#ENVIRONMENT

Red, Gold and Green – Redshift

May 2, 2012 - Red, Gold (Yellow) and Green is also a natural occuring entity within the light (electromagnetic) spectrum of the Universe. As you can see from the above image, we humans have a very limited view of light ranging from around 400-700 nanometers. The electromagnetic spectrum is the range of all possible frequencies of electromagnetic radiation… [Read more...]

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USC Science Film Competition

April 1, 2012  -  I’ve just come across the University of South Carolina (USC) Science Films competition that had been set up last september (2011) by Professor Clifford V. Johnson from their Department of Physics and Astronomy. The film competition was a cross-university project taking in all departments linking students so they can communicate idea’s and produce a collaborated film… [Read more…]

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Reading the Riots: Community Convention /Manchester

ManchesterLab attended last night’s Reading the Riots: Community Convention in Manchester which, in association with The Guardian, London School of Economics and, Salford based, Social Action & Research Foundation, aimed at connecting with local people who were directly effected by the 2011 nation-wide UK riots and discuss the cause’s of the violent civil unrest…[Read more]

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Geological Timeline of Planet Earth – #MLab

February 21, 2012 – Via ManchesterLab - I am currently researching the history of life on Planet Earth plus attempting to create a short film to show the dramatic transformation that the tectonic-plates have forced upon the surface landscape of the earth. This is an edit as I will be adding geological era, period labels and maybe slowing the image transitions so you can take more note of the changes…[Read more]

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Day.100 Plan B Documentary /Journey To Planet Earth

January 31, 2012 – Via Screenscope The Journey to Planet Earth series, hosted by Matt Damon, features environmental visionary Lester Brown and author of “Plan B”. This documentary delivers a clear and unflinching message, which is to either, confront the realities of climate change or suffer the consequences of lost civilizations and failed political states. Lester Brown, together with other… [Read more…]

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Day.99 Whole Box Launch /Biospheric Foundation

January 29, 2012 – The Biospheric Foundation (CIC), based in Salford, have been working hard over the last 6 months setting up the Epoch 6, a community based research space alongside the River Irwell. They have now launched their new Whole Box food delivery scheme, the first of its kind in Salford, and an amazing, affordable option for locally grown produce… [Read more…]

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Day.93 Climate Change Performance Index 2012

January 9, 2012 - Sweden, the U.K., and Germany: The European trio leads the world in fighting climate change. That’s the finding of the most recent Climate Change Performance Index [PDF], which was released yesterday at COP 17 in Durban. But Swedes, Brits, and Germans shouldn’t cheer just yet; even their countries are not contributing their fair share. In fact, that is… [Read more…]

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Day.88 Durban COP17 Conference /Climate Change

December 13, 2011 - Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne  MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (UK), gave a speech last week at the Durban COP17 Climate Conference which, compared to the USA, China and India (the worlds largest CO2 emitter’s) was a strong stance from the UK’s perspective on the future road we need to take with regard… [Read more…]

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Day.87 Charlie Chaplin Speech /The Great Dictator

December 12, 2011 - Via vladcubax Related Links The Great Dictator (imdb.com) Charlie Chaplin (charliechaplin.com) Home /Nature Documentary (manchesterlab.wordpress.com)

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Day.86 Home /Nature Documentary

December 11, 2011 - Via homeproject Home is a 2009 documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The film is almost entirely composed of aerial shots of various places on Earth that show the diversity of life and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet. The documentary chronicles the present day state of the Earth, its climate and how we as the dominant species have… [Read more…]

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Day.81 FutureMANCHESTER /Sustainable Living Festival

November 26, 2011 - Starting this week, futureMANCHESTER, the city’s festival of all things sustainable and environmentally friendly, has returned for a second year with a jam-packed schedule of events, talks and workshops for everyone to enjoy. Please see full schedule here (PDF) The festival, organised by MERCI, showcases the work of Manchester organisations who are working together to… [Read more…]

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Day.76 Earth Time Lapse /Michael König

November 21, 2011 - Via Michael König Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011, who shot these pictures at an altitude of around 350 km. All credit goes to the International Space Station and their team. The editor, Michael König, tried to keep the… [Read more…]

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Day.73 Stephan Fry Interview w/th Tony Jones Lateline

November 18, 2011 - Via HellenicHumanist Stephan Fry interview taken from Australian TV show ‘LateLine’ (03/11/2011). He talks about science, his late , good friend Douglas Adams and his belief’s about morality, ecology and religion. Also mentioned are several of his own TV work plus his intellectual appearance’s  alongside Christopher Hitchen‘s and Richard Dawkins. Related LInks Faun & Flora Institute – FFI… [Read more…]

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Day.65 Biospheric Foundation wins UnLtd Award

October 28, 2011 - It has been announced today that Epoch 6 Research studio, part of Salford based ecology research centre, The Biospheric Foundation, is the successfully recipient of the UnLtd Level 2 Award to help complete the renovation of their third floor studio space. UnLtd will be providing a complete package of funding and support, to help Epoch 6 make their… [Read more…]

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OLDER POSTS

Day.64 Does God Exist? William Lane Craig vs Peter Atkins

October 25, 2011 - Via Christianjr4 Tomorrow night see’s the Manchester leg of a Atheist Vs Christian/Theist debate arrival to our city. Well known Oxford chemist and critic of religion, Professor Peter Atkins (UK) will be debating with research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, California, William Lane Craig (USA) tomorrow at The University of Manchester. The debate… [Read more…]

Day.63 “Who Says Science has Nothing to say about Morality”

October 20, 2011 - Via richarddawkinsdotnet Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins discuss “Who Says Science has Nothing to Say About Morality?”. Recorded on April 12th 2011 at The Sheldonian Theatre, University of Oxford, UK by ClearStory Ltd. Via TEDtalksDirector  Related Links Sam Harris – Letters To A Christian Nation (samharris.org) Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (RDFRS) – Projects (richarddawkins.net) Richard Dawkins – The God Delusion (wikipedia.com) Christopher… [Read more…]

Day.54 The Secret /Prime Time Productions

September 27, 2011 - Via Bartz8 The Secret (2006) is a feature-length movie presentation which reveals The Great Secret of the universe. It has been passed throughout the ages, traveling through centuries… This is The Secret to everything – the secret to unlimited joy, health, money, relationships, love, youth: everything you have ever wanted. All the resources you will… [Read more…]

Day.53 Severn Suzuki addresses the UN (1992)

September 26, 2011 - Via Speedyboh Severn Cullis-Suzuki was 9 when she started the Environmental Children’s Organization (ECO), a small group of children committed to learning and teaching other kids about environmental issues. They were successful in many projects before 1992, when they raised enough money to go to the UN’s Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Their aim… [Read more…]

Day.49 Earth 2 Hub /Earth 2.0 Initialization

September 12, 2011 - Via Earth 2 Hub /earth2movie Related Links Melissa Sterry (melissasterry.com) Sustain Magazine (sustainmagazine.com) Biospheric Foundation (biosphericfoundation.com) Earth2Hub (twitter.com/earth2hub)

Day.41 Biospheric Foundation Website Launch

August 7, 2011 - I just wanted to pass on this message we received about the exciting project mentioned below. Check out the Biospheric Foundation based here in Salford. –  http://www.biosphericfoundation.com  Letter Forward by Vincent Walsh (Director of the Biospheric Foundation) Biospheric Foundation Upper Floor Irwell House East Philip Street M3 7LE   Dear all, The Biospheric Foundation website has been… [Read more…]