The final Roundtable Event of the Southern Voices project took place in Cardiff’s Norwegian Church on Thursday 15 March 2012. Twenty eight participants had signed up for the event which provided the opportunity to review the project as a whole, discuss and share ideas of importance and relevance to participants and share case studies of ...
Read more…2012: International Year of Cooperatives & Sustainable Energy
With everything that has been going on in the last few months, it is surprising that more hasn’t been made of the UN’s decision to designate 2012 both the ‘International Year of Cooperatives’ and ‘International Year of Sustainable Energy for All’. With the Occupy movement gearing up for a second spring of anti-capitalist demonstrations and ...
Read more…Curious About CAT?
Since its foundation in 1973, the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in Machynlleyth, Powys has helped to give shape to sustainable alternatives to everyday technology and providing real-life examples of things that everyone can do to make their own small difference. As well as inspiring the general public with water-powered railways and houses insulated with ...
Read more…A Fortnight of Fairtrade Fun!
Fairtrade fortnight began on the 27th of February and ran until the 11th of March. The event has, since it began in 1997, been an annual celebration of Fairtrade goods, raising awareness of trade inequalities and promoting their consumption over less ethical alternatives. This year, the Fairtrade Fortnight website features an interactive timeline, with participants ...
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