 KB)
Letter:
Arguments just don't add up (South Manchester Reporter, 23 Feb 2006,
JPG, 50 KB)
Article:
Sun in their eyes (Manchester Forum, Winter 2005, PDF, 95 KB)
Article:
Protests over climate change (South Manchester Reporter, 8 Dec 2005,
JPG, 44 KB)
Letter:
Climate change is our forecast (South Manchester Reporter, 24 Nov
2005, JPG, 71 KB)
Article:
Life in pictures: The Big Ask (South Manchester Reporter, 10 Nov
2005, JPG, 89 KB)
Letter:
Geri is not an expert (Manchester Metro News, 28 Oct 2005, JPG,
40 KB)
Article:
Make your pledge to go green (Manchester Metro News website, 25
Aug 2005)
Interview:
Dave on the G8 talks (BBC GMR, 8 Jul 2005, MP3, 303 KB)
Letter:
Reader has got his sums wrong (South Manchester Reporter, 23 Jun
2005, JPG, 125 KB)
Interview:
Dave on climate change (BBC GMR, 1 Feb 2005, MP3, 2.3 MB)
Newsletter Articles
Climate
Injustice (Spring 2007)
Church
Takes On Climate Change (Spring 2007)
The
Truth Is Out There (Autumn 2006)
Keep
on Asking (Autumn 2006)
The
Swedish Revolution (Autumn 2006)
Big
Ask Goes Live (Summer 2006)
Is
Nuclear The Answer? (Spring 2006)
When
Ali Met Tony (Spring 2006)
Kids
& Climate (Winter 2005)
Is
The Government Doing Enough About Climate Change? (Autumn 2005)
Get
Moving on Climate (Summer 2005)
Scorchio!
Spain makes solar panels mandatory in new buildings (Spring 2005)
Nuclear
Ain't Gonna Save the Day (Spring 2005)
Halve
Your CO2 Emissions (Dec 2004)
First
Manchester, then the World... (Dec 2004)
The
Big Switch (Sep 2004)
Feature:
Wave Energy (May 2004)
MFoE
Climate Challenge 2004 (May 2004)
Government
Moves to Curb the Carbon Dinosaurs (Feb 2004)
Carbon
Dinosaurs (Nov 2003)
Comment:
Generation Gap (Nov 2003)
Climate
Change (May 2003)
Goodbye
Nuclear, Hello Wind (May 2003)
Solar
Grants (Feb 2003)
Press Releases
Campaigners
urge Ruth Kelly not to ignore aviation (Sep
2008)
Manchester
MP to be put through his paces at 'Climate Gym' (May
2008)
Manchester
groups urge Gordon Brown and Tony Lloyd MP to stop ignoring aviation (Apr
2008)
Polar
bear migrates to Middleton in search of new home (Oct 2007)
Polar
bear migrates to Bolton in search of new home (Oct 2007)
Urbis
under water (Oct 2007)
People
of Ashton take action to save polar bear (Oct 2007)
Penguins
migrate to Ashton in search of new home (Sep 2007)
People
of Eccles take action to save penguin (Sep 2007)
Penguins
migrate to Eccles in search of new home (Sep 2007)
Local
MP shows royal support for climate bill (Oct 2006)
Five
perform live for climate action (Jun 2006)
Cheadle
MP signs climate pledge (May 2006)
Mancunians
call for action on climate change (Jun 2005)
Manchester's
Big Ask (Jun 2005)
Environmental
Campaigners Strongly Support More Wind Farms in the North-West (Jun
2004)
Stay
Cool in a Changing Climate (Aug 2003)