Full Coverage: Europe
September 2009
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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.
more...From: New Economics Foundation Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Civil society] |
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.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Information & media] Image: Ctrl.Alt.Shift.
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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.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Human rights] Image: UN HQ: symbol of hope © Citizens for Global Solutions
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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
more...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.
more...Related topics/regions: [Zimbabwe] |
11.09.2009
Richard Grieve, a cow and music.
more...From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Agriculture] Image: Richard Grieve
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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.
more...From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Malaysia] |
09.09.2009
With no bars or big stages the emphasis of The Urban Green Fair is on education and communication.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Environmental activism] Image: Urban Green Fair
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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.
more...From: Christian Aid Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Economy] Image: Alternative Tax Awards
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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.
more...From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [Argentina] [Cuba] [United Kingdom] [Information & media] Image: Chevolution
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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
more...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
more...Related topics/regions: [Refugees] |
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.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] Image: Put People First
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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.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Information & media] Image: Gael Garcia Bernal at last year's Good Pitch
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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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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.
more...+ Launch of 10:10 campaign + Spurs take on the challenge + Carbon cutting campaign launches + Guardian launches campaign 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
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01.09.2009
A video interview with the Blackheath climate camp spokesman on the choice of venue and aims for the camp. OneClimate
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Environmental activism] [Climate change] |
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