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Festival celebrates Manchester square's radical past & future

In Culture and Society on 30.03.2015
Contributed by Clare Wiley

This weekend Stevenson Square in the Northern Quarter was transformed from a concrete traffic interchange to vibrant hub of creative activity with green public spaces and a rooftop garden.

Sun set to shine on Manchester schools

In Buildings, Education and Energy on 30.03.2015
Contributed by Anonymous (not verified)

Two schools in Greater Manchester have completed the first phase of an ambitious project that will enable them to begin generating their own electricity using solar power.

Making Contact: arts and sustainability

In Culture, Education and Society on 27.03.2015
Contributed by Clare Wiley

Speaking in Manchester this week, cultural and environmental experts discussed the steps being taken by cultural organisations to cut their carbon emissions, as well as the potential held by The Arts to influence behaviour in this sector.

They’re not making a MESS of climate change in Marple

In Energy, Housing, Society and Transport on 27.03.2015
Contributed by Steve Connor

Platform reports on a roundtable in Marple where local people and activists got to share their views and concerns with Labour’s lead on climate change.

The Rooftop Project: finding space to be Curious-in-Action in Manchester

In Buildings, Culture and Society on 27.03.2015
Contributed by alice.toomer

On 28th March, a mass-collaborative, co-designed community rooftop project launches in Manchester’s Northern Quarter and for the first time is made accessible to the public for The Ladies’ Room radical history event #RooftopProject.

Greater Manchester wins a place in £80m trial of smart heat and energy modelling

In Buildings, Economy and Energy on 26.03.2015
Contributed by Steve Connor

A trial of new energy modelling software could help Greater Manchester deliver a ‘master plan’ for sustainable local heating.

Energy efficiency – “too good an opportunity to miss”

In Energy on 26.03.2015
Contributed by Todd Holden

ENWORKS, the award-winning environmental support service based in Greater Manchester, has been working with the Department of Energy and Climate Change to produce a new energy efficiency guide for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's.)

A boost for rural businesses in the North West

In Economy on 26.03.2015
Contributed by Grace Fleming

Lancashire County Council has announced plans to inject £4.6m into rural businesses across Lancashire and Greater Manchester to support employment and encourage economic growth.

Supporting good ideas for Manchester – #MakeMCR

In Living and Society on 24.03.2015
Contributed by Grace Fleming

#MakeMCR is a crowd-funding initiative that aims to create better places and spaces around Manchester by offering help and support to raise funds for projects.