Manchester Friends of the Earth | Archive of website content

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Our website contains a variety of items dating back to 2001. You can use this archive to explore by year, campaign theme, specific campaign, and category. See also our new releases, our media appearances and our newsletters.

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Manchester goes bike crazy

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2nd Dec 2006

..Then I received word from Creative Concern that their advertising campaign to get Mancunians out of their cars and onto bikes won first prize at Wednesday’s Green Awards in London. ….See full article.

Rude ride movie wins big Green gong

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30th Nov 2006

The ‘Love Your Bike’ campaign was created by Manchester ethical communications agency, Creative Concern, for Friends of the Earth and Manchester City Council. Love Your Bike raised public awareness of cycling to reduce carbon emissions, noise and pollution levels as …

Green group scoops gold

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news release

1st Nov 2006

School run 4×4 drivers learn their lesson

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news release

17th Oct 2006

Hale parents who do the school run in gas guzzling off-road vehicles got failing grades when they dropped their children off on Monday 16th October.

Destination Climate Chaos for Airport

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news release

28th Sep 2006

Photo Opportunity :Representatives from local groups will be submitting their responses to the consultation in person at 11:00am on Friday 29th September at Olympic House, Manchester Airport, M90 1QX (map).

Ready for a really rude bike-based video viral?

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16th Jun 2006

Tune in – if you dare – to this video short featuring a man doing something to his bicycle. It’s a risqué plug to start Bike Week with a bang. A bike bang. …Read the full article.

'Sexy saddles' feature in new eco-campaign for cyclists

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13th Apr 2006

Manchester drivers urged to ditch four wheels To get Manchester’s car driving commuters to ditch four wheels in favour of two carbon neutral wheels, Northern Quarter-based communications agency, Creative Concern, has produced a sexy and fun advertising campaign running across …

Get out of the fat lane

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22nd Mar 2006

…Oh, right, back to the ad – the “Love your bike” ad campaign just debuted in Manchester, England. Great ad. See full article.

Manchester commuters learn to love bikes, not traffic jams

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21st Mar 2006

In a drive to get more Manchester commuters on their bikes, a campaign launched Tuesday promotes cycling as “better for your health, better for your wallet and better for getting you to work on time” across the city’s billboards and …

Launch of Love Your Bike Campaign

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news release

Manchester Friends of the Earth launched a high profile campaign called ‘Love Your Bike’ on Tuesday 21st March 2006 to promote cycling in Manchester.

'Love your Bike' campaign aims to cut traffic pollution

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An environmental charity has today begun a major new push to cut traffic pollution and improve the health of commuters in Manchester by encouraging people to cycle to work…..Read full article.

Brown’s budget must focus on climate change

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news release

20th Mar 2006

Friends of the Earth is calling on the Chancellor to make action on climate change a central part of next week’s Budget. Despite promising to put the environment at the heart of Government, green taxation has fallen under Gordon Brown, …

Two wheels are better than four

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news release

13th Mar 2006

Commuters into Manchester city centre will be urged to ditch four wheels in favour of two later this month when Manchester Friends of the Earth [1] launches its biggest ever campaign, in conjunction with Manchester City Council.

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