Muslims debate carbon trading

LINE are very good and Larry Lohmann is a very inspiring activist and researcher.

The group he works with the corner house, are driving the BAE case and are very good.

all good,



Salaam, Peace -

Here's advance notice of our next monthly forum on Sunday 8th July.

With Carbon Offsetting being an attractive option, at least on the surface, at our upcoming forum we'll be exploring the subject in more depth, thus helping us to also make more informed choices. We will also be getting feedback on recent events such as the 'Islam & Environment Training Day', and we'll be looking at what lies ahead for us over the summer months. Please join us.

Also, in the week preceding the forum, is an event titled 'An Inconvenient Truth: Faith Responses to Climate Change' at St Ethelburgas, near Liverpool Street station. LINE will be represented here along with Christian Ecology Link, and the evening will include a showing of Al Gore's hard hitting documentary movie on climate change. See below for more information...

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The London Islamic Network for the Environment (LINE) Monthly Forums:

'OFFSETTING' CARBON EMISSIONS: DOES IT HELP, OR DOES IT HURT?

Date: Sunday 8th July 2007
Time: 2.15 pm to 4.45pm
Venue: 4th Floor, Muslim World League, 46 Goodge Street, London, W1T 4LU (entrance on the corner of Charlotte Street); Nearest Tubes: Goodge Street (Northern Line) & Warren Street (Victoria Line)

Gest Speaker: Larry Lohmann, The Corner House

Selling people carbon "offsets" in order to help them compensate for their greenhouse gas emissions has become big business. But do offsets actually help or hurt the climate? And are offset projects helping or hurting local people? As more and more scandals involving carbon offset companies hit the newspapers, the debate about whether the sector has a future is heating up fast. This months forum presents us with an excellent opportunity to hear about and discuss this hot topic. This will be followed by discussions on past and planned environmental projects, with opportunities to take part for those who would like to. As usual no charge and open to all.

About the Speaker:

Larry Lohmann is a social activist and the co-author of a number of books including, 'Whose Common Future?' (1992), 'Pulping the South' (1996), and 'Carbon Trading' (2006). He works at The Corner House on land rights, racism, economics, forest conflicts, globalisation, development politics and environmental change in Thailand.

More info: LINE Website: http://www.lineonweb.org.uk ; or call LINE on tel: 0845 456 3960 (local rate)

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AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH: FAITH RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Date: Mon 2nd July 2007
Time: 6.30pm - 9pm
Venue: St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London. EC2N 4AG

A screening of Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth' which argues that we can no longer afford to view global warming as a political issue - rather, it is the biggest moral challenge facing our global civilisation. Followed by discussion with Muzammal Hussain (Founder, LINE) & Ruth Jarman (Christian Ecology Link).

Suggested donation: £4

More info: Web: http://www.stethelburgas.org ; Tel: 020 7496 1610

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