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The Future of Your Green Spaces

In Green & blue spaces, Health and Nature on 25.11.2019
Contributed by Jennifer Lane

Alexandra Park was a hive of activity last week as key stakeholders met to discuss innovative new ways to fund and deliver parks and green spaces in Greater Manchester.

Greater Manchester Natural Capital Group’s Annual Conference

Join us: Delivering a Greener Greater Manchester

In Buildings, Economy and Green & blue spaces on 22.11.2019
Contributed by Jennifer Lane

Get your exclusive ticket to the Greater Manchester Natural Capital Group’s Annual Conference – coming to Manchester in February 2020.

Green Supplier Event to Inspire Greater Manchester

In Buildings, Economy, Green & blue spaces and Housing on 20.11.2019
Contributed by Jennifer Lane

With green infrastructure on the rise across Greater Manchester, the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) is holding a special event for green suppliers across the region.

That Counts! campaign in Greater Manchester

That Counts! in Greater Manchester

In Health, Living and Transport on 18.11.2019
Contributed by Jennifer Lane

On Monday 9th September, That Counts! – a new campaign aiming to inspire thousands of people from across Greater Manchester to lead a more active life – went live across the city region.

Natural Course on Track for Landscape Institute Award 2019

In Economy and Green & blue spaces on 14.11.2019
Contributed by Jennifer Lane

Greater Manchester’s innovative Natural Course project has been shortlisted for the Landscape Institute Awards 2019.

The project called ‘Charting a Natural Course: An Ecosystem Services Opportunities Map and Natural Capital Account for the River Irwell’ has come out on top of 185 entries and is now a finalist in the award’s Transforming through Management and Science category.

Greater Manchester’s Pilot Scheme to Restore Vital Peatland

In Green & blue spaces and Nature on 11.11.2019
Contributed by Tina Bugliosi

A new pathfinding peatland restoration pilot has been launched in Greater Manchester. The programme explains how local stakeholders can work together to improve the condition of English peatlands to help wildlife, people and the planet – now and into the future.

Greener City Citizen Survey

In Green & blue spaces and Nature on 29.10.2019
Contributed by Tina Bugliosi

The RHS, Groundwork and City of Trees are working together to ask everyone who lives, works, studies or volunteers in Greater Manchester to share their thoughts with the project by filling in a short survey.

Can e-bikes help the environment?

In Health, Living and Transport on 22.10.2019
Contributed by Jorgie McHale-Ramsell

89.5 million tonnes of CO2 are produced by road travel per year, whereas e-bikes produce none. With data from the Department for Transport, a new infographic shows how thousands of kilograms of CO2 emissions can be saved by switching your daily commute from a car or public transport to an e-bike.

Mission Based Approach to delivering the Five Year Environment Plan for GM

In Buildings, Economy, Energy, Green & blue spaces, Transport and Waste on 21.10.2019
Contributed by Mark Atherton

One of Greater Manchester’s unique assets, one that differentiates us from other City Region’s, is the strength, depth and longevity of our partnerships.