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Retrofit renovations helping to slash bills in first wave of multi-million retrofit of 3,800 properties
Hundreds of Oldham homes given green makeovers
Around 200 homes across Oldham have been given major green makeovers to slash bills and make them more energy efficient as part of a trailblazing multi-million-pound retrofit programme to transform 3,800 properties across Greater Manchester.
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Project blog: understanding the state of nature in Greater Manchester
Learn all about Greater Manchester’s first State of Nature Report in our regular project team blog.
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Greater Manchester School Eco Refill Shops – Opening time, the launches begin!
In the second blog in our series covering the progress of the ten School Eco Refill Shops, we can happily report that the schools have undergone their enterprise training and are now beginning to launch and open for their school communities…
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Calling all schools and education establishments: Let’s Go Zero Climate Action Countdown
Let’s Go Zero, a national campaign helping schools get to net zero, is launching an exciting climate action event from 7th June to 5th July called the Climate Action Countdown. The campaign includes free webinars and a calendar of 29 daily challenges linked to sustainability helping to focus and kick-start action.
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Feel The Benefit of Making Your Home Better
Fresh after the launch of GMCA’s ‘Feel The Benefit’ campaign, Hellena Mason-Smith, Community Engagement Assistant from Your Home Better, takes a look at you can reduce your home’s carbon emissions when making home improvements through this programme…
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EVENT: Green Transformation Conference 2024
Pro-Manchester’s Green Transformation Conference will welcome a wide range of companies developing innovative new technologies to lower emissions, reduce our carbon footprint and improve our environment.
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First Greater Manchester State of Nature report makes the case for prioritising nature recovery
Greater Manchester’s first State of Nature report highlights the scale of the challenges that face nature across the city-region.
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Greater Manchester residents to Feel the Benefit of a warmer home through energy advice, support, and house upgrades
This campaign aims to help residents better understand how upgrades to their homes can help make them greener, warmer, and cheaper to run, driving them to engage with the advice, support, and potentially even free or discounted upgrades.
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Solar array at Wellington School completed!
Following a community share offer in summer 2023, local social enterprise Greater Manchester Community Renewables (GMCR) has installed the largest community-owned solar array in Greater Manchester at Wellington School in Timperley.
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North West Regional Energy Efficiency Awards 2024 Winner: GMCA Regional Local Authority of the Year
GMCA’s Low Carbon Team celebrated a big win at the 10th anniversary of the Regional Energy Efficiency Awards. Taking place last Thursday (19th February) at Bolton’s Last Drop village, the awards recognise the great innovators and achievements in the industry making an impact in the region and beyond.
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Local Nature Champions: Claire Biggs, Director and Project Manager at SNUG
In our next Local Nature Champions interview, we speak to Claire Biggs, Director and Project Manager at Sustainable Northmoor Urban Greening (SNUG).
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Project blog: setting out our shared Local Nature Recovery Strategy
Find out more about the development of Greater Manchester’s first Local Nature Recovery Strategy in our regular project team blog.
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