Lost the Plot? Find it again…

On Thurs November 5th (that’d be bonfire night!) come find it again with “Call to Real Action,” as we meet, mingle, and, yes, plot, around Climate Change and what can be done here in Manchester.

Lost the Plot?

Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St, from 7pm.

Agenda will look something like this-

- welcomes, mingling, icebreaker and brainstorming

- the survey results

- the Climate Change Action Plan and the “response document”

- the launch on November 30th

- what C2RA will be doing in 2010…

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Lost the plot? Come plot with us…

The next public “Call to Real Action” meeting is happening on Thursday November 5th, at the Friends Meeting House, from 7pm.

We will, as always, have plenty of time set aside for mingling and networking. We will also be discussing and planning around-

our response to the “Climate Change Action Plan”

our “A day in the life” document

our launch (Monday 30th November)

the schedule of activities for 2010.

the results of the “2020 vision” surveys
All welcome!

Saturday Oct 10 agenda

Provisional Agenda for Saturday 10th October

1 to 4pm, Friends Meeting House

1) Welcomes and housekeeping

2) Mingling/brainstorming “Good things that are already happening in (Greater) Manchester”

3) Other agenda points?

4) The impacts of climate change globally and locally

5) What the Council’s plan says (outline)

Discussion of what is in it, what the responses have been so far.

6) The “2020 vision” survey, and people’s vision of a fair, climate safe Manchester

* responses so far

* geographical spread

* getting other responses (including from today)

7) The Alternative Plan

* what should be in it

* how should it be presented (paper format, web, other)

* how should it be distributed- where, by whom, in what formats,

* for what purposes?

Sub groups on Food Transport Energy Buildings Sustainable Consumption Engagement

The launch event-

* What is it trying to achieve?

* What should happen at it (music, poetry etc)

* Who should be there

* How should it be publicised/networked?

* Who has time/energy to work on the launch?

9) “Beyond the launch”

* What steps should C2RA (and other groups) be taking in December, January and beyond

* Who is up for what?

* What needs to be done in the coming weeks to make that easier?

10) Announcements (upcoming events etc)

12) Next C2RA meeting(s)

* Early November?

* One to discuss the final CCAP, after it is released on November 11th?

Launch date confirmed!

Call to Real Action invites you to attend the launch of its response to the “Climate Change Action Plan.”  The event is on Monday 30th November, starting 7pm, at Nexus Cafe, Dale St.

More information to follow soon.

Next C2RA event- mini-conference on Saturday 10th October at the Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St.

Saturday 10th Oct mini-conference

Hi all,

we had a very exciting and well-attended meeting (thanks to everyone who came!) on Weds 9th. Minutes of that will be posted here very soon.

One thing that people were very keen on is filling in and distributing the short “2020 vision” survey, which can be filled in online here, and is also available as a pdf download, complete with a postal address to send it to. We have also had a big wodge of surveys printed, so if you want some that you can then use to go out getting your friends and neighbours to fill in, then do get in touch. We are going to run the survey until the end of October, and try to put in as many of the good ideas raised in our Action Plan. We will also be forwarding some of the answers (about engagement) to the City Council. The survey is anonymous, with an “opt in” question if people want to give their name/email address. We are asking for postcodes so we can see where we have not yet got replies from, and then get that sorted.

In the meantime, the next major thing to be aware of is the Saturday October 10 miniconference, from 1pm to 4pm, at the Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St. We will be looking at where the Council-sponsored process to produce an Action Plan is up to, and also at the C2RA Alternative Action Plan. It will be a great chance to find out more, meet other people who also want to take action in Manchester.
If you want to be involved in organising/publicising the conference, please do get in touch as soon as possible.

Weds Sept 9th meeting

Hi all,
next meeting is on Weds 9th September from 7pm at the Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St. Here are the “getting there” details.
Don’t worry if you’ve not been to one before- we don’t bite!
Don’t worry if can’t get there for 7pm, just turn up as soon as you can

If you can’t make it to the meeting, one easy way you can ‘help out’ is by filling in our online survey (and getting your friends to fill it in too). You fill it in here.

Draft Agenda
welcomes, explaining C2RA, icebreakers, the various projects that people can sign up for.

a) The Council-facilitated Climate Change Action Plan
Report backs from 5 writing groups- how do we support people in them
How do we lobby effectively to make the plan as strong as possible?

b)The C2RA Alternative Action Plan
Deciding the nature of our alternative action plan (in outline).

break for mingling, etc.

c) Launch event for our Alternative Action Plan in second half of November?
Urbis? Nexus? When? To achieve what? Who invited (we did some of the thinking about this already, btw, for the original event)

d) Saturday October 10 miniconference-
What are the goals.
Who can help publicise it, prepare for it?

e) Any other business

f) Date of next planning meeting (separate from Saturday Oct 10 meeting)

CRABs- spread to your friends

The first “Call to Real Action Bulletin”, 2 pages of scintillating informational gold,  is now available in dead tree format and  pdf too.
The idea of “the Crab” is to have something short and up-to-date to give to vaguely interested people who may want to get involved in C2RA. It seemed to work well enough last night at the Oxfam training on e-campaigning.

If anyone wants to get involved in putting it together, please do get in touch. We desperately need a decent banner header to replace the lousy Courier font job that was bodged together in five minutes.

first newsletter

2020 vision for a fair, climate-safe Manchester

Hi all,

you can either fill in the survey online here (no registration or anything else required!) or else cut and paste the following 8 questions into an email and send it to us at calltorealaction@googlemail.com. If you’re feeling really enthusiastic, you could print off the pdf and get your friends to fill it in. There’s a postal address on the form…

1. What is the post-code where you live at the moment?

2. What is the single most important thing that the City Council should consider in the Climate Change Action Plan that they are facilitating, and will publish in November?

3. What methods should Manchester City Council use for engaging with members of the public on climate change?

4. Tell us a bit about your “2020 vision of a sustainable and fair Manchester.”

5 What sorts of things could be done LOCALLY (i.e. within half a mile of your house) to reduce greenhouse gases and/or prepare for the changes that climate change will bring?

6. What do you think are the major obstacles to the things you listed in the question above?

7. What sorts of things should “activists” and campaigners be doing to raise awareness of climate change. and lower greenhouse gas emissions in Manchester.

8. Other comments: [your chance to say anything you haven't already! If you want to receive more information about getting involved, then you can give us your email address. We will not share it with anyone- not the Council, not any other campaigning group etc.]

August 12th meeting

You are all welcome to the next Call to Real Action meeting. It’s happening on Wednesday August 12th at the Friends Meeting House (behind the Central Library). We are starting at 7pm and finishing by 8.30pm. An agenda is being sorted out and will be posted here very soon. Our meetings are not about listening to three people at the front with everyone in rows then dutifully asking questions. They are about networking, info-sharing, brain-storming and action planning.

Call to Real Action summary of proposals

Call to Real Action table of proposals
Word format table 31 pages