[Netnews-action] [Fwd: MFoE_announce: Weekly Digest]

[michael]

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> From: Manchester Friends of the Earth <office at manchesterfoe.org.uk>
> Reply-To: Manchester Friends of the Earth
> <office at manchesterfoe.org.uk>
> To: mcrfoe_announce at foe.co.uk
> Subject: MFoE_announce: Weekly Digest
> Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:56:47 +0100
> 
> In this weeks digest...
> 
> 
> ACTIONS
> MFoE Action: Trafford Newspaper Stories
> Call for labelling of food from GM-fed animals
> Petition the EU Over Illegal Timber
> 
> 
> EVENTS
> Monday 5 June, 6.30pm: Oxfam Talk: Climate Change Adaptation Projects
> in Western Uganda, Green Fish
> Tuesday 6 Jul, 5.30pm: Public panel discussion on climate change,
> University of Manchester 
> Weds 7 June, 6pm: Transition City Manchester meeting
> Tuesday 13 July, 6.45pm: Full Group meeting
> 
> 
> NEWS
> MFoE Bike Event A Fabulous Success (PowWow Blog)
> Phil Neville's £2 million Eco House Rejected (MEN)
> Manchester Housing Association Wins Green Award (Green Building Press)
> Manufacturing industry calls for 'carbon tax' (EEF)
> UK will miss carbon emissions targets 'unless government takes urgent
> action' (Guardian)
> Peru to expel British 'Tarzan agitator' Paul McAuley (Guardian)
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> ACTIONS
> 
> 
> MFoE Action: Trafford Newspaper Stories
> If you are a resident in Trafford would you be able to check the
> Trafford Metro, the Sale and Altrincham Messenger, or the Stretford
> and Urmston Messenger for opportunities to write about Trafford's need
> to act on climate change? If so please contact Ali
> - ali at manchesterfoe.org.uk
> 
> 
> Call for labelling of food from GM-fed animals
> Ask your MEP to vote for clear labelling of food from GM-feed animals
> on 7 July...
> http://www.gmfreeze.org/page.asp?ID=425
> 
> 
> Petition the EU Over Illegal Timber
> The EU Parliament decides on the legislation on July 7. But timber
> companies are still trying to block it. The Avaaz Petition will be
> delivered directly to MEPs on Wednesday as they go into vote.
> http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_stop_illegal_timber/?vl
> 
> 
> 
> 
> EVENTS
> 
> 
> Monday 5 June, 6.30pm: Oxfam Talk: Climate Change Adaptation Projects
> in Western Uganda
> Nicola Sansom, Activism and Community Campaigner with Oxfam, went to
> Uganda earlier in the year. She will give a talk about the climate
> change adaptation projects she visited, sharing stories and pictures
> of the people she met, and their struggles and hope. Entertaining,
> inspiring and informative!
>  Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE
>  
> Tuesday 6 Jul, 5.30pm: Public panel discussion on climate change
> Chaired by Professor Joseph Stiglitz, this event is part of the
> Advanced Graduate Workshop 2010 co-hosted by the Brooks World Poverty
> Institute (BWPI) and the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia
> University (IPD).  All welcome, no registration necessary. Admission
> will be on a first-come first-served basis, please arrive early to
> guarantee your place.
> Cordingley Lecture Theatre, Humanities Bridgeford Street, University
> of Manchester. (Building no. 35 on the campus map).
>  
> Weds 7 June, 6pm: Transition City Manchester meeting
> Come along to eat, find out about transition, meet fellow
> transitioners, and find out what TCM is doing….. At Eighth Day Cafe,
> Oxford Rd www.transitioncitymanchester.wordpress.com
>  
> Tuesday 13 July, 6.45pm: Full Group meeting
> Full group meeting, with updates on what the group's been up to and
> what we've got planned, at 6.45pm for 7pm in the Green Fish Resource
> Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street. For more info, contact Sarah on 07962
> 185044.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> NEWS
> 
> 
> MFoE Bike Event A Fabulous Success (PowWow Blog)
> The prospect of spending a day inside this fearsome place sent shivers
> down the PowWow team's wheels but the idea behind Friends of the
> Earth’s intriguing idea to promote cycling totally convinced us to
> enter this place...
> http://www.powwow-pedal-power.org.uk/bike-fabulous
> 
> 
> Phil Neville's £2 million Eco House Rejected (MEN)
> Footballer Phil Neville's plans for a hillside mansion are rejected,
> which he claimed would be one of Britain's most eco-friendly.
> http://bit.ly/aUpQeI
> 
> 
> Manchester Housing Association Wins Green Award (Green Building Press)
> Northwards Housing has been announced as a winner in the 10th annual
> Ashden Awards, the global green energy awards, after overhauling 70
> percent of North Manchester’s social housing stock with effective
> environmental measures.
> http://bit.ly/9aSCdE
> 
> 
> Manufacturing industry calls for 'carbon tax' (EEF)
> Manufacturers' organisation the EEF has called for an economy-wide
> carbon tax on energy usage in order to raise revenue and meet carbon
> emission targets.
> http://bit.ly/cpBOwz
> 
> 
> UK will miss carbon emissions targets 'unless government takes urgent
> action' (Guardian)
> The new coalition government must introduce a string of climate
> policies over the next twelve months or risk Britain missing its
> legally binding targets to cut carbon emissions, ministers were warned
> yesterday...
> http://bit.ly/dkDadZ
> 
> 
> Peru to expel British 'Tarzan agitator' Paul McAuley (Guardian)
> Missionary told to leave after helping Amazon tribes resist incursion
> of oil, gas and mining firms into the rainforest
> http://bit.ly/9Ba74Q
> 
> 
> And Finally... Find out about the story of stuff and how eco shopping
> bags can kill you...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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