Category Archives: environment

Community wealth building: resources for a new dawn or for a better collapse?

Posted on 12 November, 2017 by The Steady State Manchester team

This post has also been published as “Launch: Community Wealth Building” on the Stir to Action blog. I attended a launch event for the new issue of Stir magazine. In case you don’t know it, Stir is a great source for thinking and … Continue reading →

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Unpacking how community business could make Greater Manchester’s economy more viable

Posted on 29 May, 2017 by waymarkingthesketchbook

May’s Café Conversation was held on 17.5.17 at Methodist Hall, Manchester. 15 people took part in a highly engaged, enthusiastic, structured discussion as part of Steady State Manchester (SSM) working on its journey on how to practically envision a shift … Continue reading →

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Living within limits to Growth: How?

Posted on 8 May, 2017 by The Steady State Manchester team

Living within limits to Growth – how do we do it? Talk given by Mark H Burton, Steady State Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, 6 May, 2017. Here are the notes and illustrations used in this talk.  It covers the following … Continue reading →

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Greater Manchester Garden City – a viable alternative?

Posted on 17 February, 2017 by The Steady State Manchester team

Conversation event:  Greater Manchester Garden City – a viable alternative? Thursday 2 March, 6.30pm, Methodist Central Hall, Oldham Street, Manchester.   Book via EventBrite We’ll be showing Tom Bliss’s film that reviewed the Garden City concept and suggested applying it retrospectively … Continue reading →

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Murderous economy

Posted on 7 March, 2016 by The Steady State Manchester team

In Honduras last week, another environmental campaigner was murdered. This time there was some international coverage: her photo even appeared on the front page of the Guardian. But though she was clearly an outstanding leader, who inspired many who met … Continue reading →

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Greater Manchester Spatial Framework: another strategy flawed by “growth”

Posted on 10 January, 2016 by The Steady State Manchester team

We have commented, just in time for the consultation deadline, on Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s Draft Spatial Framework.  The Spatial Framework is a strategy document that concerns land-use, and in this case it is concerned largely with housing and industrial … Continue reading →

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Paris Climate Change Agreement, 2015: the good, the bad and the ugly.

Posted on 15 December, 2015 by The Steady State Manchester team

A lot has been written on the Paris international agreement on climate change.  To try and cut through all those words to the essential issues, here is our very brief analytic summary. The good Aspiration of no more than 1.5ºC … Continue reading →

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Campaign on Greater Manchester Pension Fund’s investments hots up

Posted on 24 September, 2015 by The Steady State Manchester team

Some months ago we reported on our attempts to encourage Greater Manchester Pension Fund to rethink its investment strategy, using explicit ethical criteria as part of its overall strategy for sound investments and returns, and in particular to move money … Continue reading →

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