http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/5348 en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/73255 Christian Aid is calling on you and your friends to ‘Drum home the message’ to the UK government this Saturday 8 July to cut funding to the International Monetary Fund and World Bank until they stop forcing damaging free-trade policies on poor countries. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/73254 Tourists and backpackers are being urged to bypass the Pamplona Bull Run, a ten-day event starting on 6 July, where bulls are subjected to cruelty and suffering in the name of human entertainment. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/73018 British aid money is being used to push water privatisation on poor countries - making it less likely that clean water will ever get to the poorest people. And while poor people lose out, a group of big UK companies are profiting from this aid. Take part in the Whose Rules Rule conference in London on 8 July to discuss the issues. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/72470 On a journey to Africa a year after his involvement in Live8 and Make Poverty History, Midge Ure, Save the Children Ambassador and Band Aid trustee, finds that even small fees for healthcare are beyond the means of the world's poorest and that every year 250,000 children die in Africa because they can’t afford to see a doctor or a nurse. Watch the video... http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/72388 Find out about climate change solutions that combine cheap and reliable power sources like the wind, sea and sun with the latest thinking on smarter use of energy. Already in commercial use, or ripe for it, these technologies have put paid to the old cliché that we can't do anything about climate change. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/72312 Focus on the impacts of climate change, reveal the solutions, show who’s putting up a fight and capture the culprits driving it on. Enter your photos into Friends of the Earth’s first-ever photo competition, on climate justice from around the globe. The deadline for entries is 15 July 2006. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/71645 Tony Blair has announced that nuclear power is now ‘back on the agenda with a vengeance’. Nuclear power costs the Earth, presents a terrorist threat, doesn't help in the fight against climate change and won't plug the energy gap, says Greenpeace. Find out more. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/72157 More than 180 million people in sub-Saharan Africa alone could die of disease directly attributable to climate change by the end of the century. Act now on climate change. *Climate of poverty report *Stop Climate Chaos campaign http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/71646 Billions of pounds go into new oil projects every year when they could be used to fund renewable sources of energy. People & Planet launches a new campaign this September. Find out more about the issues. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/71455 Captive elephants used as working or tourist animals are often victims of stress, poor husbandry and lack of veterinary care. Find out how you contribute towards setting up a mobile elephant clinic in Thailand this June. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/71228 "Detention is like a cage, and I was like a small bird with no food in it. I wished I could fly..." - seven year old Navid spent 32 days in detention. More than two thousand children a year are locked up by the UK Government for immigration purposes. Join the campaign to end this practice. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/71180 The £500 million spent on chocolate Easter eggs in the UK each year could be used to support thousands around the world out of poverty, says CAFOD. *World gifts (CAFOD) *gifts4life (Plan UK) *Inspired gifts (UNICEF) *Oxfam unwrapped (OXFAM) http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70918 Choosing an ethical or green holiday doesn’t mean wiping out your footprints with a big leafy branch as if you’ve never been there. But it does mean thinking more carefully about the type of mark your visit might make. Read Christian Aid’s guide to eco-holidays. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70917 Experts predict a 119% increase in consumer electricity demand. 15 March marks an international day of action as consumer groups in 113 countries around the world protest against unsustainable, unaffordable and unjust access to energy. Find out what you can do (pfd). http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70916 Campaigners protest against a "secret" meeting by economic powers excluding developing nations from the decision-making process. Find out more about the Trade Justice Campaign.