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Hough Lane Community Garden

In Food, Living and Nature on 10.01.2014
Contributed by Mike Hodson

The Alternative? Mike Hodson profiles not 'just another’ community garden.

Bedroom Tax has hit Wythenshawe hard, says social housing group

In Housing and Society on 06.01.2014
Contributed by Steve Connor

What impact did the Bedroom Tax have on Greater Manchester in 2013? Steve Connor reports on one snapshot that has been delivered in a pre-Christmas report from the Wythenshawe Community Housing Group

Millgate Theatre by Flickr user Jim Grady

Millgate Arts Centre

In Buildings, Culture and Society on 04.01.2014
Contributed by Mike Hodson

The Alternative? Mike Hodson profiles the Millgate Arts Centre and an example of how a volunteer-run arts centre builds capacity to install solar panels.

Improving Davyhulme’s Environmental Awareness

In Energy, Nature and Society on 03.01.2014
Contributed by Mike Hodson

The Alternative? Mike Hodson profiles a long-term biography of a community-based environmental awareness initiative in Davyhulme.

New life for rescued raspberries and renegade red onions

In Education, Food and Society on 02.01.2014
Contributed by Rebecca Nicholl

Rebecca Nicholl reports on an innovation from EMERGE and their Fareshare franchise: a range of 'Perfectly Good' preserves that cut food waste and offer a delicious addition to any table.

Chorlton Refurb

In Energy and Housing on 02.01.2014
Contributed by Mike Hodson

The Alternative? Mike Hodson profiles Chorlton Refurb’s efforts to find ways of local people working together on reducing energy usage.

Saddleworth Community Hydro

In Economy, Energy and Green & blue spaces on 01.01.2014
Contributed by Mike Hodson

The Alternative? Mike Hodson profiles a social investment to re-vitalise pre-existing technologies and assets.

Think again. Re-imagining sustainable development in the North of England

In Culture, Food and Society on 18.12.2013
Contributed by Abigail Gilmore

The third workshop in the N8 New Thinking in the North project considers how collaborations between arts and humanities researchers and creative and community practitioners might contribute to new models for sustainable living.

Global conference on urban health to hit Manchester in 2014

In Economy, Health and Society on 17.12.2013
Contributed by Steve Connor

March 2014 will see policy makers and experts on urban health from across the world gather in Manchester for the 11th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH).