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24.09.2009 The future of food and farming, the hidden costs of economic growth, civil liberties and climate change, local economics and how inequality leaves us all worse off: some of the topics of the Festival of Interdependence.
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From: New Economics Foundation
Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Civil society]
Ctrl.Alt.Shift.
24.09.2009 Five provocative short films on the themes of War + Peace, Gender + Power and HIV + Stigma will be screened on 7 October by Ctrl.Alt.Shift, the experimental youth initiative politicising a new generation of activists for social justice.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Information & media]
Image: Ctrl.Alt.Shift.
UN HQ: symbol of hope
21.09.2009 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights remains an inspiring set of principles for a better world. The problem is that the custodians of the idealism have been unable to keep pace with political realities.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Human rights]
Image: UN HQ: symbol of hope © Citizens for Global Solutions
16.09.2009 A dramatic account of the deluge of incessant rain that has fallen in Western Britain over the last 10 weeks. Times Online
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Climate change]
12.09.2009 President Robert Mugabe criticised Western sanctions against him, condemning "bloody whites" for meddling in Zimbabwe's affairs, on the eve of visit by a European Union team.
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Related topics/regions: [Zimbabwe]
Richard Grieve
11.09.2009 Richard Grieve, a cow and music.
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From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Agriculture]
Image: Richard Grieve
09.09.2009 A misleading advert claiming palm oil is "sustainable" has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority, following a complaint by Friends of the Earth.
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From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Malaysia]
Urban Green Fair
09.09.2009 With no bars or big stages the emphasis of The Urban Green Fair is on education and communication.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Environmental activism]
Image: Urban Green Fair
Alternative Tax Awards
09.09.2009 The International Accounting Standards Board gets a Golden Palm, an award designed to highlight the impact on poor countries of tax dodging by companies trading internationally.
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From: Christian Aid
Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Economy]
Image: Alternative Tax Awards
Chevolution
07.09.2009 It's said to be the most reproduced image in the history of photography, and it makes an excellent documentary, says Daniel Nelson.
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From: OneWorld UK
Related topics/regions: [Argentina] [Cuba] [United Kingdom] [Information & media]
Image: Chevolution
07.09.2009 Owen Barder takes a close look at the idea of a currency transaction tax. Lord Turner's resurrection of the proposal has stirred up a hornet's nest in the City of London. Owen Abroad
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Finance] [Aid]
07.09.2009 Europe is failing to take a fair share of the burden of resettling refugees. New proposals might lead to improvement. BBC News
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Related topics/regions: [Refugees]
Put People First
04.09.2009 The Jubilee Debt Campaign and Bretton Woods Projects - NGOs that are part of the Put People First platform - were told at the last minute that their accreditation for the G20 finance ministers' meeting had been revoked by the British government.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom]
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Gael Garcia Bernal at last year's Good Pitch
04.09.2009 Eight filmmaking teams out of 100 applications have been selected to pitch their films and outreach campaigns to an invited audience in London next week, in order to amplify the impact of their social-issue documentary projects.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Information & media]
Image: Gael Garcia Bernal at last year's Good Pitch
04.09.2009 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today faces heavy criticism for his resistance to reforms on bank bonuses, tax dodging and the financial system amid the global economic crisis.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom]
10:10 Campaign
01.09.2009 Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband welcomes 10:10, a new campaign to cut carbon emissions by 10 per cent in 2010 - of which our sister site, OneClimate, is proud to be a member, alongside Spurs football club, the Coop, the Science Museum, 10 hospitals, 10 schools, 10 universities, 10 local councils, Antony Gormley, Ken Livingstone, ActionAid, Shami Chakrabati, the Bishop of London, Honeybuns Bakery, many more celebs and 60 other organisations.
+ Launch of 10:10 campaign
+ Spurs take on the challenge
+ Carbon cutting campaign launches
+ Guardian launches campaign
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From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Daily Mail & Guardian
Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Climate change] [Shelter & housing] [Energy]
Image: 10:10 Campaign
01.09.2009 A video interview with the Blackheath climate camp spokesman on the choice of venue and aims for the camp. OneClimate
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Environmental activism] [Climate change]

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