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Explore our library of free tips, guides, and toolkits to help create change at home, at work and in your community
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Save energy
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Energy Saving Tips from Future Directions
We teamed up with Future Directions Green Superheroes through our Community Support initiative to save energy at home. Now they're sharing what they've learnt, so you can do it too.
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10 tips for cooking more with less energy
The kitchen is one of the most energy heavy rooms in the home, with fridges, freezers, ovens and more. This means it’s also a great place to start making savings and changes to bring those energy bills down.
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Saving energy room by room
Wondering about the best ways to save energy, for your bills and the environment? We've answered some of the common this or that questions for saving energy at home, room by room.
The food we cook, buy and eat
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In Our Nature cookbook
10+ plant-based recipe to use up your ingredients
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Grow your own mushrooms
Ever thought about growing your own mushrooms at home? Check out our video guide with Norton from FungALL about how to grow mushrooms using mycelium and household waste!
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How to make food go further
Most of the food we throw away could have been saved from the bin if we’d shopped and cooked smarter, and shared food that we weren’t able to eat.
Connect with nature
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How to green your alleyway
Alleyways, Ginnels or Alleys? Whatever you call them, these shared spaces are a staple feature in Greater Manchester’s landscape which have been connecting neighbours for over 100 years.
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10 tips for cooking more with less energy
Growing your own food is a fantastic way to save money, reduce your carbon footprint and have access to fresh, tasty produce all year round.
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How to grow at home with little time and space
We partnered with Sam Payne from Manchester Urban Diggers to teach us all about how to grow fruit and veg at home, from choosing what to grow to when to water them.
Make your stuff go further
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Manchester’s Repair Café’s and where to find them
Did you know there are now 7 Repair Cafes across Manchester? These little hubs are dotted across the City and they’re powered by expert volunteers who’ll attempt to tackle any repair job.
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Sustainable fashion: how to upcycle your wardrobe
Whether you have clothes you’ve grown out of, want to give a new lease of life to, or you have some scrap materials you’d like to make use of, there’s so many ways to reduce, reuse and upcycle!
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What to do with your old stuff
We’re all likely to have a few items lying around that have lost their spark. Check out our tips about what you can do with these items whether it’s by repairing, recycling, or donating.
Get around Manchester
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Flavours from Manchester’s guide to using the tram
Flavours from Manchester’s Go Green project has created this handy tutorial video so you can start exploring the city by tram!
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Get Lost MCR's top 5 travel spots
We partnered with Get Lost MCR to select 5 of their top travel spots near Manchester for those looking for a weekend explore or a little staycation!
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5 ways to get pedal ready in MCR
35% of residents in Manchester want to cycle more, so get ready to hop back in the saddle with these 5 exciting ways MCR is becoming the best place to pedal!
