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2010
UN International Year of Biodiversity. At the 1992 Earth Summit world leaders agreed the Convention on Biological Diversity, which included a target to 'significantly reduce' loss by the end of 2010. Countdown 2010 have created a calendar of related events for the year. www.cbd.int/2010 www.countdown2010.net
European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. 16% of Europe's population live below the poverty line - across the EU's 27 member states that's 79 million people.
1 Goal - Send my Friend to School runs until 11 July. It's 2010 yet around the world 75 million children do not go to school. Is the 2015 Education for All target set by world leaders achievable? The 1 Goal campaign uses the World Cup to renew international commitment. Free school packs are available. www.sendmyfriend.org
The Centre for Alternative Technology runs many courses every year. This What's On doesn't include those on topics likely to be offered elsewhere (eg the natural history of ponds or working with timber) or those of a more technical nature (eg professional water management or the installation of photovoltaic systems). www.cat.org.uk/shortcourses
FOE will be focusing on its climate change work including its Fix the Food Chain campaign. www.foe.org.uk
Mondays are Meat-free. www.meat-free-monday.com
13 Moons Screenings is a regular evening of films and talks on indigenous peoples coinciding with the year's full moons. A related annual Native Spirit Festival takes place in London during October. www.soas.ac.uk
January 2010
This month ActionAid's HungerFREE campaign will tackle the expansion of biofuels and the Billboard of Justice will track the powers that be on the tax return deadline. Biofuels include foodcrops like maize, wheat and sugar.
01460 23 8047. www.actionaid.org.uk www.twitter.com/ActionAidliz campaign@actionaid.org
Until 31st W H Smith, TK Maxx and M&S have Christmas / New Year card recycling points.
Monday 04 to Sunday 10
Science Meets Spirit. Bringing together scientific research and the search for meaning, this course tackles such issues as evolution, quantum physics and the philosophy of science. Schumacher College, Totnes.
01803 865 934. www.schumachercollege.org.uk admin@schumachercollege.org.uk
Saturday 23 to Sunday 25 April
Building Sustainable Communities: course on eco friendly, convivial working. 13 day programme spread over January, February and March weekends.
www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
Saturday 23 to Saturday 20 February
Vegan Pledge month. Reduce your greenhouse gas footprint. Help the environment and third world. Save animals.
Sunday 24
London potato fair. Growing and eating. www.potatofair.org
Thursday 28 to Friday 29
The New Economics as Mainstream Economics. Cambridge. 01223 533146. www.neweconomicthinking.org
Friday 29 to Saturday 30
The Cove - award winning documentary on protecting dolphins. Gloucester. 020 7354 7960. www.eia-international.org
Saturday 30
Full moon.
Saturday 30 to Sunday 31
Nationwide - Big Garden Birdwatch. Free packs can be downloaded. www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch
February 2010
Inaugural Summit of One Young World. www.oneyoungworld.com
The profile of ActionAid's HungerFREE campaign will be raised during The Big Biofuels Debate.
01460 23 8047. www.actionaid.org.uk www.twitter.com/ActionAidliz campaign@actionaid.org
FOE's Food Chain EDM 845 was one of the most popular of the last parlliamentary session. A new EDM is to be launched this month aiming for a law to reduce the environmental impacts of livestock. Up until after the general election FOE is building farming industry alliances. www.foe.org.uk
Monday 01 to Tuesday 02
Social Enterprise Coalition conference. Cardiff International Arena. 01323 637714. voice@confpeople.co.uk
Monday 01 to Friday 19
The Economics of Happiness. An examination of the correlation between materialism and wellbeing. Schumacher College, Totnes.
