CLIMATE ACTION Week starts this Monday at the Students' Union, and a wide range of events has been planned.
Events include debates, cycling proficiency classes, discussion groups and tree planting.
On Monday evening there will be an open showing of "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil", and on Tuesday there will be a debate about the future of nuclear power.
Wednesday afternoon sees Manchester Metropolitan University organising a display in All Saints' Park, where 500 people will form the words "Man Met Go Green", to be seen from above.
This was first done by The University of Leicester, whose 600-person "human banner" concluded their 2007 Big Green Week.
There will be several cycling events on Wednesday, including cycling proficiency and confidence classes, and a bike maintenance workshop.
The Manchester Evening News have organised a debate entitled "Climate Change - the myths and realities for Greater Manchester", which will take place on Thursday evening. Amongst the panel will be Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg.
There will also be a meeting of Manchester Climate Action, a grassroots action group comprised of both students and non-students, on Thursday evening.
On Friday and Saturday, the last two days of Climate Action Week, there will be a tree planting session in Hebdon Bridge.
One of the organisers from the Campaigns Collective said that he hopes plenty of people will want to be involved. "We consulted a wide group of people when planning this week, and there's something for everyone to do. People can either listen passively to talks, or they can get involved and take an active role."
Information about all of the events taking place can be found on the "Organising Go Green Week" Facebook group.
Participation and thought from students is "indisputably necessary," said an organiser. "This is something important even for people who aren't interested in political campaigns, because it affects all of us."
Climate Action Week, which was jointly organised by the Campaigns Collective and People and Planet, was originally called Go Green Week, but the name was changed because Go Green was thought to be "too passive".
A member of the collective said that climate change is one of the biggest issues facing us right now. "The government doesn't seem to be doing anything, so it's up to action groups. Action is education, and I hope that this week will let people educate themselves, and be a stepping stone to more grassroots participation.
"Climate change should be on everyone's agenda. If we fail on this, we fail on everything."
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