Scoop a bargain: the rise of student food coops
14 July 2010 by York People and Planet
Student cooperatives are taking food sourcing into their own hands. Victoria Walvis and Dora Clouttick members of York People & Planet explain how they did it.
Green travel: Wwoofing in France
14 July 2010 by Miranda Cole
World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms is a fantastic way of eco-travelling. Nothing to do with dog-walking, in case you were wondering! My cousin and I were fresh out of our first year of university and needed a cheap way to travel. After hearing about wwoofing, we checked out the website, and subscribed to the list of farms in France.
Isabel’s Granny has a lesson for International Politics
2 July 2010 by IsabelBottoms
Transition Universities: One thing leads to another
8 June 2010 by gareth.simkins
Environmental journalist, charity trustee and transitioner Gareth Simkins tells how the Going Greener: Transition Universities campaign kicked off.
140 miles for People & Planet
6 June 2010 by Matt.McMullen
Next week myself and a friend will be embarking on a 140 miles trek from Plymouth to Penzance to raise money for People & Planet. We will be following the South West Coastal Path, a 630 mile footpath that follows the coastline of the south west from Minehead to Poole. The path is an official national trail and is noted as “one of the world greatest walks”. Our walk will be tough but the scenery will be phenomenal as we walk across secluded beaches, along high cliffs and around the Lizard; Britain’s most southerly point.
Reclaiming Research at Birmingham- my experience
20 May 2010 by Maia Stone
I approached lecturers and PhD students in my own department (Sociology) first, but then tried to find people in other departments. I was informed by a fellow People&Planet member that Metallurgy & Materials was one of the departments most involved with corporate funding, so I sent out emails to all the lecturers and research fellows in this department, and one agreed to meet me. I was also lucky to have access to a PhD student in the Astrophysics department because of his involvement with People&Planet. It’s really useful to ask whoever you find whether they can recommend anyone else for you to speak to.
Forever Young
17 May 2010 by RomaniePrice
In today’s society we have merely become a generation that believes that females should stay young forever with consent bombardment by both broadcasting and print media for anti-ageing creams, lotions and tips. Some-one whom hasn’t conformed to such obsession is Julie Andrews.
UK economy: a case of (continued) short-sightedness
17 May 2010 by Nishma
Work experience with the People & Planet ttam.
7 May 2010 by Connie
For the past two weeks I have been working with the People & Planet for work experience. When I first received the placement I was excited, I was already really interested in issues such as climate change and human rights but i completely underestimated how much I would learn from this experience.