![]() Dearest Friends Happy Green Valentine's Day. February 12-16 is Go Green Week and we're using it as an opportunity to get ready to take on the finance industry driving fossil fuel extraction from fracking in Lancashire, to coal mining in Colombia, and oil pipelines across Europe and North America. In the year of full fossil fuel divestment commitments from Huddersfield, Sussex and Edinburgh; completed divestments at Bristol and SOAS; and NYC and Paris challenging Big Oil in the courts - what better time to get involved in the fastest growing social movement in the world? February 12-16 is Go Green Week and we're using it as an opportunity to get ready to take on the finance industry driving fossil fuel extraction from fracking in Lancashire, to coal mining in Colombia, and oil pipelines across Europe and North America. Here are just a few ways you can join the movement next week.... 1. London based? JOIN our screening of To The Ends Of The Earth and panel discussion on Monday at 6:30pm. Book your cheap ticket now 2. Sign up to our Front Lines Solidarity Webinar to hear from South East Asian climate justice activists on how we can support them from the UK - Tuesday at 12pm 3. Start your own Divest Barclays campaign beginning with our webinar introducing Fossil Free Finance on Thursday at 6pm. REGISTER now! 4. Help us reach 10,000 people calling on Barclays to ditch fossil fuel finance. SIGN and SHARE this petition ✍️ Edinburgh's full divestment is the biggest yet for a UK university. Campaigns are heating up at Cambridge, Bristol, UCL, Manchester, Leeds, Cardiff, Oxford, Bath and many more. SHARE the good news to let these unis know its their turn to join the movement to keep fossil fuels in the ground Celebrate the long-fought campaign of Edinburgh People & Planet on Twitter Let all of your friends know about the biggest UK uni divestment yet on Facebook Website Our mailing address is: People & Planet The Old Music Hall 106-108 Cowley RoadOxford, OxfordshireOX4 1JE United Kingdom Add us to your address bookPeople & Planet https://peopleandplanet.org
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Great news from A Rocha. This may make it easier for your congregation to score better. They write...
"Just to recap, whether you are an Awarded church, newly registered or half way through your Eco Church journey, we have been listening to your comments, stories and suggestions since the launch of Eco Church in 2016. We want to make Eco Church even more relevant and accessible to a wider range of churches and so will be launching a new version of the survey tomorrow, 31st January.What happens next?
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ECO MATTERSItems from the Synod Eco Group. Archives
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