01803 865 934. www.schumachercollege.org.uk admin@schumachercollege.org.uk
Wednesday 03 to Thursday 04
Soil Association annual conference. Birmingham. www.soilassociation.org
Monday 08
Inequality and Social Impact - event linking wealth distribution, the UK's widening poverty and health gap, social unsustainability and political policy making. www.mondediplofriends.org.uk
Friday 12
UNA-UK launches its Robin Hood Tax campaign. This is pressing for a global tax on transactions between financial institutions to generated funds to tackle poverty, hunger and climate change. The Tax proposal is led by Stamp Out Poverty, whose supporters point out that such measures are vital if the world is to meet the UN MDG by 2015. www.una-uk.org
Saturday 13 to Saturday 20
Nestbox Week. Nationwide.
Sunday 14
Full moon.
Sunday 14
Chinese New Year.
Saturday 14
Climate emergency planning meeting: public post-Copenhagen Campaign Against Climate Change analysis and what next discussion. London. www.campaigncc.org
Saturday 20
Eco Veggie Fayre in Brighton. www.ecoveggiefayre.co.uk
Monday 22 to Sunday March 07
Fairtrade Fortnight. The Big Swap. A chance to swap your usual purchases for fairly traded equivalents.
www.thebigswap.org.uk www.fairtrade.org.uk www.facebook.com/fairtradefoundation
Saturday 27
Rediscover our Indigenous Roots. Until AD 60 we were a tribal people. www.gaiafoundation.org
Saturday 27
War on Want annual conference. The focus is supermarket power. London. www.waronwant.org
Saturday 27
Network for Peace AGM: Where Next for the Peace Movement. Huddersfield. www.networkforpeace.org
Saturday 27
The Great African Scandal. Blood, Sweat and T-shirts. Film screenings for church youth groups, followed by Q&A discussion with the producer. London. www.rcdow.org.uk
Sunday 28
Fairtrade debate - part of a Fairtrade and Freedom Festival held in Burgess Hill, West Sussex. There will be a Fairtrade Fair on 6 March. snowdrop1music@virgin.net
March 2010
March is veggie month. www.veggiemonth.com
The run up period to the British General Election will stimulate lobbying on various concerns. Christian Aid's focus is climate change and global poverty: campaigns@christian-aid.org
There's a chance to design a t-shirt for Action Aid supporters. Many will be worn on the second PoverTee Day on 18 June. See the entries to date on the website then email yours. www.actionaid.org.uk/action action@actionaid.org
Radio 4 broadcasts its latest series of Home Planet series. The environmental version of Gardeners Question Time, it's on at 15.00 every Tuesday. See Tuesday 2 March. Home Planet, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL.
0370 010 0400. homeplanet@bbc.co.uk
Monday 01 to Friday 19
After Copenhagen: opportunities and challenges. What's missing? What's next? What do the outcomes mean for grassroots work? Speakers include Rob Hopkins, Clare Short, Richard Heinberg, Vandana Shiva. Schumacher College, Totnes.
01803 865 934. www.schumachercollege.org.uk admin@schumachercollege.org.uk
Tuesday 02
Radio 4's latest series of Home Planet begins.
Thursday 04
World Book Day. See this site’s Helpful Books page.
Saturday 06
Campaign Against Arms Trade gathering for university network members. York. www.caat.org.uk
Monday 08
UN International Women's Day.
Statistics
Women perform 66% of the world's work, produce 50% of the food, earn 10% of the income and own 1% of the property.
Monday 08
London march - No to War, Yes to Women's Peace and Development. Organised by Women for Women International.
Saturday 13
War, Peace and Democracy. Part 1 of the annual Hexham peace debate. Parts 2 and 3 follow on 10 April and 15 May.
Sunday 14
Mothering Sunday.
Monday 15
Full moon.
Monday 15
Dirty Oil. Film premier with satellite cinema screenings nationwide. The film is to be followed by a live discussion including contributions from high profile environmentalists. Participating cinema details and ticket sales on the website.
Wednesday 17
Farming and Sustainable Environments. London. www.earthwatch.org.uk
Friday 19 to Sunday 21
Pennine Way challenge - Action Aid fundraiser. www.actionaid.org.uk
Saturday 20
Spring equinox.
