Tag Archives: Greater Manchester

From Puddings to Pea Wet and Oatcakes to Lobby: Ctrl SHIFT and social change

Posted on 29 September, 2019 by

  Several members of the Steady State Manchester Collective attended the Ctrl SHIFT summit in Stoke back in May.  We didn’t get around to writing anything about the event which brought together a wide variety of campaigners and social innovators … Continue reading →

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Do More, Faster! Greater Manchester Climate campaigners call for serious climate action.

Posted on 25 March, 2019 by

Today at Salford’s Lowry centre, Mayor Andy Burnham’s second Green Summit takes place.  It will launch the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s 5-year Environment Plan.  Climate campaigners in Greater Manchester have considered it and found it lacking. GM-CAN, the umbrella grouping … Continue reading →

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Manchester’s Climate Change Strategy: All CO2 and mirrors?

Posted on 12 December, 2018 by

Manchester’s Climate Change Strategy: All CO2 and mirrors?    pdf version Mark H Burton Steady State Manchester. The City of Manchester has one of the most ambitious Climate Change Plans anywhere. But does it really add up? In this article we … Continue reading →

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Retrofitting suburbia

Posted on 11 December, 2018 by

Retrofitting suburbia by Charlotte Allen A recent session of the SSM Reading Group discussed two articles by the Australian author and permaculture pioneer David Holmgren: ‘Retrofitting the suburbs’ 1and ‘A History from the future’2. Although we were a small group, … Continue reading →

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Better Buses in Greater Manchester.

Posted on 29 November, 2018 by

We are pleased to republish an article that appeared in The Big Issue North, by Pascale Robinson, coordinator of the Better Buses for Greater Manchester campaign. First though, we’d like to introduce it, in the context of our thinking on … Continue reading →

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Fearless Cities: could we have the new municipalism in Greater Manchester?

Posted on 13 August, 2018 by

Fearless Cities: the new municipalism. NEW!  January, 2019.  English edition of the book now available from (click->) New Internationalist.  Today it is easy enough to think that people are not interested in politics, or even that they don’t value democracy. … Continue reading →

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We need a A Social-Ecological Spatial Framework

Posted on 22 May, 2018 by

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

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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