We'll be able to give you a few updates about the progress so far and figure out our next steps.. with some hands on workshops in making countersigns and fabric bags..
You can also find out more about plans for the 'plastic bag free Christmas' event on December 15th, in Chorlton centre. Come along and don't forget to use a bag for life for your Christmas shopping!
Helen Starr-Keddle
Local Project Manager - Chorlton
Action for Sustainable Living
info@chorlton.afsl.org.uk
Tel: 0161 227 0377
The University of Manchester Student Sustainability Steering Group (SSSG) work in groups to identify key issues that ' you - the student body' would like to see brought to the forefront of environmental and sustainability policy decision making within the university .
The group is trying to expand its membership to include an even more diverse range of attendees from different disciplines and student societies/interest groups. Further, that the SSSG aims to act as both a forum and a representative steering group through which students at the university could:
We are not all naturally arty but you don’t need to be to have a go at
all of these activities – let Mother Nature do the work for you! An
exciting interactive training day filled with arty activities to enliven
your woodland events – come prepared to be creative in the outdoors.
For more information Jessica Thompson, Red Rose Forest Team, Dock
Office, Trafford Road, Salford Quays, Salford, M50 3XB.
A REASON TO SWAP NOT SHOP – IT'S FREE
SUST SWAP SHOP, MANCHESTER
AT 8TH DAY CAFE, THURSDAY DECEMBER 6TH
6PM-CLOTHES DROP-OFF, 6.30-8PM - SWAPPING!
Following the success of the first Swap Shop, Action for Sustainable Living, Friends and the Earth Manchester and the 8th Day present the second SUST Swap Shop on 6th of December at 8th Day Café on Oxford Road in Manchester.
The Local Development Framework (LDF) Core Strategy, a key planning
document for the city, is being consulted on until 4th February! The
Sustainable Neighbourhoods Pool and North West Planning Aid are holding an information session to help community groups find out about what the LDF is, how it's relevant to them, and how to get involved. Please come
along!!!
Speaker: Professor Reg Mann, IChemE - School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester
Light refreshments (tea/coffee) will be provided before the seminar at
2.45pm.
£40,000 of funding is being offered by Food Futures to voluntary and community sector organisations that wish to collaborate on projects to promote a healthier lifestyle through healthy eating and local food. Organisations are invited to a launch event in which there will be a presentation about the Commissioning Programme, followed by a workshop where there will be an opportunity to explore how the collaborative process will work, and how they may contribute to and benefit from it.
Take to the streets of Chorlton to raise awareness of the amount of waste produced over christmas and persuade the shoppers to use bags for life for their Christmas shopping! Meeting point outside Chorlton precinct (Wilbraham road entrance) at 11am
Come socialise, nibble 8th day goodies and let us know what you think of our website.
AfSL held an eco-information stall at Trafford College’s Music Centre in the city centre, on 18th & 19th December 2007. The students, who play in rock bands at college, were keen to find out more about how they could reduce their impact on the environment. About 30 students signed pledges promising to make changes to their lifestyles. Several students were interested in the AfSL Swap Shop, and our free Save-a Flush water saving devices were especially popular.
As you might be aware the Woodhead Tunnel, vital for a re-opened freight
service on the rail line between Sheffield and Manchester, faces
permanent closure to trains due to an impending decision by the National
Grid to use the tunnel for cabling. Attending the meeting puts you under
no obligation to take part in the campaign or take on any
responsibility, the more people who come the better. Please RSVP if you
will be attending and get in touch if you have any questions:
AfSL held an eco-information stall at Trafford College’s Music Centre in the city centre, on 18th & 19th December 2007. The students, who play in rock bands at college, were keen to find out more about how they could reduce their impact on the environment. About 30 students signed pledges promising to make changes to their lifestyles. Several students were interested in the AfSL Swap Shop, and our free Save-a Flush water saving devices were especially popular.
Selected readings on the history of Manchester’s environment and landscape
Refreshments free of charge.
For further information, please contact , Bridge Five Mill, 22a Beswick Street, Manchester
M4 7HR.
AfSL held an eco-information stall at Trafford College’s Music Centre in the city centre, on 18th & 19th December 2007. The students, who play in rock bands at college, were keen to find out more about how they could reduce their impact on the environment. About 30 students signed pledges promising to make changes to their lifestyles. Several students were interested in the AfSL Swap Shop, and our free Save-a Flush water saving devices were especially popular.
AfSL held an eco-information stall at Trafford College’s Music Centre in the city centre, on 18th & 19th December 2007. The students, who play in rock bands at college, were keen to find out more about how they could reduce their impact on the environment. About 30 students signed pledges promising to make changes to their lifestyles. Several students were interested in the AfSL Swap Shop, and our free Save-a Flush water saving devices were especially popular.
AfSL held an eco-information stall at Trafford College’s Music Centre in the city centre, on 18th & 19th December 2007. The students, who play in rock bands at college, were keen to find out more about how they could reduce their impact on the environment. About 30 students signed pledges promising to make changes to their lifestyles. Several students were interested in the AfSL Swap Shop, and our free Save-a Flush water saving devices were especially popular.
AfSL held an eco-information stall at Trafford College’s Music Centre in the city centre, on 18th & 19th December 2007. The students, who play in rock bands at college, were keen to find out more about how they could reduce their impact on the environment. About 30 students signed pledges promising to make changes to their lifestyles. Several students were interested in the AfSL Swap Shop, and our free Save-a Flush water saving devices were especially popular.
AfSL held an eco-information stall at Trafford College’s Music Centre in the city centre, on 18th & 19th December 2007. The students, who play in rock bands at college, were keen to find out more about how they could reduce their impact on the environment. About 30 students signed pledges promising to make changes to their lifestyles. Several students were interested in the AfSL Swap Shop, and our free Save-a Flush water saving devices were especially popular.
AfSL held an eco-information stall at Trafford College’s Music Centre in the city centre, on 18th & 19th December 2007. The students, who play in rock bands at college, were keen to find out more about how they could reduce their impact on the environment. About 30 students signed pledges promising to make changes to their lifestyles. Several students were interested in the AfSL Swap Shop, and our free Save-a Flush water saving devices were especially popular.
AfSL held an eco-information stall at Trafford College’s Music Centre in the city centre, on 18th & 19th December 2007. The students, who play in rock bands at college, were keen to find out more about how they could reduce their impact on the environment. About 30 students signed pledges promising to make changes to their lifestyles. Several students were interested in the AfSL Swap Shop, and our free Save-a Flush water saving devices were especially popular.
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