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World changers wanted: starting this September
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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.
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.
Treat AIDS Now
Less than a quarter of people in need can access AIDS treatment The lack of access to life prolonging treatment for HIV/AIDS is one of the most profound injustices in the world today. Whilst there is near universal access in the richer countries of the global North, in developing countries less than 25% of adults and less than 10% of children have access to care and treatment. People & Planet’s Treat AIDS Now campaign aims to put an end to this injustice and see treatment for all by 2010.
Main News Stories
Drowning in plastic and the "Clean Coal" con
The toxic substances in your sunscreen, shower curtains, plastic bottles and cleaning products may be killing you. Chemical companies are literally getting away with murder. Read all about it and benefit People & Planet by subscribing to New Internationalist magazine. Also features the "clean coal con".
Students 'die' in oil spills outside RBS HQ
Fifteen 'dead' bodies lying in a pool of oil blocked the entrance to the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) London HQ at Liverpool Street today. Students were staging a 'die-in' blockade to highlight the devastating effects of climate change.
Could you be a climate camper?
Emily looks back at 2 days spent at the climate camp, near the site of the proposed new coal power station, Kingsnorth, Kent.
Coal becomes a burning issue
Action against new coal power in the UK is building up, with the leaders of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition protesting at Kingsnorth last week, and the Camp for Climate Action setting up outside the power station gates.
Free tickets to Green Man Festival
Go FREE to the Green Man festival in the idyllic Brecon Beacons. Steward 3 x 7-hour shifts for People & Planet and get a free ticket and a meal per shift.
Countdown to Poz'n'Hagen: The Young Friends of the Earth Climate Tour
Young Friends of the Earth Europe are organising a Climate Tour of Europe, and P&Pers are invited to join!
Technofixes: Climate solution or corporate scam?
Don't miss this special feature in the New Internationalist. Subscribe today with the amazing P&P promotional deal, find out the facts and make up your own mind.
P&P campaigner profile: Joe Bardwell
Latest P&P management committee recruit Joe Bardwell goes under the spotlight
Treating AIDS Now!
After five amazing years P&P's HIV/AIDS campaign has come to an end. Here we celebrate what we've achieved.
If I die - you die too
In India, a British company is threatening the home and way of life of thousands of Kondh people. British company Vedanta Resources and its subsidiary Sterlite Industries have applied for permission to blast Niyamgiri mountain, home to thousands of people, in order to extract bauxite - the raw material for aluminium - despite the environmental and human rights violations this would entail.