Events in March 2020
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Land Justice Network: South West Future
Land Justice Network: South West Future
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21st March 2020We are planning to meet online on Saturday to plot what we might do next on Land Justice in the south west. Details of how to join the online meeting on zoom are on our eventbrite page - please RSVP by signing up on eventbrite.
While we are all affected by coronavirus and may need to focus on that, land justice is still a hugely important issue, and this is even apparent now in the way that renters and homeowners are differently impacted by having their income reduced. For example Acorn have set up a petition to protect renters from becoming homeless if they have to take unpaid sick leave.
We have set up a zoom call for this - details below. It should be possible to join the call from your phone if it is hard to get online - although online we can also use video, which will be nice for getting to know each other.
We will plan a shortened agenda for the meeting, which will include some ideas of how we can continue to organise online for the next few months, and how land justice affects the way people are impacted by coronavirus.
Help to create a collective vision. Come and join us to create a community of learning and sharing how land justice relates to food, housing, energy, wildlife, water, transport and our common good, creating a common base of knowledge and building a movement.
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*postponed* People's Land Policy event - Land and the Ecological Crisis
*postponed* People's Land Policy event - Land and the Ecological Crisis
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28th March 2020Workshop organised by the People’s Land Policy and the London Mining Network
March 28th, 12:00- 5:00
New Economics Foundation: 10 Salamanca Pl, Lambeth, London SE1 7HB
The way we use land lies at the bottom of the ecological crisis. Human impact has now spread to all parts of the globe. We need to seriously rethink how we use land so that it contributes to the well-being of both the planet and people rather than our destruction. This conference will look at two important land use issues: mining and the loss of biodiversity.
Mining and release of fossil fuels is one of the major causes of climate change. In addition, the new green technology requires a number of minerals whose supply is limited. Mining also has a serious impact on local communities as the western countries and their corporations turn to the global South to satisfy their insatiable demand for resources and profits.
Land is primarily used to meet the needs of humans. This has meant that other species lose their habitats, with many already extinct. This process has accelerated in recent decades to the point that there is a crisis not only for other species but for ourselves. We ask the question: what role for nature? To what extent should we be reducing human impact and letting the rest of nature flourish?
Programme:
12:00 - Registration and lunch- bring food to share
12:50 - Introduction to People’s Land Policy and London Mining Network
1:00 - Mining, Land and Community- led by the London Mining Network (https://londonminingnetwork.org/) and Coal Action Network (https://www.coalaction.org.uk/)
3:00 - Land and natureSpeakers to be confirmed.
Contact: peopleslandpolicy@gmail.com
*postponed* People's Land Policy event - Land and the Ecological Crisis