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78% Voted to Continue Climate Change Campaign

In an online poll landslide victory, the People & Planet network voted to continue to campaigning on Climate Change.

16 Mar 2010 Full news story
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RBS denies tar sands link, while opening tar sands office in Alberta

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) last week attempted to deny links to Canada's tar sands, the day after it announced it was opening an office in Calgarry, Alberta, to 'take advantage of the city's booming oil and gas industry'.

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Kingston University students get fashionable for Fairtrade Fortnight

From drinks tasting to catwalks to clothes swaps, Kingston students revelled in a spectacular Fairtrade extravaganza. Nicole Milloy of the University's sustainability team reports on their 'Trade Fair' event.

15 Mar 2010 Full news story
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Naked week of action against sweatshops

Over 30 universities in the UK, US and Canada took part in the Week of Naked Action.

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MPs grill bailed-out banks chief over RBS climate chaos funding

A select committee hearing today into RBS's use of public money described as “one of the angriest” ever. MPs quizzed Treasury and UK Financial Investments directors over failure to stop bailed-out RBS financing fossil fuels instead of low-carbon lending.

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EVENT: University footprints, community handprints

On 26 March Transition Edinburgh University invites interested students and staff from other unis to this free half-day conference to share ideas on: "How can we create low carbon universities?". Includes workshops, presentations and open discussion.

8 Mar 2010 Full news story
Take part in WWF's earth hour

Join the Global Switch Off

Join with millions of people all over the world for WWF's Earth Hour 2010

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New Report - RBS is UK's biggest tar sands funder

A new report has confirmed that bailed-out RBS is the UK's biggest lender to companies operating the filthy tar sands extraction projects in Canada, to the tune of more than $7.5 billion.

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Cardiff say Ditch Your Dirty Banking Habits

Cardiff Uni People & Planet have launched a new campaign centred around the banking habits of their students union and university.

3 Mar 2010 Full news story
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Students give Asda a 'fail' over school uniforms

Celeb and local pupils give Asda a 'bad report' for failing to sell Fairtrade school uniforms.

3 Mar 2010 Full news story

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