Saturday 20
Green architecture conference in Brighton. www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
Saturday 20
Eco Veggie Fair in Brighton. www.yaoh.co.uk
Sunday 21
Earth Day.
Monday 22
UN World Day for Water.
Monday 22 to Friday 26
EU Sustainable Energy Week.
Saturday 27
WWF Earth Hour from 20.30 to 21.30. What can you do for an hour without using any electricity? www.wwf.org.uk
Saturday 27 to Sunday 28.
Practical Permaculture. Brighton. www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
Sunday 28
Clocks go forward.
Wednesday 31
ENTRIES DEADLINE. Email your Action Aid t-shirt designs to action@actionaid.org or upload it to the website
T-shirts and tax?
Action Aid is campaigning against corporate tax avoidance. Every year multinational companies dodge $160 billion of tax in developing countries, thereby depriving them of the vital revenues required to fund children's education and basic healthcare. Any t-shirt design ideas?
01460 23 8047. www.actionaid.org.uk www.twitter.com/ActionAidliz campaign@actionaid.org
April 2010
Annual Sanitation and Water summit and related campaigning. www.wateraid.org
Radio 4 starts broadcasting the new Saving Species and Costing the Earth series. See Tuesday 06 and Wednesday 08 April below. Home Planet continues on Tuesdays (see above).
Saturday 03 to Friday 09
Inspired Action. Creating sustainability from within. Conference in Morayshire, Scotland.
01309 690311. www.findhorn.org enquiries@findhorn.org
Sunday 04
Easter Day.
Tuesday 06
Radio 4's Saving Species starts. It's on for 17 weeks, starting today at 11.00 and repeated on Thursdays at 21.00. The series gives a year long look into the challenges of nature conservation.
Wednesday 07
Radio 4's latest series of Costing the Earth starts. It's on for 8 weeks, starting at 21.00 today: every programme's repeated on Thursdays at 13.30.
Wednesday 14 to Friday 16
World forum on social entrepreneurs, catalysts for large scale change. Said Business School, Oxford.
Friday 16 to Saturday 17
UK Aware. The country's largest sustainable lifestyle show, annually attracting up to 15,000 visitors. Olympia, London.
Transition events
Criteria for events' inclusion in this What's On include the likelihood of site visitors wishing to travel to them: any activities of interest only to specific areas are excluded, as are many international conferences. This means that the listing cannot reflect the scale of support for many S&P concerns. The transition movement is a case in point. For example, some of the many forthcoming events include:
Jan 19: The Challenge Ahead workshop. Worthing. www.transitiontownworthing.ning.com
Jan 28 to Friday 29: Growth in Transition. Vienna.- www.growthintranstition.eu
May 19 to 24: European Transition Town Conference. Germany. www.siebenlinden.de
Jul 04: Trashcatchers Carnival. Tooting. www.tttooting.ning.com
Saturday 18
Incredible Veggie Show. Europe's largest vegetarian show at Royal Horticultural Halls, London.
NB
Please check to confirm details before attending any of the listed events.
Sunday 19 to Wednesday 22 April
The People's World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth's Rights. Cochabamba, Bolivia. During December 2009 the UN General Assembly approved a resolution to Develop a Universal Declaration of the rights of Mother Earth.
Tuesday 27
Defending the Rights of the Child. London. Organised by Action for UN Renewal. How can the rights of children, promised under UN Convention, become a reality for all? www.una-uk.org
Wednesday 28
Full moon.
May 2010
Monday 03
UN Sun Day.
Saturday 08
World Fair Trade Day. www.worldfairtradeday10.org
Saturday 15
UN International Day of Families.
Monday 17
Sustainable energy - evaluating claims and strategies. Evening discussion led by the author of Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air. Newcastle. www.ncl.ac.uk
Saturday 22
UN International Day for Biodiversity.
