People and Planet is a student network that campaigns to end world poverty, protect the environment
and defend human rights. We have groups in hundreds of UK universities and some in Sixth Forms
too. To get a better idea of the national organisation, take a look at the national site.
We hold meetings every week during terms 1 & 2 to plan events and discuss campaigns. Everyone is welcome at meetings, no matter what background you have or whether or not you have done anything like this before. The more input the better!
So what are we planning on doing next year? If anyone has anything in particular that you really want
to do we'd love to hear from you! Have a look at our campaigns section to find out about the separate campaign strands we ran last year. Amongst other things we'll be preparing for Go Green Week,
continuing our ethical investment campaign, and taking part in national campaigns and protests. For
example, we've been campaigning about plans to build new coal fired power stations such as the one at Kingsnorth being proposed by Eon.
Ways we go about campaigning can involve one or more of the following: stalls in the union to raise awareness, getting people to sign petitions, submitting proposals which will hopefully become official
union policy, writing to MPs, writing to Malcom Grant (UCL Provost), holding demonstrations, working
with other societies, arranging talks and meetings, organizing events and many more. Ever
since People & Planet has been at UCL it has been amongst the most active campaigning societies
and we don't envisage this changing any time soon!
and defend human rights. We have groups in hundreds of UK universities and some in Sixth Forms
too. To get a better idea of the national organisation, take a look at the national site.
We hold meetings every week during terms 1 & 2 to plan events and discuss campaigns. Everyone is welcome at meetings, no matter what background you have or whether or not you have done anything like this before. The more input the better!
So what are we planning on doing next year? If anyone has anything in particular that you really want
to do we'd love to hear from you! Have a look at our campaigns section to find out about the separate campaign strands we ran last year. Amongst other things we'll be preparing for Go Green Week,
continuing our ethical investment campaign, and taking part in national campaigns and protests. For
example, we've been campaigning about plans to build new coal fired power stations such as the one at Kingsnorth being proposed by Eon.
Ways we go about campaigning can involve one or more of the following: stalls in the union to raise awareness, getting people to sign petitions, submitting proposals which will hopefully become official
union policy, writing to MPs, writing to Malcom Grant (UCL Provost), holding demonstrations, working
with other societies, arranging talks and meetings, organizing events and many more. Ever
since People & Planet has been at UCL it has been amongst the most active campaigning societies
and we don't envisage this changing any time soon!
