Currently, one of the campaigns we, as an organisation are working on is Go Green. Many up and down the country are going further and investing in the transition movement in their own education institutions - Going Greener. Is your university, school or college resisting the challenge of going greener? (more…)

I think it is safe to say that virtually everyone is aware of the importance of buying local produce and therefore reducing food miles. This is especially important when it concerns food that we can grow ourseleves at home, such as lettuce. This is why WFYSD (Welsh Youth for Sustainable Development) is starting a campaign called; Ledge Veg. (more…)

Last Sunday (the 31st)9pm GMT, 4pm Washington DC and 1pm in LA.  25 Students from all over North America and from the United Kingdom, came together to plan an international day of action to raise awareness and pressure more universities into signing up to the WRC.

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In November 2009 Reyna Dominguez, a Honduran union activist from the closed Jerzees de Honduras Fruit of the Loom factory toured the UK speaking at various events as part of Boycott Fruit of the Loom campaign. The ‘Stitched-up in Honduras’ tour was also joined by Rod and Shaun from United Students against Sweatshops, the pioneering student anti-sweatshop organisation who kicked of the campaign in the US and Canada. This blog is the collective diary of that hectic and tiring tour, enjoy! (more…)

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…)

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…)

The weekend before last was one of the most exhausting but inspirational 72 hours that I’ve experienced; it might seem strange in the light of  what we now know about just how much our “leaders” let us down over the last few weeks, but my visit to Copenhagen at the time of the climate conference energised me enormously and re-igniting my hope that a just and sustainable future is possible. (more…)

Come to the Forum and have your say.

People & Planet (P&P) prizes itself on how student led and democratic it is. But have you ever wondered if People & Planet actually is the most student led and democratic organisation out there? Are there organisations which do things better than us? Can we learn anything from these organisations so as to become more student led and democratic. (more…)

MCs!

Ok, I know it’s a tenuous link, but they really do!

But instead of Microphone Commanders People & Planet has the Management Committee (MC); a group of young people elected by other students to make sure the network is being run your best interests. (more…)