Environment Week

Every year, the LSE Students' Union runs its Environment Week, designed to
highlight a range of environmental and ecological issues, and provide
inspiration for action and change on sustainability. This year's week is
sponsored by The Independent.

The week will feature Jenny Jones and Matt Sellwood from our party. Here is the
list of the events:


MONDAY JANUARY 15TH, 6pm, New Theatre

Environment Question Time



SPEAKERS: Colin Challen MP, Labour Party

George Galloway MP, RESPECT

Jenny Jones AM, Green Party

Tim Yeo MP, Conservative Party



TUESDAY JANUARY 16TH, 6pm, U8 (Tower 1)

Animal Testing: Necessary Cruelty or Cruelly Unnecessary?



SPEAKERS: Dr. Kathy Archibald, Europeans for Medical Progress Trust

Dr. Margaret Clotworthy, Europeans for Medical Progress
Trust

Iain Simpson, Pro-Test Campaign

Prof. John Stein, Oxford University



WEDNESDAY JANUARY 17TH, 2pm, G1

Spirituality, Religion and the Environment: Faith in the Planet?



SPEAKERS: Jo Abbess, Christian Ecology Link

Mizan Choudhry, Islamic Foundation for Ecology and
Environmental Sciences



WEDNESDAY JANUARY 17TH, 6pm, D202

Communities of the Amazon and Environmental Protection:

The Experience of the Brazilian NGO NAPRA



SPEAKER: Paula Moreira, Legal Coordinator, NAPRA



WEDNESDAY JANUARY 17TH, 8pm, Quad

Film Showing: Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth



THURSDAY JANUARY 18TH, 4.30pm, New Theatre

The Kyoto Protocol and Opportunities for Sustainable Development:

Brazil's Plantar Projects



SPEAKER: Fábio Marques, Carbon Projects Manager, The Plantar Group



THURSDAY JANUARY 18TH, 6pm, New Theatre

The Beaver Event: How Does the Media's Representation of Global Warming Shape
Public Opinion?



SPEAKER: Dr. Greg Garrard, Association for the Study of Literature and
Environment (ASLE-UK)



FRIDAY JANUARY 19TH, 2pm, S50

Small Is Beautiful: Practical Solutions to Global Problems


SPEAKERS: Angelique Orr, Practical Action

Matt Sellwood, Climate Outreach Information Network
(COIN)


Please feel free to advertise this as widely as possible to any individuals or
groups.

Many thanks and hope to see you at some of the events (although I know how busy
you are!),

Aled Dilwyn Fisher
LSESU Environment and Ethics Officer

LSE Students' Union
Houghton Street
London
WC2A 2AE