The Big Six Energy Companies are making huge profits, but are causing climate change and not delivering the change to clean, secure energy. Not just that but the Government has also slashed the money it pays for solar produced electricity, thereby threatening sustainable local jobs and stopping a successful renewable industry in its tracks. Find out more, watch the video and sign the petition.
Fantastic Turn out for African Climate Connection
Organised by FoE, WDM and the local Oxfam Campaign Group, the African Climate Connection was held to mark the start of the Durban COP17 climate change talks. We watched the tremendously motivating film Wake Up, Freak Out, which you can watch here and heard how African people are already suffering extreme hardship due to climate change. Tasty and unusual African food was enjoyed and we signed a petition to Anne Main.
Telling David Cameron to talk half as much rubbish...
Here we are posing for our "Half as Much Rubbish" photo stunt in St.Albans. We also carried out a survey of members of the public in which we found that 98% of people we surveyed were happy to recycle more and 80% wanted to recycle more instead of burning rubbish in the planned local incinerators. A third of people wanted to be able to recycle all plastics and a fifth each wanted doorstep Tetrapak recycling and products with less packaging.
1. What distance can a car drive if it is to produce the same CO2 that is emitted in the production of 1kg of beef? a) 15km b) 75km c) 250km
2. If everyone in the UK gave up meat for just one day each week, the reduction in greenhouse gases would be the equivalent to taking how many cars off the road? a) 1 million b) 2.5 million c) 5 million
3. How many litres of water does it take to make one beef burger? a) 15 litres b) 750 litres c) 11,000 litres
4. The main cause of deforestation in the Amazon is a) Clearing land to feed poor people b) Cutting down trees for wood c) Clearing land to grow soy beans for livestock feed
5. If everyone in the world ate as much meat as people in the UK do, would we be able to feed everyone? a) Yes, easily b) Only just c) No way
Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the answers, then show your support for Meat Free Mondays by completing SADC's survey here.
The answer to all the questions in the Food Quiz is c)
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