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Let's be friendsStop RBS backing tar sands ‘blood oil’: week of action
24 April - 1 May 2010
Taxpayer owned RBS - the UK’s biggest backer of tar sands ‘blood oil’ companies - is holding its Annual General Meeting on 28 April 2010: just 8 days beore the expected General Election.
People & Planet and the World Development Movement have called for a week of action to clean up RBS and stop it investing in dirty fossil fuels. The week of action takes place from Saturday 24 April - Saturday 1 May 2010. Sign up right now
You can take part in loads of ways, from demonstrating outside your local branch of RBS-Natwest, to e-actions, blogging, letter-writing and Facebook & Twitter action.
Join the Skype planning call with other People & Planet members & the Indigenous Environment Network - 6pm, 30 March - email adam.ramsay@peopleandplanet.org, or ring 01865245678 and ask for Adam to find out how.
General election - Ask the RBS question
In the next few months, we will vote for a new Government. Whoever wins the election, the biggest impact this government will have on global climate change will be what it decides to do about RBS. Politicians don’t yet know the answer to this question. So it’s crucial that we raise it at every opportunity, until they realise that we do care about climate change - until they work out that RBS’s current misuse of public money has a massive impact on global emissions by driving fossil fuel extraction and production.
Let’s make the most of this election. You can help by finding your candidates, and asking them the RBS question. You could organise your own candidate ‘hustings’ panel debate, help one of our partner organisations organise a big hustings, or simply go along to one of these events. You should also get your group to email the local election candidates.
Take action on campus
Students at Manchester careers fair award RBS Greenwash award
RBS need students and academic institutions as customers. Building support on campus is crucial to the campaign. You can get a motion passed at your student union general meeting to:
- stop the union banking with RBS-NatWest
- stop RBS-NatWest from advertising on campus
- or to get your university pension fund to sell shares in RBS-NatWest
See our example motions which you can use as a template, and ring Adam at the office on 01865 245678 to chat about how to get the motion through.
RBS depend on graduates coming to work for them. They may well be coming to a careers event at your university. See if you can persuade your fellow students that they don’t want to work for such an irresponsible bank.
Take action at an RBS branch
On top of it
Image © Toby Bright
Getting local press coverage is a great way to build support for the campaign. Visible and creative stunts outside your local RBS or Natwest branch are a really good way to achieve this. You can get students to sign a Valentines card for the manager, asking them to ‘love their climate’, or how about giving them a hand with cleaning up their act on climate change (think feather dusters, mops and rubber gloves)?
For more ideas, and support for getting local press coverage, contact Adam at the office on 01865 245678.
Order materials
We have a load of useful materials to help you with your Ditch Dirty Development campaigning. Order some using our online form or get in touch with Adam at the office
Become a Campaign Advocate
If you are keen to get more involved, you can become one of the Campaign Advocates for the campaign. Campaign Advocates are responsible for the campaign nationally, and activities include getting other groups involved, organising national campaign stunts, and helping set the direction of the campaign.
Download our Action Guide for 2009-2010 to find out how you can make the biggest impact on the Ditch Dirty Development campaign this year.
