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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!
Want some inspiration?
We love Manchester. The communities and individuals that we’ve worked with continue to do amazing things. Let’s take a closer look at some stories we’ve been loving recently.
Katie and Maria have been working with volunteers, community groups and organisations across Manchester to help them level up their climate action as part of In Our Nature. Together, this dynamic duo help people to zoom out, take a minute to appreciate where they are and help them to grow their projects and reach their goals.
This wonderfully diverse growing space has been quietly tucked away in Collyhurst at the Caritas Lalley Centre since Groundwork helped to develop the site back in 2016.
This one’s for the dog lovers! Ex-Paw are a dog community based in the centre of Manchester who run events and activities for dog owners, as well as offering doggy care advice and help to provide access to dog friendly spaces.
Since joining In Our Nature, Josie’s been hard at work helping community projects across Manchester to take climate action.
Where does our food come from and why is locally grown food important? The Kindling Trust are making it their mission to answer this question by making locally grown produce more accessible than ever and finding inventive ways to get people growing.
When you start out growing your own plants you never know where the journey will take you, and that’s definitely the case for Claire from SNUG! Hear about Claire’s project, the benefits and challenges she’s experienced and how you can get involved…
This group based in Trafford and South Manchester have been hard at work for years trying to protect and improve Manchester’s vital green spaces.
Future Fashion Fair, originally based in Cheetham Hill, are a group who’ve made it their mission to make sustainable fashion affordable and accessible to everyone in Manchester.
Based in Withington, South Manchester, owners Carl and Paulina have dedicated their time to creating a shopping experience centred around all things sustainability, from refillable containers to locally sourced food.
Gary started the Clean & Green Castlefield group during the pandemic after wanting to tidy up litter in the local area. From there, and with the help of Castlefield Forum, the group has now grown into a fully-fledged eco-squad with lots of enthusiasm from the local community.
Founded in 2018, Zedify’s mission was to bring about real change to the UK’s cities by reducing traffic congestion and drastically rethinking the ways that urban deliveries are made.
Located directly over the Fallowfield Loop, Station South has become a dynamic hub for all things cycling, featuring a community café & kitchen, bike repair workshop and urban garden.
Green Fingered George - or, just George for short - is a 17 year old nature lover, gardening whizz, birdwatcher, and RSPB young ambassador
Ardwick Climate Action are a community group based one mile south-east of Manchester’s city centre in – you guessed it – Ardwick!
Have you ever wondered what pensions, banks, and finance have to do with fossil fuels and climate change? Well, there are a lot more links than you might think…
Green City Photos, run by @rebeccaluptonphotography, is a photographic project that explores climate-related projects happening across Manchester.
Unicorn Grocery is a worker-owned cooperative based in Chorlton, south Manchester with a big focus on affordable, organic, "cooking-from-scratch" ingredients and fresh, wholesome, tasty food. Seasonal eating is at the heart of what they do.
Frank has been growing his own food since he was 12 years old. When he moved to Manchester from Jamaica he took up an allotment plot in Moss Side and he has now been there for over 30 years.
Located at the centre of Manchester Metropolitan University's bustling campus, and right next door to Manchester Academy on Oxford Road, you can find Want Not Waste - a student-led, zero waste shop offering all sorts of sustainable goodies. We caught up with Alex, one of the shop's volunteers, to chat about the value of zero waste stores and how students can channel their energy in a meaningful way...
On the lookout for a new, relaxing green space in Manchester that helps tackle the effects of climate change? You’re in luck! 🌼
Toolkits and guides
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In Our Nature cookbook in Urdu
A collection of our favourite sustainable recipes!
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A student's guide to Manchester
From what to stock up on before you arrive, to where to get your phone fixed and finding the cheapest and quickest ways to get about the city - this guide has got it covered.
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How to run a clothes swap toolkit
We teamed up with Future Fashion Fair to help Manchester make our clothes last longer through swapping, sharing, and repairing.