What was I doing freezing in a tent with no sleeping bag, worried about being picked up for trespass, in Nottinghamshire at 5am on a mid-autumn weekend? (more…)
As I posted a couple days ago, there has been a lot of excitement in the run upto 350. Last Saturday was the Big day and Aberystwyth, like the rest of the world was filled with the intention to spread the word of reducing co2. It rained in the tradition Welsh fashion, but it didn’t stop 100 people making a pledge to change their life for climate change.
Today, Oxford Uni People & Planet decided to do some undercover investigations into the finance world by asking students some questions about their interests in Corporate Social Responsibility. Surrounded by garish corporate logos, which seemed to be overflowing with absolute colourful positivity (hiding their negative underside). (more…)
The International Day of Climate Action is soon upon us! This Saturday countries all over the world are making a stand to fight climate change by doing lots of various actions involving the all important number 350. In my university town of Aberystwyth we are using our beach to display our action. (more…)
So, you’ve all heard of 10:10 by now I’m sure (if not scroll down to an earlier post on it), I won’t go into it. BUT I do have exciting news! Simon Hughes, the Energy and Climate Change Spokesperson for the Lib Dems has tabled a motion in Parliament so that MPs have to vote on whether or not the House of Commons and the whole of government should join the 10:10 campaign. (more…)
This is the first part of a two-part blog entry about the recent celebrations marking the 15th Anniversary of the Fairtrade label. In the first part, I’ll say a little about the event itself and in the second, I hope to talk about the Fairtrade foundation’s plans for the future and a little about my views on the future of Fairtrade and its relationship with other types of campaigning. (more…)
Heyy, so today is Blog Action Day, so I’m going to blog about my amazing weekend at Power Shift last weekend. (more…)
The amazing President of the Maldives has now not only committed his sinking country of the Maldives to going zero carbon by 2050, but has announced his cabinet will be meeting underwater! (more…)
It’s great to be writing my first entry as a guest writer for the People and Planet blog. I have been involved with P&P since my first year at York in 1998, and was behind the development of the Go Green campaign back in the autumn of 2003, after I completed my MSc in environmental impact assessment, auditing and management systems. I have kept a hand in the campaign, and university environmental management, ever since. (more…)
Hi everyone, my name’s Isabel, this is my first post for the P&P blog, I hope you like it, and if you don’t let me know why!
This week signals the sad and true end of my gap year! I have managed not to fly anywhere, and to resist the temptations of sunnier climes and different cultures (it’s been difficult), so instead I moved to London, and did everything I could to learn about the political system I am constantly trying to effect. (more…)