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Shared Planet 2008
21 - 23 November
The University of Birmingham
The biggest, most vibrant student event in Europe focussed on poverty, human rights and the environment.
Contributions confirmed from Caroline Lucas and Tony Juniper and loads more!
For more information and to get your tickets visit the Shared Planet website
Welcome
Welcome to P&P online - home of People & Planet, the UK student campaigning organisation working to end world poverty, defend human rights, and protect the environment.
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Climate Change
Climate change is happening now. Climate change is the biggest environmental threat facing us today. Caused by the greenhouse gases released by burning oil, coal and gas, climate change is threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions people. We are currently campaigning to:
- Ditch Dirty Development
- Stop Climate Chaos
- Get UK universities, schools and colleges to Go Green.
Corporate Power
The size and influence of some corporations dwarfs that of many countries. Their power shapes all our lives - as workers, consumers or citizens.
Yet corporations are driven by profit - not social needs or environmental sustainability. Their unaccountable power is driving policies that keep the poor poor, degrade our environment, abuse human rights and undermine democracy. It’s time to put people and planet before profit.
The People & Planet network is working up a new campaign to challenge corporate power, to be launched in September 2009.
Economic Justice
World trade rules are hurting the poor. Despite the enormous wealth of the global economy, more than half the worldīs people still live on less than two dollars a day. International trade should be helping —- but it isnīt. Instead unjust trade rules are keeping the poor locked in poverty. People & Planet is currently campaigning to rewrite these rules and for students to Redress Fashion and go for Fairtrade status in schools and colleges.
Main News Stories
Exciting Volunteering Opportunity
New opportunity to work with the Redress Fashion Working Group, gain excellent media skills, and make a big difference to the workers rights and environmental impact of Topshop
From Credit Crunch to Climate Crunch
London People & Planet and Platform activists paid a visit to one of RBS's recruitment fairs today, with jobless bankers and homeless polar bears highlighting the risks of a future climate crunch if RBS continues irresponsible lending to fossil fuels.
Cycle to Shared Planet: save carbon and raise funds
Join P&Pers from across the UK for the annual sponsored cycle to Shared Planet. Raise over Ģ100 and get a free Shared Planet ticket.
Loughborough University tells Topshop to stop sweatshopping
Students from Loughborough University protest outside Topshop against their labour practises and demand they join the ETI
Fairtrade Campaign 2009 begins with a bang
The People & Planet Fairtrade campaign for 2009 explained
273 Miles..it's a long way
In just over a week 21 P&P supporters will run a combined 273 miles. Read about their half marathons and sponsor them online
Vote Now: New Newsletter, New Name
This November the Action Update will be relaunched, with a new look, new content and a new name. From a whole plethora of suggestions, P&P volunteers have narrowed it down to three contenders. Vote for your favourite now!
A Summer of festivals
Read reviews of the festivals we were at this Summer. People & Planet's stewards and bar workers did an awesome job.
Volunteer in the Oxford Support Office
Help organise the sponsored cycle to Shared Planet, raising awareness about low carbon travel and cash for P&P.
Media get the message on Topshop's unethical trading
Guerilla fashion show at London Fashion Week Topshop event gets press excited