Nicaragua CEPAD
For the next five years we are partnering with CEPAD to empower seven communities in Teustepe, Nicaragua with the skills, knowledge and community resilience required to address their own problems.
Below are 8 things you can do to reign in Climate Change according to Friends Of The Earth.
1. Tell the government to act now
Time is running out to stop catastrophic climate change.
The solutions are out there, and if we act quickly, we can make them a reality. We want the UK government to adopt a Climate Action Plan. By cutting greenhouse gas emissions, we can build climate-friendly communities — with warm homes, clean air, green jobs and thriving wildlife.
How climate friendly is your community?
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2. Take action in your community
Climate Action groups are the local solution to a global crisis.
Right now people just like you are coming together to develop practical, local solutions and make their towns and cities more climate-friendly. Are you ready to join them? Find out what’s happening near you.
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3. Power up on plants
Meat and dairy production is responsible for 14% of global climate-changing emissions.
Too much meat is no good for your health either. Each year we could prevent thousands of early deaths in the UK, and save the NHS a fortune, by eating low-meat or no-meat diets.
There’s plenty of easy ways to reduce your impact, for example order a veg box straight to your door or eating less (and better) meat and dairy from local farms.
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4. Top up your fitness
Petrol and diesel cars spew out lots of climate-wrecking emissions. They also increase air pollution.
Most car trips in the UK are relatively short — under 5 miles. So it’s fair to say many of us could be leaving the motor at home more than we are. Top up your fitness and tackle climate change at the same time by cycling or walking. Too tired? Hop on the bus or train.
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5. Get your electricity from the wind and the sun
Wouldn’t it be nice to weaken the big climate polluters that burn fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas?
You can. In just 5 minutes you can switch to a green-energy provider, without any disruption to your supply. Every person choosing a green tariff adds to the movement for more renewables.
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6. Take the train, not the plane
Your carbon emissions will be sky high if you fly frequently.
From the mountains of Snowdonia to Cornwall’s beautiful beaches, think about all the beautiful places in the UK you can reach without flying.
Europe is home to some of the world’s most beautiful train stations. From the botanical garden at Madrid Atocha, to the Neo-Baroque central station of Antwerp and the powerful Art Deco and Art Nouveau of Milano Centrale. Another reason to ditch the plane for the train.
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7. Save energy at home
Even though a lot of our electricity now comes from renewables, the UK still powers up on a lot of climate-wrecking gas. So an energy-guzzling home is bad for the climate as well as your pocket.
Turning off lights and unplugging appliances will help, but your heating could be undoing all your good work.
Make a dent in your carbon emissions by properly insulating your home. There are more eco-friendly heating options too, like smart controls and heat pumps.
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8. Move to a green bank
Are your savings for the future being used to make that future worse? Choose a bank that invests in the type of things you agree with.
Friends Of The Earth recommend, Triodos — they invest in socially and environmentally beneficial projects. Your money will help slow climate change, create jobs and drive green industries.
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Find out what groups and organisations are out there to help you tackle Climate Change.
climate justice resources
Take a look through our range of resources, blog posts, downloads and products to find out more about our Climate Justice work.
Resources
Climate How can a legacy of the pandemic be a green new deal?
With Dámaris Albuquerque, Jocelyn Timperley, Molly Elliot and Richard Elliot. We heard the latest news from Dámaris from CEPAD on the impact of Coronavirus in Nicaragua and had a conversation with Jocelyn Timperley from DeSmog UK, youth climate activist Molly Elliot and Pickwell Foundation’s Richard Elliot on how we can emerge from the current situation with a far stronger call for climate justice.
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No Planet B Poetry, Protest and Revolution
For our 33rd and final webinar of Amos@6 Season 4, we took the opportunity to celebrate our planet and to amplify the call for radical action to address climate change and to call for climate justice. Spoken word artist Zena Kazeme performed some of her own work as well as hosting a range of other performers and activists. Zena Kazeme is a Persian-Iraqi poet and author who draws on her experiences as a former refugee to create poetry that explores themes of exile, home, war and heritage.
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COP 26 Young Climate Activists
When last year’s COP (UN Climate Change Conference) was delayed by 12 months, young people from around the world called their own ‘Mock COP’. Delegates from 140 countries put together and voted through their own treaty with 18 policies/demands for COP 26. For our own COP 26 webinar, we were delighted to host a group of young climate activists from the UK and Nicaragua who were drawn together by our partner CEPAD.
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Intersectionality Climate Justice = Racial Justice
Alexandra Wanjiku Kelbert from Ithaca College and Warwick University discusses how our calls for climate justice will only make progress when we recognise its inter-connectedness with the need for social, racial and gender justice. Alexandra has research interests in Sociology and Development Studies with a particular focus on the intersections of poverty, race and gender. She is an alumni of the Institute of Development Studies and is a leading voice and activist in Black Lives Matter UK. In conversation with Richard Elliott from the Pickwell Foundation.
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Nicaragua There Is No Planet B — launch
Nicaragua is one of the countries most affected by climate change. While the world is talking about the need for drastic action, the people of Nicaragua have been living with its escalating consequences for decades. This webinar marked the launch of our new five-year programme with our partner CEPAD. We are investing in their work in seven rural communities in Nicaragua’s dry belt — where long periods of drought are now followed by intense rain and flooding, and where hurricanes are becoming more frequent and more severe.
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Climate X Gender X Hope International Women’s Day
In honour of International Women’s Day, Amos Trust hosted a special webinar focusing on how climate change disproportionately impacts women from the Global South. Watch again as we hear from Marie Christina Kolo, Adenike Oladosu and Immaculate Akello — three fearless female climate activists, about the work they’re doing in their communities to fight against the climate crisis.
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Where The Jaguar Smiles CEPAD at 50
For our fifth episode of A Dozen Tuesdays we headed to Nicaragua where Amos Trust’s Karin Joseph was live in Teustepe with CEPAD Director Emily Reyes and Field Workers Harold Blandon and Joel Rodriguez, to celebrate CEPAD’s 50th anniversary. Emily, Harold and Joel updated us on their current work — particularly their new five-year programme with seven new communities around Teustepe in the Baoco region that Amos supports.
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