Campaign Against Depleted Uranium, (CADU)
Campaign Against Depleted Uranium was launched in 1999 to focus specifically on trying to achieve a global ban on the manufacture, testing, and use of depleted uranium weapons. CADU aims to fight for recognition by the MoD that these weapons are connected with illnesses among Gulf War veterans and civilians in Iraq and elsewhere and to put pressure on governments who use DU to take responsibility for environmental de-contamination of areas where it has been used.
The Campaign Against Depleted Uranium (CADU) was launched in 1999 to focus specifically on trying to achieve a global ban on the manufacture, testing, and use of depleted uranium weapons. They also have a strong interest in identifying the extent of its civilian use and achieving as much limitation of this as possible.
[t/f] 0161 273 8293
[w] www.cadu.org.uk
Campaign for Hydrogen Economy, (CHEC)
This Association was founded in 2003 as a platform for all those who share the following aims:
[t] 0161 273 8595
[e] admin[at]hydrogeneconomy.org.uk
[w] www.hydrogeneconomy.org.uk
NW Community Waste Network
The Community Recycling Network UK is a membership organisation promoting community-based sustainable waste management as a practical and effective way of
tackling the UK 's growing waste problem.
[t] 0161 273 6976
[f] 0161 274 4598
[w] www.crn.org.uk
Greater Manchester Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, (CND)
CND has been working for a nuclear free future since 1958, and remains one of the largest membership organisations in the country. We campaign non-violently to rid the world of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction and to create genuine security for future generations.
[t/f] 0161 273 8283
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[t] 0161 274 3461
Manchester Bio-diesel Co-operative
Manchester Bio-diesel Coop is an initiative which has recently been established to provide green clean renewable fuel to the city. A small group of residents from across Manchester have taken the plunge to switch to bio-diesel, fuel produced from 100% recycled waste vegetable oil.
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[e] info[at]manchesterbiodieselcoop.org.uk
[w] www.manchesterbiodieselcoop.org.uk
Manchester Environmental Education Network, (MEEN)
MEEN is a network of teachers, organisations and individuals working to promote sustainable development education in the Manchester area (UK).
Teachers who were concerned to bring environmental issues into their teaching practice set up MEEN informally in 1994. In recent years the concept of 'Education for Sustainable Development' (ESD) has arisen and thus MEEN now has the broader remit of promoting all aspects of sustainable development, including global development issues.
Aim
The main aim of MEEN is to inspire and motivate learning about sustainability by building a network of people actively committed to education for sustainable development (ESD) in Manchester.
Our work
Consultation
MEEN is all about the needs of its members, and therefore the first step in establishing the network involved a process of active consultation. This was done through questionnaires and one to one meetings with teachers. However, consultation is an ongoing process and we would love to hear your views. We would be particularly interested to hearing from teachers who would like to be part of a MEEN working group to share good practice and to develop resources.
Sharing Good Practice Conference
Networking to share good practice is a key part of the work of MEEN. In March 2001, MEEN jointly organised a national conference with the Development Education Project and Manchester Environmental Resource Centre initiative to share good practice in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The day involved speakers from Dorset and Worcester ESD networks, regional discussion groups and workshops led by teachers and others working in the field.
Newsletter
'Beehive' is the newsletter of Manchester Environmental Education Network. It is produced once a term and is free to all Manchester schools and network members. Beehive provides information about the latest network activities and events, and also resource reviews and useful contacts.
Training
MEEN has run training workshops on citizenship and sustainable development for teachers and PGCE students. MEEN has worked with Manchester Healthy Schools Partnership to provide training on sustainability issues.
Healthy Schools, Eco-Schools and ESD
MEEN works closely with Manchester Healthy Schools Partnership. The aim of this partnership is to help schools become healthier learning communities by taking part in the Healthy Schools Award Scheme. Eco-Schools is a similar award scheme, with a particular focus upon environmental sustainability. As part of Eco-Schools, schools address seven key areas: litter, waste minimisation, energy, water, transport, healthy living and school grounds. Both initiatives emphasise the importance of active involvement and ownership by pupils.
[t] 0161 273 8881
[f] 0161 274 4598
[w] www.dep.org.uk/centres/MEEN.htm
Mersey Basin Trust
The Mersey Basin Trust is an environmental charity working to increase people's awareness and understanding of water and watercourses and to promote positive actions towards a more sustainable use of water.
