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It's flashmob time again: stop expansion at Manchester Airport
Posted by jossc on 16 September 2008.
The battle to win hearts and minds on the critical airport expansion issue continues apace. The latest group to take the field is in Manchester, where a flashmob is being organised to protest against the expansion of Heathrow, Manchester and all UK airports.
It's being called to coincide with the Labour Party Conference in Manchester and, in true flashmob fashion, will mysteriously manifest in Albert Square outside Manchester Town Hall on Tuesday 23rd September at 12.45pm sharp!
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Good energy in Manchester: hope, revelation and 'Grid 2.0'
Posted by bex on 5 October 2007.
Update (15/10/2007): Our video interview with Pete Bradshaw of Man City FC is now included:
And there's a podcast from the event on BusinessAssurance.com.
I've been an avid (my friends might say evangelical) fan of decentralised energy ever since I first got my head around it. When I started working for Greenpeace, the organisation was in full swing on a decentralised energy campaign and part of my job was to communicate what it is and why it can do so much more than nuclear to combat climate change.
There have followed 20 months (for me) of virtual shouting from the rooftops. Films have been produced; countless blogs have been written; submissions have been made to energy reviews and audit committees; our campaigners and policy boffins have met with government representatives; dozens of volunteers have visited MPs; many thousands more have written to theirs.
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Manchester City Football Club, Greenpeace and Ecotricity join forces to fight climate change
26 Sep 2007
The world's greenest football club – Manchester City – is teaming up with Greenpeace and leading green energy company Ecotricity to combat global warming.
The City of Manchester Stadium, which is set to be the first football ground in the world to be powered by green energy when they erect an 85 metre wind turbine, will broadcast a new film showing the solution to climate change on Thursday evening.
The film, called The Convenient Solution, is a follow-up to last year’s hit documentary about climate change from Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth.
And after the film Bury North MP David Chaytor will be chairing a discussion on global warming, where he’ll be joined by the Blues’ chief executive Alistair Mackintosh and experts from Greenpeace, Ecotricity and Manchester City Council.
Manchester businesses are at the cutting edge of environmentally friendly energy. Manchester’s Royal Brewery, who appears in the film, are using spent grain to power and heat the brewery.
Greenpeace's Chief Scientist Dr Doug Parr said: "Man City are the greenest football club in the world. By putting up a wind turbine and teaming up with Greenpeace and Ecotricity to host this important event, they’re really nailing their colours to the wall in the battle against global warming.
"This important new film shows how to drastically reduce our use of climate wrecking fossil fuels, and explains why nuclear power isn't the answer to global warming."
WHERE:
Manchester City Football Club, City of Manchester Stadium, SportCity, Manchester M11 3FF.
WHEN:
6.30pm – 9.30pm, 27th September 2007.
For more information, contact the Greenpeace press office: 020 7865 8255.
Manchester airport expansion plans halted
Posted by jossc on 13 July 2007.
Finally, some good news on climate change. Following protests and opposition expansion plans for three of our largest regional airports have been shelved. Manchester, Birmingham International and Luton have all dropped their plans to build new runways, marginally improving the UK's chances of meeting our long-term climate targets. They are respectively Britain's third, fifth and sixth busiest airports.
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Case study: Scottish & Newcastle Royal Brewery, Manchester
The Royal Brewery, in Moss Side, Manchester (the home of Fosters, the second biggest selling lager in the UK) is well over a century old, but is now years ahead of its competitors in dealing with the energy used on site.
Case study: Manchester City FC
Pete Bradshaw, Social Responsibilty Manager, Manchester City Football Club
Manchester City Football Club is one of the greenest sporting stadiums in the world.
The convenient solution - case studies
While the government dithers over its energy policy, companies, councils and organisations are taking matters into their own hands. By generating their own clean and efficient energy, they're not only reducing their carbon emmissions but also improving their own security of supply. If your organisation is thinking of doing the same, these case studies may help show you the way. Contact details are provided at the end of each case study to find out more - and, of course, make sure you watch our films on the subject: The Convenient Solution and What Are We Waiting For?