"It's not enough to win, we've got to save it forever" Interview with Save Ryebank Fields

After a technical hitch (some say Andrew tried to turn his whole house carbon zero with just a mirror and a kettle), we are back delivering high quality low carbon local environmental news! This week we are joined by members from the campaign to save Ryebank Fields, an area of re-wilded land in south Manchester. Julie and Tara talk us through the work that themselves and there comrades have been doing to stop Manchester Metropolitan University from developing the land and destroying the  green field site. We discuss the rare biodiversity in the area, the history of the land and if the arguments for housing stack up against  saving city ecology. https://www.saveryebankfields.org/"Shout outs"Dave Bishop- chair of Friends of Chorlton MeadowsYouth Strike for Climate Manchester @Youthstrikemcr research on rewilding to sequester CO2 by Rio de Janeiro University https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2784-9Cambridge zero carbon campaign@ZeroCarbonSoc   Marion Smith and Pooja Kishinani of Climate Emergency Manchester have developed a students guide to the climate crisis https://climateemergencymanchester.net/student-climate-handbook/@poojakishinani@GoGoSuperMarionIf you like the show tell your comrades!Find us on Twitter:@MCRGND_PODInsta: ManchestergndpodFB:MCRGNDPODSupport the show