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risc book club: stories from the romani world

By Janna Eliot - Spokes is made up of stories from across the Traveller world, featuring British Gypsies, settled and still travelling; Irish Travellers, East European Roma; and people whose Romani background has remained under wraps in the face of a hostile world. There's an old violinist, a middle-aged mechanic, a young radio presenter, a […]

risc book club: the sound of things falling

By Juan Gabriel Vásquez - No sooner does he get to know Ricardo Laverde in a seedy billiard hall in Bogotá than Antonio Yammara realises that the ex-pilot has a secret. Antonio's fascination with his new friend's life grows until the day Ricardo receives a mysterious, unmarked cassette. Shortly afterwards, he is shot dead on […]

Global Teacher Award Training (Part 2 of 2)

The national GTA promotes skills, confidence and practical approaches to incorporate global learning into the curriculum, and active global citizenship into the school.

PRACTICAL STEPS to living within planetary boundaries

Our society is wasteful and unfair. How can we make a planned reduction of excess energy and resource use to bring the economy back into balance with the living world in a safe, just and equitable way? Talk and discussion.

The Debt Crisis

Heidi Chow, Executive Director of Debt Justice, argues for a more just system requiring radical system change to redress this exploitation.

Slavery, Free Labour & Fair Trade

Dr Joseph Yannielli of Aston University will explore how society has been grappling with the issue of fair trade since early industrialisation.

hood in the wood

McAlistair Hood talks about his journey towards a more sustainable lifestyle that brings together sculpture using recycled stone and wild living & foraging in the woods of West Berkshire.

pharmanomics

How big pharma threatens global health. Pharmaceutical companies make billions while billions of people are left without essential medicines. Author Nick Dearden exposes the current problems and shows a pathway to a fairer, safer system of producing medicines for all.