August Climate Update: Events, Campaigns and Fundraising

A brief update on UK climate change campaigns.

Friends of the Earth continues it's Clean British Energy campaign at it's annual conference in London on the 24th of september. For the first time ever this is a joint 'conference and open day' with all welcome; you neednt be a FOE member.

UK rail fairs continue to rise(1,2) at inflation + 3% as the coallition govornment fails to integrate climate change policy goals with its policy on transport. Sustainable transport for all? Not at these prices. The Campaign for Better Transport continues its Fair Fares Campaign. Please show your support. And why not give them a few quid while you are at it?

Greenpeace's amazing international Save the Arctic campaign is growing fast--now with over a MILLION signatures!-- but like all growing projects there are growing requirements for financial support.

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5 Minutes for UK Climate Change E-Activism?

There are always quite a few groups working on climate change campaigns here in the UK. Whilst there is no substitute for forming your own group or getting together with others in your local area their are still worthwhile opportunities to pressurise govornment via online petitions and letter writing.

 In this post i bring together a few of the biggest current online campaigns. If you computer is working ok (unlike mine) it shouldnt take long for you to sign up to these and do your good deed for the day.

1. Support Friends of the Earth's campaign for Clean British Energy.
2. Join Greenpeace International's effort to make the arctic a wildlife refuge and prevent arctic drilling.
3. Help the RSPB protect Sumatras Rainforest.
4. Work with Campaign against Climate Change to stop a second UK dash to gas,
5. Round Off your inspired if brief bout of e-activistm by joining Oxfam's GROW campaign.

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