The Trust is governed by a Board of Trustees, which are elected from its membership of over 600 groups situated throughout the Mersey catchment in the five counties of Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire and Greater Merseyside.
We provide a range of education and learning opportunities around water and water courses from primary school level to higher education, and we develop and support voluntary and community action and provide training on all aspects of water and watercourse protection and improvement. At a strategic level we also work to ensure policy makers take due regard of water in the development of policies.
Other aspects of our work includes the production of a newsletter, the Basin Buzz, to disseminate information relevant to our member groups and a range of student placements and volunteering opportunities on offer, both within the office and out in the field.
[t] 0161 273 4207
[e] merseybasintrust[at]hotmail.com
Olive Co-operative
Olive Co-operative promotes responsible tourism, trade and education in the Middle East. Olive Co-operative offers rewarding small-group guided tours around Palestine/Israel. We enable visitors to learn about the current situation first-hand and meet inspiring Palestinian and Israeli groups working for peace and human rights.
Olive Co-operative benefits our customers and the Palestinian economy by using expert tour guides and suppliers such as the Alternative Tourism Group, based in Bethlehem.
Browse and buy a wide range of fairly traded Palestinian products - from olive oil and soap to greeting cards and embroidered purses - in the Olive Co-op office in Bridge-5 Mill and at www.olivecoop.com
[t] 0161 273 1970 or 0845 456 1472 ( UK local rate)
One Parent Families Manchester
One Parent Families opened its first regional office in Manchester on 1 October 2004. Set up in 1918 to tackle the poverty, isolation and stigma experienced by lone parents and their children, today we run a freephone helpline offering quality marked confidential advice and information lone parents can trust and offer a wide range of publications, an interactive website and on-line helpdesk, free lone-parent membership and special events.
Lone parents can call our helpline free from all UK landlines and Virgin, Orange and 3 mobiles, dial 0800 018 5026 Mon - Fri 9am -5pm. Or visit our website at www.oneparentfamilies.org.uk and click the interactive helpdesk link.
One Parent Families also acts as a centre of expertise for professionals whose job it is to work with lone parents and their children. It also works with governments and policy makers to improve services, raise awareness and change
attitudes.
[t] 0161 273 4114
[e] info[at]opfmanchester.org.uk
Pathways Consultancy
Specialises in working at the interface between local communities and strategic decision-makers. Areas of expertise are community consultation, participatory decision-making, and supporting people to become active and involved in their community and their environment. Can offer focussed volunteer places to people wishing to gain knowledge and practical experience in community consultation skills and techniques.
[t] 0161 273 8235
[e] info[at]pathwaysconsultancy.co.uk
[w] www.pathwaysconsultancy.co.uk
Powwow Eco Arts
Powwow Eco Arts is a not for profit company, aiming to raise awareness of environmental issues and education for sustainability through a broad range of cross art forms. We have a strong focus on the senses, creating inspiring and innovative spaces and surroundings.
Powwow has been going since March 2004 and has been establishing various pocket projects in the city, creatively expressing issues of sustainable development. We feel that through a synthesis of art, architecture, education and community development we can engage audiences in matters of global interest.
Their premise rests on the idea of 'ecological footprints' or 'carbon footprints'- a way of exploring the individual small scale measures we can take as individuals to lessen our CO2 emissions in the planet. They take this idea of 'carbon foot-printing' to be the starting point of our specific individual projects, and use art, being the powerful tool that it is, to express these ideas.
[t] 0161 273 5367
Wild Shows and Feasts
Wild Shows & Feasts are a comedy-theatre and banquets company that deal with Environmental issues in their entertaining, fun and unusual events. Their shows are often accompanied with delicious, compassionate feasts. The work ranges from 19th century classic stage productions, with original themeatic menus for e.g. weddings and other celebrations, through to the ultra modern urban characters of their innovative education shows. One of their latest productions - Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest - was nominated for Best Drama Production at The Buxton Festival 2005 - England's biggest fringe and second only to Edinburgh. Wild Shows & Feasts also work with various partners, including the NHS, on Health and Environmental education projects and are available for school and other similar group work.
[t] 0161 227 9030
[w] wildshowandfeasts[at]yahoo.com