Climate Jobs Caravan Final Rallies

Start: May 12 2012 12:00 pm

End: May 24 2012 5:00 pm

Where: 

 All across the UK - See below!

                                                          Climate Jobs Caravan Final Rallies

London and Manchester

Friday 25^th May,

The Climate Jobs Caravan, currently touring the UK, is catching the imagination of people around the country.....offering a positive solution to the economic and climate crises we face.

For more details of the Climate Jobs Caravan tour:  www.climatechangejobs.org/caravan or follow on twitter: @climate_caravan

For a report on the Climate Jobs Caravan up to now see here.

Can't make it to these events ? - email or write to your MP and ask them to sign EDM 65 which supports the Caravan.

LONDON - Friday 25th

7pm Friends Meeting House, St. Martin's Lane, (off Trafalgar Square)
A chance to catch the excitement the Climate Jobs Caravan has been generating across the country as it has visited over 25 towns and cities with its message that investment in climate jobs can help solve both the economic and environmental crises. 

Speakers include:

Tony Kearns (Sen. Dep. Gen Sec of CWU),

Jean Lambert MEP, (Green Party),

Murad Qureshi (Chair, GLA Environmental Committee),

Professor Barbara Harris-White (Million Climate Jobs Report),

Suzanne Jeffery (Chair, Campaign against Climate Change Trade Union group),

Saci Lloyd (author),

Graham Thompson, (Greenpeace)

Graham Petersen (UCU),
George Barda (Occupy, London)

 

 And join us at lunchtime:
 

The nationwide tour comes to an end with a demand that Chris Grayling, the Minister for Work and Pensions, gets serious about job creation. Join us and the Caravan for a colourful lunchtime event.  

One Million Jobs, Now Minister!

12.30pm, Dept of Work & Pensions, Tothill St, SW1H 9NA

 

 

 

MANCHESTER- Friday 25 May

Meet the Caravan and find out more about Climate Jobs:

10.30 - 3.30 - Piccadilly Gardens, Queen Victoria Statue
4.00 - 5.30 - Cavendish St, corner of Oxford Road
6.30 - 7.00 - Albert Square

Join the Caravan cycle tour around the town and the universities:
6.00 from Cavendish Street, corner of Oxford Road

Public Meeting at 7pm in Friends Meeting House, Mount St, speakers include Richard Lease, leader of Manchester Council & Martin Empson (CaCC TU group)
Further information from judy.paskell@gmail.com

 For a report on the Climate Jobs Caravan up to now see here.

All about the Million  Climate Jobs Caravan ............

Helping solve the climate & economic crises

On Saturday 12 May, the Climate Jobs Caravan tour of Britain started, with two caravans setting off simultaneously from London and Edinburgh. Organised by the Campaign against Climate Change Trade Union Group and based on the Million Climate Jobs report, produced with the assistance of the CWU, PCS, TSSA & UCU trade unions, the Caravan will highlight how creating climate jobs can help us tackle the twin crises of the economy and climate change. There is an inspiring 10 minutevideo that sets out what we can achieve.

The routes are summarised below and there is an action packed schedule of events.

Sign the One Million Climate Jobs petition here.

Route 112 May – Edinburgh 13 May – Newcastle 14 May – Derby 15 May – Leeds 16 May – Stoke-on-Trent 18 May – Sheffield 19 May – Liverpool 20 May – Huddersfield 21 May – Bolton 22 May – Wigan 23 May – Blackpool 24 May – Lancaster 25 May – Manchester

Route 212 May – London 13 May – Coventry 14 May – Cardiff 15 May – Birmingham 16 May – Cambridge 17 May – Norwich 18 May – Oxford 21 May – Southampton 22 May – Portsmouth 23 May – Brighton 24 May – Redhill 25 May – London