Loughborough People & Planet take action on RBS-Natwest
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Heading to university this autumn?
Make your student years count. Join People & Planet and make an impact on the global issues that concern you:
- Look out for the P&P group at your Freshers Fair or tell us where your heading and we’ll put you in touch now.
- Join the national P&P email list and keep up to date with the campaigning activities of students around the country.
- Check back here Freshers Week news, vox-pops and P&P group blogs.
- Join hundreds of other like-minded students at Shared Planet 2008.
Main News Stories
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!
P&P campaigner profile: Joe Bardwell
Latest P&P management committee recruit Joe Bardwell goes under the spotlight
Summer Gathering gets network ready for action
Media & Communications volunteers Catherine Boycott and Stacey Griffiths report on P&Ps annual week in the countryside...
A year's Fantastic Fundraising at Leeds People & Planet Group
Leeds group have had an amazing year of fundraising, donating a massive £943.89 to the national network. Read Jess's inspiring story about how they did it (and had fun at the same time!).
Creeping influence of military sector at UK universities revealed
A report by UK scientists reveals the secrecy surrounding the growing influence of the military on the research agenda in British universities.
Win a Cafedirect luxury hamper
Cafédirect are giving you the opportunity to win a luxury hamper filled with a range of their delicious products and a Bodum cafetiere.
First steps towards a campaigning student movement
On Saturday 17 May members of the P&P Network attended the Reclaim the Campus conference organised by the Education Not for Sale Network and others.
Tobacco: the next Fairtrade frontier
An ethically-sourced cigarette has been launched in the UK.
Urgent Action: tell the government not to break its promises on AIDS
The UK looks set to abandon it commitment to AIDS treatment for all, and we have just a few days to change this. Take action now!
The renaissance of student activism?
P&P Director Ian Leggett reveals developments in charity guidelines that will have a big impact on People & Planet's work in universities
There are People & Planet groups in roughly 130 sixth forms, colleges and universities across the UK. Visit the sixth form pages to find out about sixth form groups. Read on for more information about P&P groups in universities and higher education insitutions.
What does a P&P group do?
All sorts of things! Most groups meet regularly during term time to discuss and plan campaigns at their college or university. Activities can include holding stalls, publicity stunts, email campaigns, lobbying decision makers and running events such as debates, gigs or club nights which highlight the issues we campaign on.
Groups also take part in national events such as a mass lobby of parliament or demonstration and run some or all of P&Ps national campaigns. They also attend national P&P events and raise money to help fund our campaigns.
To find out more about P&P groups, please browse the latest news on this page or click through to group websites from the groups list page.
What´s so special about the People & Planet Network?
- People & Planet creates impact because our campaigns really work, from changing the law on arms exports to introducing Fairtrade into union shops. We have converted 65 colleges to using green electricity and helped to create nine Fairtrade universities.
- We empower by giving people the skills, and the confidence, to change the world around them on their own terms.
- We´re student-led because the students choose what we campaign on, so that we’re always relevant to young people.
Why is the P&P Network so effective?
- Because campaigning as part of a network allows us to support one another and achieve far more than we could as individuals.
- Because we campaign strategically on a broad range of issues, which allows us to see how they are all inter-connected.
- Because we invest in training our campaigners and developing our groups, which enables them to be more effective in achieving change.
- Because every person and every group is important to People & Planet - nobody is just a cog in the wheel.
- Because we can draw on the skills, ideas and commitment of thousands of student campaigners across the UK.
To get in touch with your local university group, please see the groups list or telephone 01865-245678.