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• Mass lobbies and flash mobs: The art of climate persuasion

  
  Oxfam News Blog — Authority: 435
  A few emails later, we have managed to arrange a public meeting with our MP, Keith Hill. Or, I should say, we have arranged a “mass lobby”. Instead of the usual two or three speakers followed by a couple of questions from the audience, everyone who comes along will have a chance to put comments and questions to ...
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• Giles Deacon Collaborates with Isklar

  
  TRASH MENAGERIE — Authority: 415
  Those of you with a passion for fashion are in luck. This winter sees Giles Deacon , the most innovative and dynamic name in British fashion, present the Isklar Tote. This bag is the product of a collaboration between the exquisite London designer and Isklar Mineral Water . This delicious bag provides a new twist ...
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• Millions Fed: some solutions close at hand

  
  Commodity Corner — Authority: 118
  More than a billion people go hungry each day — about the same number as did in the late 1950s. That’s both a “tragedy on a grand scale” and an “astounding success,” according to a new report called “ Millions Fed ,” produced by the International Food Policy Research Institute and the Bill and ...
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• Millions Fed: some solutions close at hand

  
  Africa Blog — Authority: 506
  More than a billion people go hungry each day -- about the same number as did in the late 1950s. Thats both a "tragedy on a grand scale" and an "astounding success," according to a new report called " Millions Fed ," produced by the International Food Policy Research Institute and the Bill and Melinda Gates ...
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• Wind-up torch radio £19.99 @ Oxfam

  
  RBoffers Hot Deals & Promotions Codes — Authority: 159
  This funky black and orange gadget combines an AM/FM radio with a torch featuring 3 bright LED lights. It won’t ever need batteries as it’s powered by a wind-up crank handle, so is ideal for camping, walking, and any other outdoor activities where there is no access to mains power. The torch has 2 levels of ...
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• 20% off silver and fashion jewellery @ Oxfam

  
  RBoffers Hot Deals & Promotions Codes — Authority: 159
  ends Friday 13th November 2009
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• Tribal, Dalit women bear brunt of climate change

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Marginalised groups, especially women, who are heavily dependent on natural resources for their livelihood are bearing the brunt of climate change that hardly affects those staying in cities, it was evident at a public hearing organised here Wednesday.Rural households, that are most affected ...
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• We got married! Part 1

  
  ethicalweddings.com — Authority: 112
  Phew, finally got round to blogging about our wedding! Been married for 6 months, but better late than never. It was an amazing and beautiful day. The wedding party began to arrive the day before, and we put the finishing touches to the decorations and food that could be done in advance. In the evening, we had a ...
  2 days ago

• Oxfam launches interactive online documentary on impact of Cyclone Aila in Bangladesh

  
  Oxfam News Blog — Authority: 435
  Embargoed until 0001 09 November BST 2009 Gabura - From Daily Life to Disaster: Oxfam presents extraordinary interactive online documentary on impact of climate change in Bangladesh Today Oxfam launches a landmark online interactive documentary to expose the tragic impact of climate change on a small village in ...
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• David Tennant news roundup: Graham Norton Show preview, Burke and Hare promo art, and more

  
  Scottish Actors — Authority: 137
  Check out a preview of David Tennant on The Graham Norton Show below. The show airs in the US on November 14 at 10pm Eastern on BBC America . You can watch David Tennants climate change Oxfam appeal below. Thanks to mcfangirl for sharing the video. New promo art and story details for Burke and ...
  3 days ago

• New cyclone film from Gabura in Bangladesh hits hard

  
  Oxfam News Blog — Authority: 435
  I’ve just been watching this new documentary shot in Gabura at the time of Cyclone Aila earlier this year. If anything hits home about climate change being here and now it’s this. One day, children are happily playing outside their homes - the next, black clouds descend and winds rise to 110 kilmetres an hour as ...
  3 days ago

• Keep pushing for the deal we need

  
  Oxfam News Blog — Authority: 435
  The Copenhagen climate change summit is less than a month away.  For those of us calling for a fair, adequate and binding deal the newspapers are a depressing read.  It seems that every day there is a new story either pressing home the difficulty of climate negotiations , or tempering our expectations of what ...
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• Let’s talk world leaders out of their stage fright

  
  Oxfam News Blog — Authority: 435
  Young people in London join The Wave The climate talks in Copenhagen in December are so important that there’s a whole string of meetings beforehand to get ready and prepare the ground for the main event. One of these meetings took place in Barcelona last week and, as you may have read in the media , EU leaders ...
  3 days ago

• Oxfam shops are the cornerstone of Arctic Monkeys’ success

  
  Oxfam News Blog — Authority: 435
  Band to release a second single through Oxfam shops on 16 November Following the phenomenal success of the ‘Crying Lightning’ 7″, which was available exclusively through Oxfam shops, Arctic Monkeys are once again teaming up with the charity for follow-up single ‘Cornerstone’. The ‘Crying Lightning’ ...
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• US Clashes With UK Over New Tax Proposal

  
  taxgirl — Authority: 531
  When it comes to economics, the US and UK tend to find themselves on the same page. A recent example is their consolidated front over the need for banking transparency – both countries took a tough approach with respect to the banking secrecy laws of in Switzerland and Luxembourg. But this weekend, the US and the ...
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• G20 leaders fail to agree climate change financing

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  By Dipankar De SarkarLondon, Nov 8 (IANS) India’s Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his counterparts from other G20 countries have agreed to maintain financial stimulus packages aimed at bailing out distressed economies but failed to agree to a financial package to help developing countries fight climate ...
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• YouTube video sinks Turnbull minder

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 431
  A media minder for Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has reportedly quit his job after being linked to an online bout of Liberal factional warfare. The video parodies Liberal MP Alex Hawke by portraying him as an enraged Adolf Hitler, echoing a YouTube trend of dubbing Hitler biopic Downfall with fake ...
  5 days ago

• In Bolivia climate change is not a future problem, it is now

  
  Abiding in Bolivia — Authority: 465
  Chacaltaya glacier, there you see it, now you dont Oxfam America recently put out an alarming press release explaining how climate change will put dire stress on impoverished communities in Bolivia along five dimensions: glacier retreat, natural disasters, disease spread, forest fires, and erratic weather. All ...
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• Climate Countdown success - onwards to The Wave!

  
  Oxfam News Blog — Authority: 435
  Well on Saturday 24th October we pulled out all the stops with The Converging World and Christian Aid to put on an all-singing all-dancing climate change action extravaganza. Thousands of Bristol folk turned up to hear Jonathon Porritt tell us that there is a “gathering momentum that gives us more hope than we have ...
  6 days ago

• Liverpool and Manchester students thumbing up in the fight against climate change

  
  Oxfam News Blog — Authority: 435
      Hi there. I’m Megan, co-chair of the Manchester University Oxfam society. There is a lot of us about -Check us out ( Manchester University Oxfam society )  and at the moment we are all really busy with a fantastic campaigning project which is slowly, but happily, taking over our lives! Back in sunny ...
  6 days ago

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