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Gronn Eco Salon, Bury

Rachael started her career in hairdressing at the age of 17 in Bury, and has worked all over Greater Manchester in the hair and beauty industry for the last 26 years. When she decided to take the leap and open her own salon, it felt right to return to Bury. “I wanted to run a salon in the kindest way I could, for the planet, for animals, for everyone. It came from my core values really; it’s just an extension of that”.

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Seastraw is a Manchester-based campaign

Working with pubs, bars, restaurants and other businesses using disposable food items

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Envirolution Festival

Envirolution is a volunteer-led, one-day festival held annually at Platt Fields Park in Fallowfield. A shining example of how large-scale events and festivals can be single-use plastic free and offer excellent food, drink, activities and entertainment.

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M20 Refills

Manchester’s first ‘milkman style’ zero waste home delivery service. The service delivers eco-friendly cleaning products and toiletries in reusable glass bottles, and a range of reduced packaging products including bamboo toothbrushes in a simple cardboard packet and beeswax food wraps (a plastic-free alternative to clingfilm).

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Primroses in woodland
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The IGNITION project: How support for greenspace has increased during Covid-19 pandemic

The multiple and immensely negative impacts of the COVID-19 crisis are felt almost everywhere and at all times. When the IGNITION project started in 2019, nobody could have imagined the pandemic starting in early 2020.

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Greater Manchester Natural Capital Group Annual Conference 2021

Please join us on 17th and 18th June for the Natural Capital Group Conference 2021. The Greater Manchester Natural Capital Group, the Natural Course and IGNITION projects and the University of Salford are bringing together leading natural environment practitioners to discuss the challenge of increasing nature-based solutions in Greater Manchester.

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