Category Archives: environment

Invisible workers, invisible systems.

Posted on 22 April, 2021 by The Steady State Manchester team

Invisible workers, invisible systems. By Mark Burton                                                                                                            pdf version also available at Resilience.org This is based on a short talk I gave to an event, What have we learned about work during Covid 19 and what needs to change? organised … Continue reading →

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A Message about Coronavirus

Posted on 20 March, 2020 by James Scott Vandeventer

Dear Supporters, Amidst the countless articles, blogs, and tweets about the coronavirus, we want to convey a short message from the Steady State Manchester collective to our members and wider readership. The spread of this pernicious coronavirus and the associated … Continue reading →

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Let’s reclaim bank holidays: Introducing the climate holiday

Posted on 24 April, 2019 by James Scott Vandeventer

by James Scott Vandeventer Did you enjoy the record-breaking weather across the U.K. over the long weekend, despite a sneaking suspicion that this feels like accelerating climate change? With two four-day weeks, the pressure at work hopefully felt a bit … Continue reading →

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CounterCoin and the Environmental Impact of Venues

Posted on 19 March, 2019 by James Scott Vandeventer

by James Scott Vandeventer This post originally appeared on the CounterCoin website here. The recent report from Keele University, A Comparison of the Environmental Performance of Sports and Entertainment Venues for a Range of Percentage Capacities (first released here) opens … Continue reading →

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Burners and preservers: most Greater Manchester MPs voted for more climate change

Posted on 29 June, 2018 by The Steady State Manchester team

You’ll no doubt have seen the parliament vote on Heathrow. It indicates the appalling disregard by a majority of politicians for the threat of climate change and for sensible economic policies more broadly. Only 5 out of 26 Greater Manchester … Continue reading →

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We need a A Social-Ecological Spatial Framework

Posted on 22 May, 2018 by The Steady State Manchester team

A Social-Ecological Spatial Framework for a Viable Greater Manchester. update: 3 July, 2018:  Indeed, as anticipated, the new draft has been delayed again to accommodate the new population projections from the Office of National Statistics.  These project 9.37% population growth … Continue reading →

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The Mayor’s Green Summit: a balance sheet.

Posted on 24 March, 2018 by The Steady State Manchester team

updated: 28 March, 2018 Also published, 7/4/18 by The Meteor: http://www.themeteor.org/2018/04/07/2245/ I attended the Greater Manchester Mayor’s Green City Summit on 21 March: here is a quick review.   The event was, as you’d expect, a mixed bag, with good and … Continue reading →

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Practical degrowth for Labour

Posted on 19 December, 2017 by The Steady State Manchester team

The article below is a slightly longer version of the piece published on the SERA (Labour Environment Campaign) website on 17 December, 2017.  See also this piece, also by Mark, which was  carried on the Left Foot Forward website, in … Continue reading →

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