The Management Committee met on 5 December and agreed that all those issues that students have raised will be discussed at The Forum in March. There was a series of parallel sessions when all eight issues - plus an Open Session for discussion of any topics that arise throughout the weekend - were discussed.
Write-ups of the sessions will be available on this page soon.
The proposers of ‘Revolutionise the Action Update’ and ‘P&P National Newspaper or Magazine’ have agreed to work together on a single propsal under the banner of ‘Communications’.
Name of proposal |
Who made the proposal |
Summary of proposal |
Download more details on this proposal |
Share your thoughts on this proposal on the network run web forum |
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Revolutionise the Action Update |
Ric Lander and Georgina Rannard |
People & Planet has a mass of brilliant journalists with incredible stories to write about — but at the moment, their only outlet is the website news and the much fated journal. The action update could be so much more than it is. Let’s change it. |
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P&P National Newspaper or Magazine |
Rachel Reid and Rhiannon Horsley |
A topic for discussion, then course of action. Discussing how we can provide an alternative media to raise awareness of neglected issues, and improve the image of activism. |
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P&P Scotland Working Group Proposal |
Eilidh Macpherson and Georgina Rannard |
The final proposal of the P&P Scotland working group — to go forward with the groups work in setting up a permanent staff presence in Scotland. |
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Reaching out to returned Gap Year students |
Rhiannon Horsley and Charlotte Smith |
Many 18 year old now take a ‘gap year’ between leaving school and going to university, often with the ambition of doing some ‘good’ usually in the developing world. However research has shown that they have the greatest scope the ‘change people’s lives’ via their actions in the UK, ideally through campaigning or development education. For that reason People and Planet should actively try and engage with returned gap year students and encourage to campaign to end world poverty. |
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Democracy beyond The Forum |
Nick Chan |
A discussion to consider the role, place and legitimacy of the Summer Gathering and Shared Planet in People & Planet’s decisionmaking. |
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Expanding the network beyond Higher Education |
Rhiannon Horsley and Rachel Reid |
A discussion to look at how we can continue to keep group members involved, if at all, after they leave higher education and how continued involvement might increase FAN club contributions. |
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Carbon Rationing Consortium at Schools and Colleges |
Kate Perkins and Kevin Lister |
To incorporate carbon rationing into the Go Green campaign or launch an independent campaign. |
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Gender and People & Planet |
Emma Hughes and Anna Wolmuth |
A facilitated discussion on the influence of gender within the People & Planet network. |
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Where next for the Go Green Universities campaign? |
Emma Hughes and Bronwen Thomas |
To debate and decide the future of the Go Green Universities campaign after September 2009. |
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