Saturday 22 to Sunday 30
VSUK National Vegetarian Week. www.vegsoc.org
Monday 25
UN Africa Day.
Thursday 27
Full moon.
Saturday 29 to Sunday 30
Bristol Eco Veggie Fair.
Saturday 29 May to Saturday 05 June
Love Nature Week.
Monday 31
Spring bank holiday.
Monday 31 to Thursday 17 June
BBC2's Springwatch 2010.
June 2010
The Government is submitting plans showing how the UK will meet its renewable fuel targets.
Canada is the location of G8 and G20 summits.
Saturday 05
UN World Environment Day.
Saturday 05
Redditch Green Fair. www.redditchgreenfair.org.uk
Tuesday 15
Global Wind Day marks the beginning of UK Wind Week.
Thursday 17
UN World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
Friday 18
PoverTee Day. Wear your Action Aid t-shirt. www.actionaid.org.uk
Sunday 20
UN World Refugee Day.
Monday 21
Summer solstice.
Wednesday 23
Glastonbury.
Saturday 26
Full moon.
July 2010
Women garment workers are the focus of ActionAid's Who Pays? campaign.
01460 23 8047. www.actionaid.org.uk www.twitter.com/ActionAidliz campaign@actionaid.org
First Saturday
UN International Day of Cooperatives.
Thursday 01 to Friday 02
World Ecological Forum - a gathering of politicians, ethical producers, activists, sustainability professionals, innovators, scientists, investors, community leaders. Gotland, Sweden.
Sunday 11
UN World Population Day.
Tuesday 13 to Friday 16
Theology and economics in the 21st century. www.modchurchunion.org
Friday 16 to Saturday 17
2000 Trees Festival. Green and ethical festival near Cheltenham, with 60 acts.
www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk
Monday 26
Full moon.
August 2010
Monday 09
UN International Day of the World's Indigenous People.
Wednesday 11
Ramadan.
Thursday 12
UN International Youth Day.
Tuesday 24
Full moon.
Monday 30
Bank holiday.
September 2010
The Millennium Development Goals review summit will be held in New York. There are five years left to make proposals to halve poverty by 2015 come true.
Last week of September
UN World Maritime Day
Thursday 16
UN International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.
Saturday 18
Yom Kippur.
Tuesday 21
UN International Day of Peace. www.peaceoneday.org
Thursday 23
Full moon.
Thursday 23
Autumn equinox.
October 2010
Apple Day is celebrated on different October days across the country. Many communities now collect and redistribute fallen apples that would otherwise go to waste.
ActionAid will be holding national campaigner workshops.
01460 23 8047. www.actionaid.org.uk www.twitter.com/ActionAidliz campaign@actionaid.org
First Monday of October
UN World Habitat Day
Second Wednesday of October
UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.
Saturday 02
International Day of Non-violence.
Monday 04
World Animal Day. www.worldanimalday.org.uk info@www.worldanimalday.org.uk
Saturday 16
UN World Food Day.
Sunday 17
UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
Saturday 23
Full moon.
Sunday 24
UN Day.
Sunday 24
UN World Development Information Day.
24 to 30
UN World Disarmament Week.
Sunday 31
Clocks go back.
November 2010
DEADLINE. From November 2010 all new employees and volunteers working with children and vulnerable adults must be ISA registered and vetted. Registration is possible from July. www.isa-gov.org.uk
ActionAid will be again focusing on tax.
01460 23 8047. www.actionaid.org.uk www.twitter.com/ActionAidliz campaign@actionaid.org
Saturady 06
UN International day for Preventing Environmental Exploitation in War and Armed Conflict.
Monday 08 to Friday 12
National Switch it Off Week 2010.
Wednesday 10
UN World Science Day for Peace and Development.
Sunday 14
Remembrance Sunday
Sunday 21
Full moon.
December 2010
Tuesday 21
Full moon.
Tuesday 21
Winter solstice.
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