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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The inflatable floating obstacle course you can splash around on near Manchester
Daisy Jackson
There’s a giant inflatable floating obstacle course less than an hour from Manchester, where you can slide, jump, and fall straight into a lake.
At Wild Shore Delamere, you can tackle obstacles like monkey bars, the ninja-jump, the tyre run, and a giant 3.8 metre-tall inflatable tower, all floating on the surface of the picturesque lake.
The adventure hub opened back in 2019, offering families a chance to play on Delamere Lake, or try new watersports right here in the North West.
Let’s head to that inflatable Aqua Park – even as a full-grown adult, this is one of the silliest afternoons you can imagine.
Squeeze yourself into a wetsuit then launch yourself into the lake, ready to clamber all over a course that is essentially a gigantic floating bouncy castle.
The trickiest part is managing to stay on your feet as you slip and slide your way around the course in your 50 minute session – but really, where’s the fun in staying on your feet?
Monkey BarsThe Ninja JumpThe Tyre RunThe Figure EightFeatures of the Aqua Park at Wild Shore Delamere
While you’re on the lake, you can also try other activities like the Ringo, which whips you up and down the water on a huge inflatable, while the operator seems dead-set on flinging you off.
As well as the inflatable Aqua Park, there’s the Aqua Chimp ropes course for the more gymnastic types, plus wakeboarding, paddle boarding, and open water swimming.
Wild Shore Delamere has also added a new sauna this year, which overlooks the water – you can enjoy contrast therapy, switching from the warm sauna to the lake itself.
Wetsuits and life vests are included, so all you need to pack is a swimsuit, towel, and a bit of reckless abandon as you crash beneath the surface.
Paddle boards at Wild Shore DelamereThe sauna and cold plungeThe RingoAqua Chimp
Family behind Salvi’s launch new concept, weeks after iconic restaurant closure
Daisy Jackson
Just weeks after the closure of its iconic, 16-year-old Italian restaurant in the Corn Exchange, the family behind Salvi’s have revealed a brand-new concept.
And this time, the reins are being handed over to the next generation.
Salvi’s founder Maurizio Cecco has helped to shape Amò, but it’s all the brainchild of his daughter, Sienna.
Sienna will run the business out of a unit up on Deansgate Mews, serving fresh pasta dishes, pizza sandwiches, tubs of tiramisu, and two-for-£10 spritzes.
The deli aspect of the original Salvi’s has been carried over to Amò too – you’ll find shelves almost to the ceiling filled with Italian pasta, wine, olive oils, pistachio spreads, and more.
Sienna has grown up in restaurants, with her parents launching Salvi’s when she was just two years old.
She said she wants the space to be a livelier, fresher version of the Italian restaurant that has been so loved by Mancs for so many years.
Sienna outside AmòFresh pasta dishesInside Amò by Salvi’sTheir viral frozen crema di caffeLemon granitaInside Amò by Salvi’sTiramisu pots
Amò, which is Neapolitan slang for ‘my love’, will have loads of fresh Italian dishes, including arancini, gnocchi, and hearty pasta plates.
At lunchtimes, guests can order from a £10 lunch menu, with dishes changing daily depending on the best produce the kitchen can get – it could be a pizza sandwich with proscuitto and tomato, a spicy pasta, or a gnocchi bake, always served with your choice of soft drink.
With its position on Deansgate Mews, Amò basks in the sunshine at lunchtimes.
And while it’s definitely a different concept to the original Salvi’s, Amò looks set to carry the family’s Italian food legacy into its next generation.
Olivia Stringer -
30th May 2021 
