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The Cambridge Climate Coalition was formed in 2007 to bring together the wide variety of student groups campaigning on climate change, and to strengthen us through cooperation. Initially founded by students, the coalition is broadening its membership to include groups from outside the university.
In this section
- Climate change resources
- Media & Articles
Climate Change
As one of the most pressing issues of our time, Climate Change is taken seriously in the University. Not only do we have our own Go Greener campaign, but many other student groups, university bodies and town groups are also campaigning and working to change their practices in response to the challenges posed by our changing climate.
Go to our links page for more campaigning and ethical links not related to climate change.
The Go Greener Campaign
Our own campaign about climate change is the Go Greener campaign. It even has it's own website.
The Climate Coalition
CUSU Ethical Affairs is a founding member of the Cambridge Climate Coalition, formed in 2007 to bring together the wide variety of student groups campaigning on climate change, and to strengthen us through cooperation. Initially founded by students, the coalition is broadening its membership to include groups from outside the university.
Other Groups in Cambridge
University:
- The Zero Carbon Society
- Cultures of Climate Change The Cultures of Climate Change at CRASSH is an interdisciplinary research group that explores the issues surrounding climate change from an aesthetic and cultural standpoint, giving platform to the growing number of artists, writers, photographers, journalists, film directors, architects and thinkers responding to this global phenomenon.
- Cambridge University Energy Network
- Cambridge Environmental Initiative
- Cambridge Programme for Industry
- People and Planet
Town:
- Cambridge Energy Forum
- Cambridge Carbon Footprint and the Akashi Project
- Transition Towns Cambridge: the Transition Towns movement is a framework for dealing with the twin challenges of climate change and peak oil.
- Serious Changea cross-party, UK government lobbying, single issue national climate
change and energy security campaign.
Non Cambridge Resources
Of course, plenty of people outside of Cambridge are concerned about climate change. There are all kinds of national and international networks at all levels, lots of funny and moving film clips, articles, discussion fora and more... Here is a selection. If you know of anything we've missed out here, please email us.
Flims, clips and so on (send these to people, for their edification and amusement):
Wombat - there is a great clip of a wombat dancing, but sadly this website is having a problem at the moment. Search for global mind shift wombat, and they might have fixed it.
CBI (confederation of british industry) report about climate change (from business leaders. Not activists)
What's the worst that could happen? - how to deal with uncertainty.
There are so many things being said about climate change, it's getting a bit crowded on this page, so there's a new page for more climate change media and articles.
Groups and networks
Climate Outreach and Information Network
(COIN) - these guys are really excellent, and tackling one of the most crucial issues of all - communicating climate change so that people get out of their denialism and start being able to take action.
Climate Ark is a climate change and global warming portal and search engine that promotes public policy that addresses global climate change through reductions in carbon dioxide and other emissions, renewable energy, energy conservation and ending deforestation.
The Alliance for Climate Protection -- a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. The goal of the Alliance is to build a movement that creates the political will to solve the climate crisis -- in part through repowering America with 100 percent of its electricity from clean energy sources within 10 years. Our economy, national security, and climate can't afford to wait.