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Banish those 2009 blues, go green in 2010
Last month world leaders failed to come up with a global agreement to prevent a climate crisis. But fear not, here are 3 simple ways to banish those Copenhagen blues. Let’s make 2010 the year for climate action and show the politicians how it’s done.
1. Ask the RBS question - shouldn’t public money finance a cleaner future for all?
2. Join the People & Planet FAN Club - for as little as £3 a month you can support our inspirational network and cutting edge campaigns.
3. Take the 10:10 challenge. Cut your carbon footprint by 10% in 2010 and get your school, college or university to pledge the same.
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Eco-Cupids start Valentine's Day craze
Will Carbon Speed Dating be the new craze that sweeps the nation in 2010? Groups around the country are gearing up for low-carbon dating events this Go Green Week ( 8 - 14 Feb) and we've got some great eco chat-up resources to help you spread the love!
Eat Green - cut out the meat for Go Green Week 2010
With Go Green Week 2010 coming up (8 – 12 Feb) loads of groups are planning campaigns and events. Meat Free days are a great way to get everyone thinking about and reducing their carbon 'foodprint'.
Organise across borders with United Students Against Sweatshops
Hate sweatshops? Want to take positive action on your campus? Join our international conference call this Sunday and help plan an international Week of Action.
Win 5 free festival tickets
Win 5 free tickets to The Green Man Festival or The Secret Garden Party. The prizes go to the 2 People & Planet university groups who raise the most money for People & Planet this year.
Have fun, campaign, raise money and eat haggis!
25 January is People & Planet's 'Don't Burns the Climate' Robert Burns Night celebration with a climate change theme. Host a Scottish meal complete with haggis/veggie haggis, poetry from the Scots legend, climate change campaigning, and raise money for People & Planet. Find out how...
Brown tells People & Planet: 'don't stop with COP, keep fighting'
On Monday, People & Planet members met Ed Miliband and Gordon Brown to find out why the UN climate change talks ended on 19 December with a weak Copenhagen Accord brokered by the USA and a handful of powerful countries.
Students quiz Gordon Brown on climate challenge
On Friday 4th December, 6 members of People & Planet made their way to the Natural History Museum to attend a Youth Question Time event with Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband.
Students flood UK streets to demand real deal at Copenhagen
Thousands of young people joined The Wave protests this weekend demanding tough action on climate change.
Get ahead, talk to Ed.
Before heading off the Copenhagen climate talks, Ed Miliband is going to hear what young people think about the government climate change policy. Watch it live, or better yet get involved!
Make your group more accessible - come to Diversity training this Sunday!
On Sunday 6th December Shilpa Shah will be running a training session on making your People & Planet Group more accessible to a diverse range of people.
Copenhagen 09: A bad deal for them, a new start for us
After a frustrating fortnight of talks, leaders have walked away from the fifteenth UN climate change conference with a weak deal pushed through in the closing hours by the USA and a handful of powerful countries. The ‘Copenhagen accord’ is not the fair, ambitious and legally binding deal People & Planet groups across the country have been calling for.
The accord accepts that keeping global temperature rises below 2 degrees celcius is a good idea in theory but sets out no targets to make it happen. The rich countries, who have most responsibility for causing climate change, have failed to commit to big enough cuts in emissions or sufficient funds to help the poor countries which will be hardest hit.
The closed-door deal was reached between heads of state from two dozen of the most rich and powerful countries. Developing nation were totally left out of the discussion and the outcome was, in the words of the Sudanese negotiator, like asking “Africa to sign a suicide pact”.
Who was to blame for this failure? Fingers have been pointed at China for wrecking the deal by insisting on the removal of all binding targets. Others have accused the USA of never really wanting a strong deal and making China the fall guy. Either way, the outcome is the same, this is a moment of great disappointment in our political leaders ability to tackle the challenge of climate change. But it’s not the end of the world! It’s just the beginning.
We know young people have the energy and drive to face the problem and find the solutions. The demand for action has shifted from our leaders to us. They had their chance now its up to us.
