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A self-help group selling Custard Apple seeds cultivated using small-scale irrigation practices in Kibwezi, south-eastern Kenya (October 2012)

Adapting to climate change — a global approach

In Education, Living and Society on 28.08.2015
Contributed by Clare Wiley

The world’s leading agencies are convening in Manchester this month to ask: how do we adapt to climate change?

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An immersive promenade through Ordsall’s history

In Culture, Living and Society on 01.07.2015
Contributed by Clare Wiley

A new University of Salford initiative supports creative projects that benefit the local community. Clare Wiley reports.

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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.

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Ian McMillan

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'.

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Neil McInroy

Q&A: Neil McInroy, Centre for Local Economic Strategies

In Economy, Living and Society on 19.09.2014
Contributed by Clare Wiley

The Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) is a national independent think tank and charity based in Manchester. Clare Wiley meets CEO Neil McInroy to discuss poverty, social justice and sustainability

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