UWE Climate Change Battle Brewing

bristol | the environment | announcement Monday November 26, 2007 01:49 by Joshua Hart - People and Planet velorution at yahoo dot com

Carbon Reduction Motions at Thursday's AGM

If you are a UWE student, we need YOU to vote for a sane climate policy at Frenchay THIS THURSDAY!!

A group of UWE students is proposing a series of climate change motions at the student union AGM on Thursday that includes enhancing public transport, bicycle, and pedestrian access, banning patio heaters and preventing the SU from subsidizing short haul flights- this last motion in particular is coming up against stiff opposition, and we need as many UWE students as possible to be there this Thursday Nov. 29th 1-3pm at Frenchay 2D67 to vote for it! It’s going to be controversial, informative, and probably, pretty damned good ENTERTAINMENT, so if you are a UWE student..... be there and vote!

The measures would require the Student Union:

o to lobby the University to phase out inefficient, outdated and wasteful electric devices like incandescent lightbulbs

o to lobby the University to set Greenhouse Gas Emissions reduction targets

o to refrain from financially contributing to short haul flights within Europe

o to lobby the University and relevant agencies to lower the cost and improve the frequency of public transport, and to improve bicycle and pedestrian access to campuses

Full text of motions available at http://onthelevelblog.wordpress.com/uwe-climate-crisis-response-act-of-2007/

Join the UWE Climate Crisis Response Act of 2007 Facebook Group and then get five friends to join!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7483551467

See what UWE’s skydiving club has to say:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7529606239&ref=share

Tell your UWE friends- this is important!