Onward Climate Action Area

Talk to conservation organisations, activism and advocacy groups to find your personal future journey

LOCATION: Nature’s Library

TIME: 10am - 4pm

Talk to conservation organisations, activism and advocacy groups to find your personal future journey. Head to Nature’s Library in Manchester Museum to find out more. Stalls include: 

MUD (Manchester Urban Diggers)
MUD is a social enterprise established in 2019 by Mike, Jo, and Sam. We create places for people to grow, cook, and eat together. Our aim is to contribute to a better local food system by using regenerative practices that increase biodiversity, improve wellbeing, and strengthen our community through food growing, workshops, and events.
wearemud.org/ 

FungALL
FungALL are on a mission to bring community mushroom farming to every corner of the country! Discover the magic of fungi and learn how you can grow your own mushrooms at home. The first 50 lucky visitors to the stand will receive a free Grow Your Own Mushroom Kit — but be quick… once they’re gone, they’re gone! 
fungall.org/

The Climate Choir
Founded in Bristol in 2022, the Climate Choir Movement uses peaceful, creative performances to challenge those driving the climate crisis. With 18 choirs across the UK and around 900 singers, they’ve performed in museums, courts, investment hubs, financial districts, airports, and cathedrals across the UK The movement is now hoping to start a choir in Manchester and is looking for singers to join.
bsky.app/profile/climatechoirs.bsky.social

Music Declares Emergency
Music Declares Emergency is a group of artists, music industry professionals, and organisations standing together to declare a climate and ecological emergency. Join the #NoMusicOnADeadPlanet movement — come chat about music and climate, sign up to get involved, and grab a free temporary tattoo.
musicdeclares.net/

Woodland Trust - Onward Climate Action
The Woodland Trust is the UK's largest woodland conservation charity. Our vision is a world where woods and trees thrive for people and nature.
woodlandtrust.org.uk/

Wildlife Trust - Volunteering and the Wild Network
The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside is the leading conservation charity in the North West and one of more than 40 Wildlife Trusts across the United Kingdom. The local Wildlife Trust works with more than 1,200 volunteers on 40 nature reserves, ensuring plants and creatures can flourish here in Manchester, and in our neighbouring counties.
wildlifetrusts.org/

Young Wilders
Youngwilders is a youth-led nature recovery non-profit focused on creating opportunities for young people to lead and act on ecological restoration.
youngwilders.org/

Medlock Valley
Friends of Medlock Valley is a grass-roots community group dedicated to promoting, improving and defending one of Manchester’s best-kept secrets.
medlockvalley.org

EarthSonic 
EarthSonic is a global project telling the story of climate change through music, working with indigenous communities, musicians, cultural organisers, scientists and climate activists and experts.
earthsonic.org/

The RSPB
The RSPB is a charity dedicated to conserving birds and nature. It brings together people who care about wildlife and want to restore the natural world. Through large-scale conservation, it protects habitats and saves species from extinction. In Manchester, the RSPB’s Swift City Project aims to rescue the endangered Swift, with volunteers and community officers working to raise awareness and protect this remarkable bird.
rspb.org.uk/