It’s a positive moment when you ask a school chapel full of students to raise their hand if they know what the Fairtrade organization does, and the response is a jungle of arms reaching into the air. Even more positive when you consider that the students present are the youngest in the school - if every child in years seven and eight knows about the work of Fairtrade, surely theirs will be a generation more roundly educated in the responsibilities of young people in a world which needs responsible and accountable activists. (more…)

Walking through the international development department in Oxford is a rather strange affair. It’s bizarre to think that so many of these people would eventually become some organiser or officer for a big development NGO/government/corporation. It’s even stranger when you think that so many of them come from a strong background in economics and see the world as homogenous mathematical models. I guess that’s my social anthropological bias, where everything economic is so much more complex and subjective… (more…)

The Buy Right campaign has a army of student activists ready to deliver the new Buy Right workshop  to the network.

If you want to find out how your university can respect human rights throughout its supply chain, book now! (more…)

When Rupert Murdoch aligned The Sun towards the Conservatives for the upcoming general election, it was claimed that the result was already decided: the Tories have won, end of. In a true democracy, it surely isn’t right that corporations can be the ones that ultimately decide who will win elections. But what about free will I hear you cry; just how much can media corporations like Sky, the BBC and News Corp actually do to influence the result? (more…)

Students for Fair Trade at Fordham University reconvened after a month long of virtual communication last Tuesday, January 19th at 9:30 p.m. A flurry of New Year greetings and hugs were exchanged as Kate (our professor) recounted her trip to Kenya. The real surprise came moments later when she announced that we were all invited to visit Kenya over Spring Break to meet our partners in trade. (more…)

Primary health care, its something that affects us all! I feel that there are many issues facing health care particularly for the future. One issue that has touched me recently has been the issue of an aging population as this is inevitably leading to more pressure principally for hospitals and for General Practitioners. (more…)

The key to personal happiness is something we all yearn for but rarely do much about. To break it down simply I think the solution is not to worry too much and to just embrace the present. You may yawn and think that is easier said than done, but for Jennifer Milor, this can be achieved through the therapeutic discipline known as Holistic Living. (more…)

Happy New Year (!)

So here it is, my first post for People & Planet! I’ve been wondering for the past few minutes exactly what to talk about, which issues would make my first post, how? what? when? where? why? (more…)

Hiya, my name is Manishta Sunnia and I am one of the two current fundraising volunteers at People & Planet. As an Environmental Sciences student in Oxford Brookes, I am very passionate about environmental isssues such as climate change and pollution. As a student campaigner, I have committed a lot of my time into campaign work. It has been quite hard and challenging to get excited about fundraising. (more…)

Unfortunately I couldn’t travel to Copenhagen for the UN COP 15 climate summit. So a long with other PANDAs (the People & Planet Associated Network for Direct Action) and some climate campers who were all equally outraged by the unfolding travesty across the North Sea. I decided that I had to do something to mark my anguish. (more…)