The aim of Envirolution is to to increase understanding, connection and engagement with the natural world, helping us transition toward a more sustainable future for us all.
From August to September there’s a chance for YOU to have your voice heard. A series of workshops happening all around the city will give you the unique chance to tell our leaders what you think should be happening about the climate emergency.
Please help us spread the word and tell everyone you know.
Click the link below to find out more and sign up!
https://zerocarbonmanchester.commonplace.is/proposals/in-our-nature-community-assembly/step1
On Saturday the 6th of March Envirolution is hosting a get together to discuss: How Envirolution can save the world!
If you have been to our events before, saw wwwINvirolution.org last year, or just want to do something about climate change! Then you are most welcome.
Get involved and help us plan and shape a more sustainable and happier society for us all. Starting now!
The meeting will happen online at 11:00 am UK time.Register in advance here:https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcqduGrrDsiGdNjoxZeMnGE0… After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
So tell all your friends and come and get involved in the Envirolution revolution. Let’s build the kind of world we want to live in
What a year last year was! Nobody could have imagined how much our lives have changed in the last twelve months. But with the horrors of the Covid-19 pandemic have come opportunities to reflect on what we value the most, and for many a chance to rediscover their connection with nature.
For us at Envirolution, it was a chance to try something new with our first ever online festival, INvirolution.org
It was also a chance to take stock and think about what we’ve been doing over the last ten years and see how we can make a bigger impact.
So we teamed with a group of PhD researchers for the University of Manchester’s Collaboration Labs programme. The group interviewed over 40 people who have attended an Envirolution event, given a workshop, ran a stall, or is one of our volunteers. The research was so good the team even won the Universities Project Excellence Award! Heres what we found…
This will help us figure out how we can improve and work with more partners and policy makers to try and encourage the lasting change we need to see as the world is trying to recover.
But we are always open to suggestions! What do you think?
Please do get in touch, and get involved!
The full report can be seen here below
Continue reading “How are we all doing?”
Not only do we have a bucket load of things to watch and do on our website but we’ve also created a Campaign Hub where you can get to meet some of Manchester’s most influential campaign groups…
Join via Zoom to hear about how they are changing the environmental landscape of the North West and beyond.
In the Hub you can expect to find Greenpeace Manchester, Global Justice MCR, The Carbon Literacy Project, Manchester Friends of the Earth, Frack Free Greater Manchester, Steady State Manchester and Greater Manchester Community Renewables
The Hub will be open from 2pm-4pm.
Just click on THIS LINK to join the conversation.
See you there!
Community festival organisers Envirolution are delighted to confirm the digital version of their festival, INvirolution festival 2020, will be taking place on Saturday 20 June.
In response to the Covid-19 crisis, INvirolution will be a virtual festival dedicated to the idea of what people want the planet to look like in this changing world, with a focus on the hashtag #myfutureplanet.
With their base in the city of Manchester in the UK, there will be a range of bands, inspirational stories happening locally and workshops coming from the North of England.
Due to the global possibilities of the digital festival, there is also set to be some worldwide involvement, connecting people as far away as Australia and Kenya into this newly-widened festival scope.
Key topics will include inspirational discussions and ideas around sustainability, community spirit and insightful ways to help shape our climate in a post-coronavirus world.
The virtual festival world will have live features and talks as well as pre-recorded entertainment due to begin at different times like a typical live festival. The content will be hosted on www.invirolution.org and applications can be taken to be included in this festival until Saturday 13 June.
INvirolution also presents opportunities for other environmental and sustainable causes to get people involved with their latest campaigns, with Green Gathering and Extinction Rebellion confirmed to participate.
Green Gathering director Emma Fordham said: “We’ve had to postpone our 2020 festival but we’re collaborating with Green festivals internationally on how to come out of this pandemic stronger and more sustainable than ever. Thanks to INvirolution we’ll have a platform to demonstrate what we do this June.”
For press enquiries, media opportunities and further information, please send any queries to hello@envirolution.org.uk.
[ENDS]
Envirolution Festival 2019 is set to return on Saturday 25 May, in what is being billed as the first official plastic-free festival in Greater Manchester.
Following work with the team at Mayor Andy Burnham’s Plastic-Free Greater Manchester campaign, the festival volunteers have been working to eliminate all single-use plastics on site. With all vendors and traders signed up to eliminate unnecessary plastics, the community-run festival is expected to have its biggest year yet, as the people of Manchester look for ways to improve their environmental footprint.
Envirolution will again play host to a wonderful selection of plant-powered traders curated by GRUB, who are returning with an even tastier lineup in 2019. All of the businesses welcomed to the festival are independent and local, and this is a conscious choice to give festival-goers a great opportunity to support amazing food made right here in Greater Manchester.
The Envirolution movement has been running for ten years now, and has been working with local community leaders to provide a platform for everything great and green happening in Manchester, so everyone can get involved in brilliant action happening right on their doorstep.
Envirolution festival is regularly billed as one of the best free events in Manchester, and this year will see two stages of live music with local artists coming to the fore to show off their latest exciting pieces.
In keeping with the theme of sustainability, there will also be a range of speakers on the day, including Afzal Khan MP, and local media business owner Sam Jones, who co-ordinates free meals for those in need every Tuesday with Not Just Soup.
This is a family-friendly event, so you can expect a range of kids activities to keep everyone engaged, including a unique take on traditional fairground games, and also face painters and interactive art installations.
Envirolution Festival 2019 will also welcome back Jo and Carolina, who run the Healing Garden. Their timetable will be packed with a selection of activities designed to work on awakening and energising the body and mind, with everything from yoga to gong baths.
Corin Bell, lead for the Plastic-Free Greater Manchester campaign, said: “It has been fantastic to work with Envirolution to achieve their goal of becoming the first plastic-free festival in Greater
Manchester. The blueprint we have set here shows it is completely possible to run events without needing to create huge amounts of plastic waste, and we hope this trend can inspire everyone else to make positive changes.”
To make sure you don’t miss the latest announcements, you can keep up to date with everything by following the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/428892410907426/
[ENDS]
Notes to press: We would be delighted to welcome members of press on the day to show them around and find out what Envirolution Festival 2019 is all about. To register your interest, please email hello@envirolution.org.uk
Contact for comment: Corin Bell, Lead – Plastic Free Greater Manchester campaign Email: corin@openkitchenmcr.co.uk Tel: 07912 509 665
Contact for comment: Dan Gibbon-Walsh, Envirolution Festival Organiser Email: dgibbonwalsh@googlemail.com