Manchester Arts Sustainability Team

Local artists create world's first Northern opera

In Culture, Education and Society on 19.03.2015
Contributed by Clare Wiley

Clare Wiley sees a sneak preview of the world's first Northern Opera, 'The Arsonists'.

Kissing At A Distance

In Buildings, Energy and Society on 23.02.2015
Contributed by Phil Griffin

Following the recent transformation of The Whitworth Art Gallery, Phil Griffin profiles the structural beauty of this Mancunian institution.

Q&A: Manchester Art Gallery

In Buildings, Culture and Energy on 11.02.2015
Contributed by Clare Wiley

This year, Manchester Art Gallery has been longlisted for the Ashden Awards, which recognise organisations that promote sustainable energy. Here, Clare Wiley speaks to Amanda Wallace and Catriona Morgan, who are responsible for the gallery’s sustainability strategy.

Sustainability summer school planned for Manchester Museum

In Culture, Education and Nature on 06.02.2015
Contributed by Steve Connor

Manchester Museum has won this year's Lever Prize and intends to use it to launch a summer school dedicated to sustainability.

Festival Square in Manchester, by Monika Lukasik

Sustainable spotlight on Manchester International Festival

In Culture, Energy and Food on 30.04.2014
Contributed by Beth Perry

The Alternative? Beth Perry profiles the environmental sustainability activities of Manchester International Festival within the emerging cultural ecology of the city.

Manchester Central Library - image by Morley Von Sternberg

Great cities need great libraries: a review

In Buildings, Culture and Education on 29.03.2014
Contributed by Phil Griffin

Phil Griffin reviews the re-opened Central Library in Manchester - a 'triumph' - and casts a glance at the parallel openings in Birmingham and Liverpool.

Greening Cornerhouse

In Buildings, Culture and Living on 24.03.2014
Contributed by Beth Perry

The Alternative? Beth Perry profiles Cornerhouse, a founding member of Manchester's Arts Sustainability Team (MAST) and details the emergence and growth of its 'green' credentials.

Hooked on citizen science: Erinma Ochu

In Culture, Education and Society on 24.02.2014
Contributed by Bianca Manu

Bianca Manu interviews writer and Wellcome Trust public engagement fellow Dr Erinma Ochu to discuss alternative ways of achieving sustainable social engagement; citizen science and the benefits of partnerships between universities and community groups.

Visitors to Manchester Museum's Living Worlds gallery

From natural history to environmental sustainability

In Culture, Education and Nature on 13.01.2014
Contributed by Henry McGhie

Henry McGhie, head of collections and curator of zoology at the Manchester Museum reports on the thinking behind the Museums’ Living Worlds gallery which reinvents natural history for the 21st century.

The Alternative? The Biospheric Foundation

In Culture, Food and Society on 20.11.2013
Contributed by Beth Perry

The Alternative? Beth Perry profiles the Biospheric Foundation, an initiative for rethinking food production and distribution in the city.

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