Manchester Master’s student Toryn Whitehead is on a mission: Get people talking about climate change.
Assignments don’t come much bigger than that. But the 22-year-old seems to have found a very effective method of achieving his aim.
Toryn has set up a magazine called Rehabilitating Earth: A publication dedicated to fighting misinformation and educating people on climate change in a refreshingly accessible way.
What began as a humble blog in September 2020 has now flourished into a site that’s opening up the conversation further and wider than Toryn had ever imagined.
Unlike other science publications, Rehabilitating Earth attempts to draw readers into the climate change debate by marrying science with art and literature.
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“Climate change is this huge, huge issue that people say they care about but they’re not really doing anything because they don’t properly understand it,” Toryn told The Manc.
“I think a lot of discourse surrounding climate change is very sciency and doesn’t want the general person to get involved so I want to change that and try to take a different perspective in engaging people.
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“I chose the title Rehabilitating Earth because climate change represents that the world is broken and heading for disaster and the magazine aims to provide information on how we can start to repair and move towards rehabilitating.“
Toryn now has a team of writers who regularly contribute to the magazine with articles and artistic pieces.
Rehabilitating Earth has covered a range of topics including the acidification of oceans and issues surrounding fast fashion – and Toryn hopes the magazine’s articles will allow readers to learn something new whilst incentivising them to take action in their own lives.
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Toryn is always looking for new writers who share his passion for climate change and hopes to diversify his staff so everyone can feel they have a voice in the climate change debate.
Moving forward, he plans to expand the magazine – with ambitions for a printed version.
“I really like the idea of having the magazine as a platform for writers who don’t have any prior experience to get involved and to use it as a ladder to go up”, he stated.
A satirical zine featured on the Rehabilitating Earth website
Toryn aims to engage as many people as possible in conversations about climate change.
Alongside his magazine he has also started a ‘Climate 4 Kids’ initiative which aims to educate school children on the impacts of climate change.
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The initiative offers inspirational talks to school children of all ages and helps to break down some of the issues surrounding the topic into digestible chunks.
“It’s great to get the children’s perspectives on the issues and listen to them,” Toryn said.
“It’s just fascinating to sit down with them and have a chat about what they do and don’t know.
“My message to the kids is just to speak up and speak loud because your voice matters.”
Toryn is hosting a climate change poetry competition with one school in order to further his ambition of combining science with art.
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He is also collaborating with Manchester based eco-friendly clothes company ‘Trouser Project’ to create some Rehabilitating Earth Merchandise and a short film about slow fashion.
The magazine can be found on the Rehabilitating Earth website, alongside details of the Climate4kids initiative.
Featured image: Toryn Whitehead
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You can get a mobile massage treatment in your office – just like us
Thomas Melia
We’d like to introduce you to the pioneering personalised service offering massage treatments on the move at practically any location including direct from your office– including to those of us here in Manchester.
In a world where you can get practically anything delivered straight to your door, it wasn’t going to be long until some genius invented a way to get a massage from the comfort of your own office.
Named ‘London’s first digital beauty concierge’, Ruuby have been pampering the nation’s capital for almost a decade before branching out to further locations.
The gorgeous set up provided by RuubyLook at that lovely branding on the towels.They did wonders with our otherwise plain downstairs office space. (Credit: The Manc Group)
In October 2024, the company expanded beyond its domestic reach in the likes of the capital, the Cotswolds and Surrey into Europe, making its first mark Switzerland: the perfect country for both luxury and essential beauty treatments with a tailored experience.
The month following saw the group moving up North and all the way to Manchester, where people can now book professional treatments best suited to them, right on their doorstep.
If you’re feeling scepticalstill, you can take it from us here at The Manc; we couldn’t tell you how relaxing and comforting these massages are.
There are a range of treatments available and we opted for two bespoke massages, a sports massage and a deep tissue massage.
Each experience is suited to your personal needs meaning each massage therapist will be able to fine-tune their relaxation abilities to what benefits you best.
After choosing the bespoke massage that I felt would work best for me, I went into this with no prior massage experience and I came out feeling taller, broader and more refreshed. Highly recommend.
Mid-day office massage? Yes, please.How relaxing. What a shame you have to go back to work after!Credit: The Manc Group
My masseuse guided me throughout the whole process and we soon discovered that I was able to tolerate much harder pressure than I thought which helped release tension I didn’t even know I had!
The same applies to how firm you’d like your session to be, as the masseuse can help with a brief overview of your time together, but the amount of pressure you like is down to personal preference.
It’s not just massages either: there’s everything from waxing, nails and hair to physio and IV drips; how about getting Marbella ready in less than an hour with a spray tan service set up wherever you are?
As Ruuby is a mobile and remote work environment, there are a number of at any time up and down the country, meaning your next beauty slot could be as little as an hour away, find out more HERE.
Farm shops are cool now – and Albion Farm Shop is the best of the best
Daisy Jackson
At some point in life, your idea of a great day out switches from drinking and clubbing to visiting a farm shop, or a garden centre, or something similarly wholesome.
And up in the hills above Manchester is surely one of the best in the UK – Albion Farm Shop.
This Saddleworth favourite is half-cafe, half-shop, with produce all either grown right outside, or sourced as locally as possible.
And while places like Hollies Farm Shop in Cheshire pull in seriously big, glamorous crowds (maybe it’s the Molly-Mae effect), there’s something much more charming and authentic about Albion Farm Shop.
Maybe it’s the tractors parked outside, the fact the produce section is in a drafty barn, the mismatched shelves and cabinets. It’s not curated like this – it just is.
The food in the cafe itself is up there with the best British grub in the North West, and I say that with my hand on my heart.
Whether it’s a full breakfast spilling over the edge of a plate, sandwiches served in a doorstop of bread, or a full menu of burgers made with British beef cap and smoked bone marrow patties, you can’t steer far wrong.
Rag pudding at Albion Farm ShopChips with a side of bone broth gravy Those huge burgers
There are chunky chips served with a full bowl of bone stock gravy on the side (hello, this is Oldham), onion rings so big you can wear them as a bangle, and big bowls of homemade soup.
And it would be remiss of me not to mention the rag pudding, a traditional dish from this neck of the woods. Famously, she’s not a pretty menu item, but this steamed suet pastry stuffed with braised beef shin is comforting and delicious.
If you want to stick northern fare but don’t fancy rag pudding, you can also grab a wedge of cheese and onion pie, lambs liver with mash, or any number of seasonal specials (for us, it was roast pork).
There are cracking views of the surrounding countryside, a resident cat who’s usually sleeping in the entranceway, and charm packed into every square foot.
Albion Farm Shop is at Oldham Road, Delph, Saddleworth OL3 5RQ.
The resident cat at Albion Farm ShopRoast pork in the cafeThe Albion Farm Shop cafeAlbion Farm ShopInside the shop itselfThe produce barn Local cheesesBakery itemsThe produce barn
Olivia Stringer -
30th May 2021 
